Majicman Notes

The most important lessons here — especially for young people — is that even if you’re shooting for the stars, you’re going to spend most of your time on a plateau. That’s where the deepest,… Read more

Primum non nocere is a Latin phrase that means “first, do no harm“ Read more

One cannot stay on the summit forever –One has to come down again. So why bother in the first place? Just this. What is above knows what is below –But what is below does not… Read more

Life shrinks or expands in proportion with one’s courage. Anaïs Nin Read more

It is said that before entering the sea a river trembles with fear. She looks back at the path she has traveled, from the peaks of the mountains, the long winding road crossing forests and… Read more

Invictus Out of the night that covers me,    Black as the Pit from pole to pole,    I thank whatever gods may be    For my unconquerable soul.    In the fell clutch of… Read more

Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won’t either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the… Read more

Yes, talent matters. I’m not going to stand here and tell you it doesn’t. But talent has a broad definition. Most of the time, it’s not about having a gift. It’s about having grit. In… Read more

When you arise in the morning, think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love. Do not waste what remains of your life in speculating about others, unless… Read more

A favour­ite inter­viewee was clearly Alice Walker, “one of the fun­da­mental vis­ion­ar­ies of our time”, whose writ­ing “remains lan­guid and effort­lessly grace­ful, and has not lost its enorm­ous power to prod at the sorest, most… Read more