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Reason for being
The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand exponential growth
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.
Creativity before productivity.
Truth.
Shoot.
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
Price is what you pay; value is what you get.
Wealth is a ratio, not a number.
Truth
It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
zero-sum, infinite-sum
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
Talk is cheap.
Just because you can acquire the thing doesn't mean you can maintain the thing.
Process vs. plan.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
Generalist, specialist.
The one fact pertaining to all conditions is that they will change.
We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
Vision
Knowing vs. understanding.
No, it took me my whole life.
The Overthinker.
You don't have to start from scratch to do something interesting.
The giver is the recipient.
The more we know, the more we know we don't know.
The fool is always getting ready to live.
The shortcut is to stop looking for shortcuts.
Observer, expert, practitioner.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
Peace begins when expectation ends.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Meditation and concentration are the way to a life of serenity.
We may define therapy as a search for value.
Truth, Perception
If you keep looking back, you're gonna trip going forward.
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
Each man believes only his experience.
Realize.
Take a simple idea and take it seriously.
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Truth, trend.
You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
Map ≠ Territory
No great thing is created suddenly.
Know yourself as Nothing. Feel yourself as Everything.
There's a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across.
Everyone, Someone.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
Appreciation.
Learning.
If it looks simple, it was hard.
Nothing draws a crowd quite like a crowd.
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
Focus is determined by what you ignore.
Experience.
Numbers obscure nuance.
