Without knowing the Knower, all the knowledge that one gathers cannot be valid.
. . . I know good design when I fail to trip over it.
Sometimes I think I must have a Guardian Idiot. A little invisible spirit just behind my shoulder, looking out for me. . . only he's an imbecile.
Just as there are laws of Conservation of Matter and Energy, so there are in fact Laws of Conservation of Pain and Joy. Neither can ever be created or destroyed. But one can be converted into the other.
When writing, always hook the reader with your first sentence. . . in love, never settle. . . value yourself first and this will help you to value others. . . life is short, so enjoy it to the fullest. . . everyone in the world is different, and that's ok.
Librarians are the secret masters of the world. They control information. Don't ever piss one off.
If a person who indulges in gluttony is a glutton, and a person who commits a felony is a felon, then God is an iron.
Mutual ignorance breeds mutual distrust.
Men of God and men of war have strange affinities.
I think business leaders all over the world should not just think of how we can make lots of money, which is fine, but to take some of the problems in the world and get out there and tackle them using business. I think that if businesses do that we can get on top of these problems.
We don’t constrain our mental powers when we store new long-term memories. We strengthen them. With each expansion of our memory comes an enlargement of our intelligence. The Web provides a convenient and compelling supplement to personal memory - but when we start using the Web as a substitute for personal memory, by bypassing the inner processes of consolidation, we risk emptying our minds of their riches.