"We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far."
"Even a foolish person can still be right about most things. Most conventional wisdom is true."
"I don't know what's the matter with people: they don't learn by understanding, they learn by some other way—by rote or something. Their knowledge is so fragile!"
"Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice."
"Rule of 3 in conversation. To get to the real reason, ask a person to go deeper than what they just said. Then again, and once more. The third time's answer is close to the truth."
"When someone tells you something is wrong, they're usually right. When someone tells you how to fix it, they're usually wrong."
"Talent hits a target no one else can hit; genius hits a target no one else can see."
"Be a good ancestor. Do something a future generation will thank you for. A simple thing is to plant a tree."
"When an object is lost, 95% of the time it is hiding within arm's reach of where it was last seen. Search in all possible locations in that radius and you'll find it."
"Don't trust all-purpose glue."
"Extraordinary claims should require extraordinary evidence to be believed."
"The wise man develops himself, the fool waits to die."
"You are what you do. Not what you say, not what you believe, not how you vote, but what you spend your time on."
"Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration."
"It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see."
"Finite games are played to win or lose. Infinite games are played to keep the game going. Seek out infinite games because they yield infinite rewards."
"You should take the approach that you're wrong. Your goal is to be less wrong."
"Spend more time searching for better information sources. A body filled with junk food struggles to move well. A mind filled with junk thoughts struggles to think well."
"You are only as young as the last time you changed your mind."
"I have never met a person I admired who did not read more books than I did."
"Don't be the smartest person in the room. Hangout with, and learn from, people smarter than yourself. Even better, find smart people who will disagree with you."
"Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor. It's the voice of the enemy. And if you listen to it, it keeps you crazy for your entire life because we all fall short."
"If you have any doubt at all about being able to carry a load in one trip, do yourself a huge favor and make two trips."
"By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is the noblest; Second, by imitation, which is the easiest; Third by experience, which is the bitterest."
"Being enthusiastic is worth 25 IQ points."
"The worst evils in history have always been committed by those who truly believed they were combating evil. Beware of combating evil."
"When you get an invitation to do something in the future, ask yourself: would you accept this if it was scheduled for tomorrow? Not too many promises will pass that immediacy filter."
"I'm positive that in 100 years much of what I take to be true today will be proved to be wrong, maybe even embarrassingly wrong, and I try really hard to identify what it is that I am wrong about today."
"Don't be afraid to ask a question that may sound stupid because 99% of the time everyone else is thinking of the same question and is too embarrassed to ask it."
"To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me."
"Take one simple thing — almost anything — but take it extremely seriously, as if it was the only thing in the world, or maybe the entire world is in it — and by taking it seriously you'll light up the sky."
"If you are not willing to learn, no one can help you. If you are determined to learn, no one can stop you."
"Most people end up being conformists; they adapt to prison life. A few become reformers; they fight for better lighting, better ventilation. Hardly anyone becomes a rebel, a revolutionary who breaks down the prison walls. You can only be a revolutionary when you see the prison walls in the first place."
"Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment."
"Being able to listen well is a superpower. While listening to someone you love keep asking them 'Is there more?', until there is no more."
"Being wise means having more questions than answers."
"Trust me: There is no 'them'."
"I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there."
"A worthy goal for a year is to learn enough about a subject so that you can't believe how ignorant you were a year earlier."
"Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions."