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Good timber does not grow with ease; the stronger the
wind, the stronger the trees.
Good timber does not grow with ease; the stronger the
wind, the stronger the trees.
I've run less risk driving my way across country than eating my way across it.
I've run less risk driving my way across country than eating my way across it.
I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I
looked into the soul of the boy read more
I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I
looked into the soul of the boy next to me.
The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.
The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.
The greatness of a man's power is the measure of his surrender.
The greatness of a man's power is the measure of his surrender.
My wife isn't married to me forever; she's married to me for good. That
keeps me on my toes.
My wife isn't married to me forever; she's married to me for good. That
keeps me on my toes.
The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the
continents, and the oceans was not ignorance, but rather read more
The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the
continents, and the oceans was not ignorance, but rather the illusion of
knowledge.
In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is
so constituted as to maximize play. The best read more
In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is
so constituted as to maximize play. The best games are not those in which
all goes smoothly and steadily toward a certain conclusion, but those in
which the outcome is always in doubt. Similarly, the geometry of life is
designed to keep us at the point of maximum tension between certainty and
uncertainty, order and chaos. Every important call is a close one. We
survive and evolve by the skin of our teeth. We really wouldn't want it
any other way.
A leader knows what's best to do; a manager knows merely how best to do it.
A leader knows what's best to do; a manager knows merely how best to do it.
