I am so used to plunging into the unknown that any other surroundings and form of existence strike me as exotic and unsuitable for human beings.
Replace fear of the unknown with curiosity.
I shall never fear or avoid things of which I do not know.
The difficult and risky task of meeting and mastering the new . . . is not undertaken by the vanguard of society but by its rear. It is the misfits, failures, fugitives, outcasts and their like who are among the first to grapple with the new.
Never be afraid of not knowing. Find out.
Going into the unknown is invariably frightening, but we learn what is significantly new only through adventures.
Most people choose movies that provide exactly what they expect, and tell them things they already know. Others are more curious. We are put on this planet only once, and to limit ourselves to the familiar is a crime against our minds.
I learned early that the richness of life is found in adventure. Adventure calls on all the faculties of mind and spirit. It develops self-reliance and independence. Life then teems with excitement. But man is not ready for adventure unless he is rid of fear. For fear confines him and limits his scope. He stays tethered by strings of doubt and indecision and has only a small and narrow world to explore.
Most people are more comfortable with what is familiar. I’ve spent my life doing the opposite.
A life lesson for me is, how do you muster the courage to take on a new risk? Whether it's starting up a business or taking on a new project or expedition. I think the risks that we take are all relative to the risk-taker.
I must see new things and investigate them. I want to taste dark water and see crackling trees and wild winds.
Embrace what you don't know, especially in the beginning, because what you don't know can become your greatest asset. It ensures that you will absolutely be doing things different from everybody else.
Reality in our century is not something to be faced.
Sometimes, it takes us a while to appreciate something new, something that might change us for the better.
I urge you to be challenged and inspired by what you do not know.
Reality is an acquired taste.
Write about something you don't know. And don't be scared, ever.
It's not about breaking down borders. It's about pushing off of them, and seeing what amazing places they might bring us.
You have to feel comfortable being uncomfortable. I'm always comfortable being uncomfortable. And to be comfortable being uncomfortable, I have to hone my discipline, which to me is doing what I have to do, but also doing it like I love it.
I want to live happily in a world I don’t understand.
When you leave the familiar and enter the unknown, your fear becomes refined by experience and hammered into tools of survival on the anvil of anxiety.
Embrace the wisdom of uncertainty.
Every great move forward in your life begins with a leap of faith, a step into the unknown.
I was a stranger and you took me in. -Joji G. Shoji, d. 1921
On the first feature, everything's new. No matter what you're doing, it's a new experience, and you don't really have control over it, in a way, because you just don't know how things work.
