Chris Matakas Quotes

When your words enter the material world in the form of ink or on screen, you are immediately afforded the opportunity to judge their worth.

I envision a world in which the vast majority of us are actively striving toward our potential by serving others through mediums we are most passionate.

Deep down I believe each of us is a well-spring of understanding and wisdom, but we simply never allow the space or time for this understanding to rise to the level of conscious thought.

The knowledge you acquire in an area of study is accompanied by an incalculable ignorance. The farther we get into anything, we learn that we have even farther to go.

I do not begin to think that I could possibly understand its inner-workings and the deepest truths of the cosmos with the 28 years that I have lived in Central New Jersey of the United States of America.

Everyone, no matter how historically famous or modernly praised, has no idea about the ultimate truth of what it means to be human.

All of the great writers and sages we are so quick to quote have simply given their interpretation of what it means to be human.

Self-improvement is generally a removal of a vice rather than an acquisition of a virtue.

So by being created, you are automatically made manifest within a system in which you are directly associated with your creator, and it is this association that we define as a relationship.

But, objectively, beyond the level of thought, the drunk on the street corner is equally a child of God.

We will never be capable of true relationships with others if we continue to view them as others.

The more closely two organisms depend upon each other the harder it becomes to tell where one organism ends and the other begins.

If something’s existence is contingent upon the existence of another entity, can we truthfully call them separate beings?

A man has only so much life, and must diversify his efforts according to his values.

I would more appropriately define mastery as the technical ability possible within the constraints of your particular existence. It must be noted that this is a subjective definition, and that this degree of mastery would be individual to each of us.

As a human being, I know of no greater example of success than someone who is self-sustaining through using his passion in the service of others.

You have become more and therefore expect more, but never become too purpose-driven to step back and realize just how far you have progressed.

You are never as good as you think you are, and you are never as bad as you believe yourself to be.

Your job as a young adult is to become as valuable to the marketplace as you can. Your job as a human is to do so without working a day in your life.

If you do not define success for yourself, you may unknowingly adopt someone else's definition along the way.