Half of the people lie with their lips; the other half with their tears

We tend to treat our knowledge as personal property to be protected and defended. It is an ornament that allows us to rise in the pecking order. [...] We take what we know a little too seriously.

Being an entrepreneur is an existential, not just a financial thing.

Janet Yellen at the FED is equivalent to having a biology schoolteacher who has never seen blood perform brain surgery.

Modernity: we created youth without heroism, age without wisdom, and life without grandeur

...maximize the serendipity around you.

true humility is when you can surprise yourself more than others; the rest is either shyness or good marketing