Success is the study of the obvious. Everyone should take Obvious 1 and Obvious 2 in school.
Everything you've learned in school as "obvious" becomes less and less obvious as you begin to study the universe.
Everything you've learned in school as "obvious" becomes less and less obvious as you begin to study the universe. For example, there are no solids in the universe. There's not even a suggestion of a solid. There are no absolute continuums. There are no surfaces. There are no straight lines.
Study people's success stories hard. Study their failures even harder.
Sometimes success demands a certain refined insanity.
There are relatively few atheists among neurologists and brain surgeons and astrophysicists, but many among psychologists, sociologists, and historians. The reason seems obvious: the first study divine design, the second study human undesign.
There are only Epicureans, either crude or refined; Christ was the most refined.
Clothes can have a very refined vibration. An ochre robe can be extremely refined and so can a wonderful satin gown or a silk brocade coast.
I began researching natural healing, which is how I came to change my diet. Overnight, I gave up refined sugar, gluten, dairy, anything processed or refined, and meat.
The language denotes the man. A coarse or refined character finds its expression naturally in a coarse or refined phraseology.
I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate, and glorify the obvious - because the obvious is what people need to be told.
The obvious choice isn't always the best choice, but sometimes, by golly, it is. I don't stop looking as soon I find an obvious answer, but if I go on looking, and the obvious-seeming answer still seems obvious, I don't feel guilty about keeping it.
Due to our preconceptions regarding education, we fail to inquire into the most obvious and wondrous field of study - ourselves.
I really think happiness is very closely aligned with success, and may almost be an interchangeable synonym. Happiness (like success) also comes from doing what we feel called to do in life; however, it's also obvious no one can experience one without the other.
The very austerity of the Brahmans is tempting to the devotional soul, as a more refined and nobler luxury. Wants so easily and gracefully satisfied seem like a more refined pleasure. Their conception of creation is peaceful as a dream.
Do the obvious, you won't forget it. Do the obvious, you won't regret it. Obvious, obvious, obvious.