If you don’t break a hole through the brick wall, don’t just start digging a new hole. Keep going until you break through that wall.
RUSSELL SIMMONSI don’t fault business. If you run a corporation, your job is to maximize the return on investment for your investors. Good for you. But by the same token, we have to remember that corporations have no compassion. That’s why legislation and regulations are necessary.
More Russell Simmons Quotes
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Stay in your lane. If you’re good enough, people will move to you.
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Every day set the simple goal of trying to be more awake and less distracted.
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I used to think anxiety and insomnia drove me to success, but it was the stillness that let me be good at anything. When you extend the seconds of stillness, that’s when you’re able to think and learn.
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Gratefulness is a practice, just like happiness is a choice.
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Meditation can reintroduce you to the part that’s been missing.
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You have to be able to say what people are thinking but won’t say. It’s like Donald Trump.
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If you were elected president, would you publicly support special prosecutors in these cases and what is one other thing you would do to fix our broken justice system?
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Judgment of the people in the situation is not helpful. How can you help them is the question.
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Happy can make you money, but money can’t make you happy.
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I try to use my voice. I know that celebrity is valuable, and people do listen.
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I live in hip-hop. I don’t find it to be offensive.
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I just said let’s get some poets on tv. And when they said that sounded unlikely, I made it worse. I said, no man, I want to put a bunch of black poets on stage, too.
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You just have to pay attention to what people need and what has not been done.
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A poet or a comedian can say what’s on the mind of people. They should be funny. They should make you laugh. It may be so truthful that it hurts, but it makes you laugh.
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I think it’s very important. I’ve gone into prisons to meditate with inmates. It’s something I plan to do with Tim Robbins soon.
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