You do not own the molecules. They are stardust. They belong to God. What you do own is your soul. Nobody can take that away from you.
…the best Evil Plan offers something much more for people–a chance to buy into an idea that matters, and share it with people who matter to them.
If your business plan depends on suddenly being “discovered” by some big shot, your plan will probably fail. Nobody suddenly discovers anything. Things are made slowly and in pain.
The only people who can change the world are people who want to. And not everybody does.
Art suffers the moment other people start paying for it.
Anyone can be an idealist. Anyone can be a cynic. The hard part lies somewhere in the middle—that is, being human.
..The stuff you learn beforehand will never be one-tenth as useful as the stuff you learn the hard way, on the job.
They’re only crayons. You didn’t fear them in Kindergarten, why fear them now?
GOOD IDEAS ALTER THE BALANCE IN RELATIONSHIPS. THAT IS WHY GOOD IDEAS ARE ALWAYS INITIALLY RESISTED.
The price of being a sheep is boredom. The price of being a wolf is loneliness. Choose one or the other with great care.