In the uttermost meaning of the words, thought is devout, and devotion is thought. Deep calls unto deep.
I can't really articulate what I feel.
The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.
I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they’d never expect it.
The conditions conducive to deep thought have become increasingly rare in our highly mediated lives. . . Now we live in an attention economy, where the most in-demand commodity is 'eyeballs.
Selling to people who actually want to hear from you is more effective than interrupting strangers who don't.
Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat.
When you come right down to it, the secret to having it all is loving it all.
Giving up the illusion that you can predict the future is a very liberating moment. All you can do is give yourself the capacity to respond. . . the creation of that capacity is the purpose of strategy.
Sometimes when it looks like I'm deep in thought I'm just trying not to have a conversation with people.
If it was easy, everyone would be doing it, and you wouldn't have an opportunity.
I am not superstitious, but the first time I saw this medal, bearing the venerated likeness of John Calvin, I kissed it, imagining that no one saw the action. I was very greatly surprised when I received this magnificent present, which shall be passed round for your inspection. On the one side is John Calvin with his visage worn by disease and deep thought, and on the other side is a verse fully applicable to him: 'He endured, as seeing Him who is invisible.
At our most elemental, we are not a chemical reaction, but an energetic charge. Human beings and all living things are a coalescence of energy in a field of energy connected to every other thing in the world. This pulsating energy field is the central engine of our being and our consciousness, the alpha and the omega of our existence.
Realists do not fear the results of their study.
There's nothing more deep than recognizing Israel's right to exist. That's the most deep thought of all. . . . I can't think of anything more deep than that right.
It's not so hard to get rich as it is to know when you have gotten rich.
Be proud of your scars. They remind you that you have the will to live.
Our bravest and best lessons are not learned through success, but through misadventure.
The less you try to impress, the more impressive you are.
If it's still in your mind, it is still in your heart.