Johan > Johan's Quotes

“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
― Steve Jobs

“All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake up in the day to find it was vanity, but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.”
― T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph

“I want to help you understand Buddhism from the ground-level, from a totally introductory standpoint, so that you can take from it what you’d like. This book isn’t to convert you to any religion (everyone knows that, as far as conversions go, Buddhists are probably the least likely), but it instead aims to guide you towards understanding what had been the dominant eastern religion for over 2,000 year.”
― Dominique Francon, Buddhism: For Beginners! The Ultimate Guide To Incorporate Buddhism Into Your Life - A Buddhism Approach For More Energy, Focus, And Inner Peace

“The first truth is that there is suffering in the world. We may know this phrase as, “Shit happens.”
― Dominique Francon, Buddhism: For Beginners! The Ultimate Guide To Incorporate Buddhism Into Your Life - A Buddhism Approach For More Energy, Focus, And Inner Peace

“The Supreme Buddha’s main goal was to enlighten people, so that they could live in harmony. Do you know what happened instead? They bickered. They argues over interpretations and over the “right way to study the Supreme Buddha. The disagreed, and because they disagreed they created schisms inn their own lives and branched into a thousand little sects.”
― Dominique Francon, Buddhism: For Beginners! The Ultimate Guide To Incorporate Buddhism Into Your Life - A Buddhism Approach For More Energy, Focus, And Inner Peace

“In the end, all any of these religions aim to do is give us hope. The main difference with Buddhism is that it aims to teach us to find hope from within ourselves, rather than seeking outside advice or saviors. It tells us that only we can help ourselves. It’s existentialist in that way, and shockingly modern.”
― Dominique Francon, Buddhism: For Beginners! The Ultimate Guide To Incorporate Buddhism Into Your Life - A Buddhism Approach For More Energy, Focus, And Inner Peace

“If you learn only one thing from this book, let it be that: that an Indian man 2,600 years ago came up with the answer to existential problems long before the existentialists even asked them. He knew it was every man for himself, and that you should accept that and be happy.”
― Dominique Francon, Buddhism: For Beginners! The Ultimate Guide To Incorporate Buddhism Into Your Life - A Buddhism Approach For More Energy, Focus, And Inner Peace

“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
― Andre Gide