Meraki (μεράκι) - the soul, creativity, or love put into something; the essence of yourself put into your work
“Let’s make sure our ideas of success are our own, that we are truly the authors of our own ambitions.”
“We prematurely write off people as failures. We are too much in awe of those who succeed and far too dismissive of those who fail.”
"TRAVEL IS THE ANTIDOTE TO IGNORANCE."
“The more you are willing to just let the world be something you’re aware of, the more it will let you be who you are - the awareness, the Self, the Atman, the Soul.”
“The bones and flesh and legal statistics are the garments worn by the personality, not the other way around.”
”You are never dedicated to something you have complete confidence in. No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow. They know it’s going to rise tomorrow. When people are fanatically dedicated to political or religious faiths or any other kinds of dogmas or goals, it’s always because these dogmas or goals are in doubt.”
"SCIENCE OF FASHION: RIGHT ITEM - RIGHT PLACE - RIGHT TIME - RIGHT CUSTOMER"
“Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.”
“Don’t aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself...”
"the limits of my language are the limits of my world." - ludwig wittgenstein
“Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else.. knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.”