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One of the secrets to staying young is to always do things you don’t know how to do.”
Value is subjective.
Belief gets in the way of learning.
Know yourself as Nothing. Feel yourself as Everything.
The giver is the recipient.
Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
The obstacle is the way.
View reading as an investment.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
The one fact pertaining to all conditions is that they will change.
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.
Process vs. plan.
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
Work vs. Luck
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
Appreciation.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Do less, do more.
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
An artist is not paid for labor but for vision.
+2 vs. x2
Comfort vs. pain.
Talk is cheap.
Perspective.
Thought, Spoken, Heard
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
Said, done.
There's a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
Distraction.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
The more we know, the more we know we don't know.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
Experience.
The first step is the steepest.
The first rule of compounding is to never interrupt it unnecessarily.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
Wealth is a ratio, not a number.
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
More ≠ more.
Done is better than perfect.
You only fear being overtaken when you're not being yourself.
Shoot.
Builder, investor, trader.
Slow down.
It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
Observer, expert, practitioner.
No great thing is created suddenly.
Generalist, specialist.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
The fool is always getting ready to live.
Labor, leverage.
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
The simpler the story, the bigger the market.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
Chronos, Kairos.
