Quotes from Books

Education is an act of love, and thus an act of courage.

The oppressed, having been raised to think that they are worthless, must be led to see that they are worth something.

To speak a word is to transform the world.

The greatest humanistic and historical task of the oppressed is to liberate themselves.

The infinite game is about the journey, not the destination.

There are no deadlines in an infinite game.

When we work together, we can achieve greater things than we ever could alone.

Breath is the bridge between the mind and body.

If you want to change your life, change your breathing.

The way we breathe affects every aspect of our health.

Hygge is about creating a warm atmosphere and enjoying the good things in life with good people.

The secret to happiness is not in getting what you want, but in wanting what you have.

The only thing that matters in life is what you do with your time.

We are all actors in the theater of life, playing roles and engaging in games.

People play games to get their needs met, often without realizing it.

Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.

What we know matters, but who we are matters more.

Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.

I have not told half of what I saw.

The greatest and most famous city of the world is the city of Hangzhou.

There are many worlds, and they are all connected.

Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves.

The only journey is the one within.

You are so young, it is only the beginning of you.

The only way to deal with fear is to face it head-on.

You don’t get what you don’t ask for.

You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.

The best products are those that are designed to create habits.

To create a habit, you need to understand the triggers that lead to user engagement.

Successful products are those that compel users to return time and time again.

The story of the Prodigal Son is not just about a son who returns home; it is about the father who waits.

We are all prodigal sons and daughters, longing for home and acceptance.

Forgiveness is the ultimate act of love.

The journey home is often the most difficult but also the most rewarding.

What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.

I never lose. I either win or learn.

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

The division of labor is limited by the extent of the market.

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.

The real tragedy of the poor is the poverty of their aspirations.

The great danger to the consumer is the monopoly—whether private or governmental.

Economic freedom is an essential requisite for political freedom.

A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither.

I was in the woods, and I was in the dark, and I was in the air.

The hawk is a creature of the air, and I am a creature of the earth.

What I wanted was to be a hawk, to be free of the burdens of being human.

The hardest part of building a software system is deciding what to build.

Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.

You can’t make a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant.

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you.

The mind commands the body and it obeys. The mind commands itself and it is resisted.

A person is a citizen of two cities: the earthly city and the heavenly city.

The one quality that all successful writers have is a strong sense of belief in themselves.

A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

Happiness is but a mere episode in the general drama of pain.

From hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee.

Call me Ishmael.

A whale ship was my Yale College and my Harvard.

It is not down on any map; true places never are.

The man who has not traveled thinks his mother is the best cook.

A man who uses force is afraid of reasoning.

Every man has his own way of showing his love.

Et tu, Brute?

The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

The good life is not a life of luxury, but a life of virtue and tranquility.

We suffer more in imagination than in reality.

It is not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

The great problem is to know what is true.

The more one knows, the more one realizes how much one does not know.

Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know.