Le brouhaha de l'opinion d'autrui

La citation plus bas est comprise dans une citation plus grande que j'ai déjà publiée sur mon blogue (laquelle participe d'un discours), mais je la trouve particulièrement pertinente.

Jeune, je trouve qu'on est entourés de beaucoup de rêveurs ; de gens enclins à s'élancer dans des entreprises qui, une décennie plus tard, semblent marginales. En un mot, à vingt ans, on est entourés par la souplesse d'esprit, la vigueur, l'élan, les projets multicolores, la fraîcheur de la jeunesse.

En vieillissant, les êtres humains semblent rechercher la sécurité et le conformisme. L'esprit se raidit. L'intolérance croît. Je pense qu'en conséquence il devient très facile d'oublier ce que l'on désire. À moins d'être érotomane, fasciste, ou quoi que ce soit d'analogue, je pense qu'on devrait retrouver la racine de ses rêves et renouer avec eux.

“Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice.”

— Steve Jobs

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“You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.”

- Steve Jobs

Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the bibles of my generation. It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch. This was in the late 1960s, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors and Polaroid cameras. It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along: It was idealistic, and overflowing with neat tools and great notions.

Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue. It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. Beneath it were the words: "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish." It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.

Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.”

- Steve Jobs

La poire et le pain à burger croqués !