Seth Quotes - Page 4

The only purpose of starting is to finish, and while the projects we do are never really finished, they must ship.

Try is the opposite of hiding.

The magical approach is indeed the natural approach to life's experience. It is the adult version of childhood knowledge, the human version of the animals' knowledge, the conscious version of 'unconscious' comprehension.

The basic idea of karma is not punishment. Karma presents the opportunity for development; to make use of opportunities that were not taken advantage of, to fill in gaps of ignorance, to enlarge understanding through experience, to do what should be done.

Consciousness is, among other things, a spontaneous exercise in creativity.

I come here because it is fun. I have fun when I come here. I do not come here because I feel that I have any great responsibility for your beings or welfare. Who am I to set myself against the innate wisdom of your own individual being, or to take upon my invisible shoulders the great privilege or joyful responsibility for your behavior and destiny?

Expectations are the engines of our perceptions.

Freedom isn't the ability to do whatever you want. It's the willingness to do whatever you want.

When you fall in love with the system, you lose the ability to grow.

The Internet is going to change marketing before it changes almost anything else, and old marketing will die in its path.

For at no time are any events predestined. There should be no such word in your vocabulary, for with every moment you change, and every heartbeat is an action, and every action changes every other action.

Relying too much on proof distracts you from the real mission–which is emotional connection.

Life is a buzzer box. Poke it.

In basic terms, civilization is dependent upon the spontaneity and fulfillment of the individual. Your civilization is in sad straits. Not because you are allowed spontaneity or fulfillment to individuals, but because you are denied it, and because your institutions are based upon that premise.

It certainly seems too simple to say what I am going to say, yet it is almost as if you would be better off turning the entire rational approach upside down, taking it for granted that all of its assumptions were false, for they are indeed more false than true.

We can't rely on others to be our teachers anymorethe future belongs to individuals who decide to become great bosses (and teachers).

You do not hate anyone you are not capable of loving. Remember that.

The dreamer creates his dreams for his own purposes, selecting only those symbols which have meaning to him.

The ends do not justify the means

If you are love with the perfect, prepare to see it swept away. If you are able to dream of the impossible, it just might happen.

It's easier to love a brand when the brand loves you back.

It’s better to make a decision, even the wrong one, than to be in limbo.

Powerful advertising is anticipated, personal, and relevant.

More time on the problem isn't the way. More guts is. When you expose yourself to the opportunities that scare you, you create something scarce, something others won't do.

A good job is largely anonymous and forgotten (but still important). A personal job, on the other hand, is humanized. It brings us closer together. It might not be remarkable, but it stands out as memorable because (however briefly) the recipient of the work was touched by someone else. Often, remarkable work is personal too, but personal might just be enough for today.