Life is a tightrope between two errors: generalizing the wrong particular and particularizing the wrong general.

Work hard, not in grunt work, but in chasing such opportunities and maximizing exposure to them. This makes living in big cities invaluable because you increase the odds of serendipitous encounters-you gain exposure to the envelope of serendipity.

If you're going to fail, you'd rather fail early than fail late in general.

To be completely cured of newspapers, spend a year reading the previous week's newspapers.

Procrastination is the soul rebelling against entrapment.

When we want to do something while unconsciously certain to fail, we seek advice so we can blame someone else for the failure.

The opposite of fragile is something that gains from disorder.