“I think an education is not only important, it is the most important thing you can do with your life.”-Dean Kamen
The Most Sonder Of Thoughts
“The assumption that everyone else is like you. That you are the world. The disease of consumer capitalism. The complacent solipsism.”
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Difficulties in Mathematics
“Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.
The Marble & The Sculptor
“Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor.”
-Alexis Carrel
Internal Thermostat
“Each of us has an inner thermostat setting that determines how much love, success, and creativity we allow ourselves to enjoy. When we exceed our inner thermostat setting, we will often do something to sabotage ourselves, causing us to drop back into the old, familiar zone where we feel secure.”
—Gay Hendricks
Elevate Your Average
“Every person is average because every person has an average. The only way to get better is to live above your average and create a better average.”
—Michael Bernoff
A Little Wiser
“I constantly see people rise in life who are not the smartest, sometimes not even the most diligent, but they are learning machines. They go to bed every night a little wiser than they were when they got up and boy does that help, particularly when you have a long run ahead of you.”
-Charlie Munger
There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.
“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”
-Paulo Coelho
The Universe
“The universe rewards calculated risk and passion.”
– Joe Rogan
Spinning Our Wheels
“So, instead of investing your time in a passion, you’ve sold your life to work for an uncaring machine that doesn’t understand you. That’s the problem with our society. And what’s the reward? Go home and get a big TV.”
– Joe Rogan