A lot of what is most beautiful about the world arises from struggle.

The visionary starts with a clean sheet of paper, and re-imagines the world.

We don't know where our first impressions come from or precisely what they mean, so we don't always appreciate their fragility.

The great accomplishment of Jobs's life is how effectively he put his idiosyncrasies - his petulance, his narcissism, and his rudeness - in the service of perfection.

If everyone has to think outside the box, maybe it is the box that needs fixing.

The successful are those who have been given opportunities.

An aggressive drug-testing program would cut down on certain abuses, but its never going to catch everyone - or even close to everyone.

There will be statues of Bill Gates across the Third World. There's a reasonable shot that - because of his money - we will cure malaria.

Outlier are those who have been given opportunities-- -and who have had the strength and presence of mind to seize them.

When you're an underdog, you're forced to try things you would never otherwise have attempted.

If we are to learn to improve the quality of the decisions we make, we need to accept the mysterious nature of our snap judgments.

The window of her sadness was so vast that it almost opened a path to her soul.

I have never loved a half human creature as my ancient loverShe was 30% human when with me, I bet she breath when telling white liesNot noticing that it's where my heart lied

Humility is attentive patience.

In painting, the most brilliant colors, spread at random and without design, will give far less pleasure than the simplest outline of a figure.

Beware of over-confidence; especially in matters of structure.

Yieldedness is vital in listening to what He has to say.

Politics is about a lot more than winning and losing. I think politics at its best is about compromise, shades of grey and about issues.

Innovation comes from long-term thinking and iterative execution.

There are two types of people: you have people that like psychological horror and you have those that like everything in their face.

Within the book and volume of thy brain.