"It is a fool that cannot conceal his wisdom."
- Paramahansa Yogananda

Whether you liked it or not, my career in game development was certainly an outspoken one! I've always had a way with words, and my tumultuous time in the entertainment industry gave me plenty of food for thought. Here are some of the pearls of wisdom that washed up in my numerous interviews and articles:

"The first to criticize are the last to contribute..."
-  MDickie

"I'd rather fail as an innovator than succeed as an imitator..."
-  MDickie

"If you think something lies at the end of a rainbow, that's where it'll stay.
If you think something lies within you, that's where it'll be..."
- MDickie

"A dependence on others is very much a weakness.
Task after task, you're literally putting your life in somebody else's hands
by begging them to fill in the gaps. By making sure there are no such gaps,
you create a solid platform from which any height can be reached..."
-  MDickie

"If you care what other people think, you're essentially giving them the keys to
your spiritual home. Upon giving them to a stranger, you can expect to find
your happiness and dignity stolen like the treasures they are..."
-  MDickie

"Success is less about how much you want to 'gain'
and more about what you're willing to sacrifice..."
-  MDickie

"Like an explorer discovering new worlds, you're always the king when you're in
uncharted territory - no matter how small the land may be! And like a goldmine found
within that land, the only qualities that matter are those that are rare..."
-  MDickie

"If you accept the limitations of life then you invite the status of death..."
- MDickie

"Your life can't go in any one direction without your consent..."
-  MDickie

"The only crime controversy commits is against its own industry..."
-  MDickie

"The weakest links are the easiest to make..."
-  MDickie

"If you fret over your weaknesses, you have no faith in your strengths..."
-  MDickie

"That which 'comes and goes' is like a river that flows and splashes indiscriminately,
whereas internal qualities stay with you forever like the land beneath your feet.
 I know which surface I'd rather build my home on..."
-  MDickie

"The triangle between mind, body, and soul is like an ongoing game of Rock/Paper/Scissors -
and you need access to all 3 options to even stand a chance of winning! If you're not playing
with a full deck then you're doomed to lose to players that are..."
-  MDickie

"Each quality grows stronger with the support of the other, and weaker without it.
Intelligence without fitness leads to insecurity. Strength without intelligence leads to humiliation.
And either of them without soul doesn't lead anywhere..."
-  MDickie

"When you're 3 layers deep you're less likely to fall, and when
you're 3 layers high you're more likely to touch the sky..."
-  MDickie

"When a man dares to be different, he attracts ridicule from a public that fails to
understand him and scorn from the peers that understand him all too well..."
-  MDickie

"Ignorance is best ignored..."
-  MDickie

"When an evil man hates you, take it as the greatest of compliments!
He's saying, 'I don't recognize you. Your life is the opposite of mine.'
Be glad that you have forged a divide between good and evil..."
-  MDickie

"Greatness is the ultimate test of character.
It inspires a positive mind and intimidates a negative one.
Be inspired by everything and intimidated by nothing..."
-  MDickie

"A great man must be like a sieve to the world. He should expose himself to everything - safe in the
knowledge that all that is empty will pass him by, while all that is substantial will remain..."
-  MDickie

"If you anticipate a wave, you can ride it instead of being washed away..."
- MDickie

"If you attract fans for the right reasons then they stay forever..."
-  MDickie

"I'd rather fail the right reasons than succeed for the wrong reasons..."
-  MDickie

"Talented individuals are called 'stars' because each one lights up the other..."
-  MDickie

"They say we're born good and it's the world that corrupts us.
If that's true, then we're also born talented until society beats it out of us.
People assume that success is about gaining things, but it's more
about keeping what you've already got..."
-  MDickie

"A man can achieve anything. All he has to do is ignore
the 6 billion people telling him otherwise...."
-  MDickie

"If someone's opinions are shallow, so too should be the impact of those opinions...."
-  MDickie

"You don't know you've got a reputation until you fail to live up to it...."
-  MDickie