quotes
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Another quote about travel
I found this quote on this blog (written by a friend of a friend – thanks Kevin Yu) and that it’s well worth re-posting because it concisely summarized what seeing the world with your own eyes does to you. Mark Jenkins once wrote, “Adventure is a path. Real adventure—self-determined, self-motivated, often risky—forces you to have…
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Sheer force or a lucky break
This article refers to Jobs’ Stanford commencement speech where he advised to follow your passion. But he [himself] didn’t follow this simple advice. Apple Computer was decidedly not born out of passion, but instead was the result of a lucky break—a “small-time” scheme that unexpectedly took off.” Similar to Malcolm Gladwell’s writings, this article points…
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Paul Graham is an extremist, in a really good way
Paul Graham is an extremist, in a really good way “In an artificial world, only extremists live naturally.” Yet another find on PG’s long list of fantastic essays. I admire this guy so much. His written work is clear, logical, pulls interesting facts from diverse fields and delivers a punching conclusion. Best of all there’s…
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Whether it’s tied to an entrepreneurial vision or simply made part of your every day life, giving pays back in ways you might not anticipate. Whether you’re helping a teacher and classroom in need, donating clothes or canned foods to a local shelter, volunteering for disaster relief, or giving up your birthday to help others…
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Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God.…
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The final thing I’d say about optimism is this. If we took the loopiest, most moonbeam-addled Californian utopian internet bullshit, and held it up against the most cynical, realpolitik-inflected scepticism, the Californian bullshit would still be a better predictor of the future. Which is to say that, if in 1994 you’d wanted to understand what…
