Ch 03: An unexpected encounter with a surprising stranger

Do not live as if you have ten thousand years left. While you are still living, strive to become a genuinely great person - Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor

The era of devices is destroying our focus and our ability to think deeply. I have to guard my cognitive assets in a far better way.

Time is one of the most precious commodities. Learn to bulletproof it. The rich invest in time. The poor invest in money.

You should learn the rules like a pro so you can break them like an artist - Picasso

You can fit in. Or you can change the world. You don't get to do both.

Her former way of existing no longer served her. It was time for a change.

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes up short again and again because there is no effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause.

The moment when you most feel like giving up is the instant when you must find it in you to press ahead.