168 originals
I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.
Fear is the mind-killer.
zero-sum, infinite-sum
Peace begins when expectation ends.
One of the secrets to staying young is to always do things you don’t know how to do.”
Observer, expert, practitioner.
Generalist, specialist.
Process vs. plan.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
There's a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across.
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
The first rule of compounding is to never interrupt it unnecessarily.
Chronos, Kairos.
+2 vs. x2
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
Experience is up only.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
The one fact pertaining to all conditions is that they will change.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
Value is subjective.
The fool is always getting ready to live.
If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.
The more we know, the more we know we don't know.
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
The simpler the story, the bigger the market.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
Said, done.
An artist is not paid for labor but for vision.
The giver is the recipient.
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
You only fear being overtaken when you're not being yourself.
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
The obstacle is the way.
Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
No great thing is created suddenly.
It is really hard to make something easy.
Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
Labor, leverage.
Well done is better than well said.
The first step is the steepest.
Take a simple idea and take it seriously.
What you can imagine depends on what you know.
More ≠ more.
You don't have to start from scratch to do something interesting.
Shoot.
Do less, do more.
Truth, trend.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
Hours vs. Iterations
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
Talk is cheap.
Done is better than perfect.
You don't have a lack of ideas, you have a lack of deadlines
We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
No one is coming to save you.
