Quotes on Thrive

Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice.

The future's here already. It's just unevenly distributed.

I think work is the world's greatest fun.

True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.

We feel free because we lack the very language to articulate our unfreedom.

There are few minds to which tyranny is not delightful.

Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other; yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely; for science is but one.

Among the great struggles of man-good/evil, reason/unreason, etc.-there is also this mighty conflict between the fantasy of Home and the fantasy of Away, the dream of roots and the mirage of the journey.

Reason is like an officer when the king appears. The officer then loses his power and hides himself. Reason is the shadow cast by God; God is the sun.

Practice the art of patience for nature never acts in haste.

The proximity of a desirable thing tempts one to overindulgence. On that path lies danger.

One certain effect of war is to diminish freedom of expression. Patriotism becomes the order of the day, and those who question the war are seen as traitors, to be silenced and imprisoned.

Question: Who governs the governors? Answer: Entropy

Do not be the judge of people; do not make assumptions about others. A person is destroyed by holding judgments about others.

We are a way of the universe knowing itself.

There is only one condition in which we can imagine managers not needing subordinates, and masters not needing slaves. This condition would be that each (inanimate) instrument could do its own work.

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale.

The best of ideas is hurt by uncritical acceptance and thrives on critical examination.

A minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection.

The responsibility of leadership is not to come up with all the ideas but to create an environment in which great ideas can thrive.