Our intuitions, as humans, aren't always very good. Changes that happen really suddenly, on the strength of the most minor of input, can be deeply confusing.

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.

If all you ever focus on is the negative, then that's all you shall see ever see.

Life is Temporary, and in life everything is temporary

True gratitude can never comeFrom the mind.It has to flow from the heartTo the mind, vital and bodyUntil everything that we have and areIs a sea of gratitude.

I'm not afraid to die.

Conducting is a strange thing to teach.

Imitate until you emulate; match and surpass those who launched you. It's the highest form of thankfulness.

To paint is not to copy the object slavishly, it is to grasp a harmony among many relationships.

Knowing something may be a terrible burden to bear, but it holds no danger to them as aren't afraid of truth.

To the wise man, to the wise nation, the mistakes of the past are the torches of the present.

I write only for my shadow which is cast on the wall in front of the light. I must introduce myself to it.