Life is a great surprise. I don't see why death should not be an even
greater one.

Life is a great surprise. I don't see why death should not be an even
greater one.

The map is not the territory.

The map is not the territory.

A pint can't hold a quart -- if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected read more

A pint can't hold a quart -- if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected of it.

Every creative act involves...a new innocence of perception, liberated
from the cataract of accepted belief.

Every creative act involves...a new innocence of perception, liberated
from the cataract of accepted belief.

A boy becomes an adult three years before his parents think he does,
and about two years after he thinks read more

A boy becomes an adult three years before his parents think he does,
and about two years after he thinks he does.

Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together
go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, read more

Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together
go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.

In really good companies, you have to lead. You have to come up with big ideas and express them forcefully. read more

In really good companies, you have to lead. You have to come up with big ideas and express them forcefully. I have always been encouraged -- or sometimes forced -- to confront the very natural fear of being wrong. I was constantly pushed to find out what I really thought and then to speak up. Over time, I came to see that waiting to discover which way the wind was blowing is an excellent way to learn how to be a follower.

In addition to self-awareness, imagination and conscience, it is the
fourth human endowment-independent will-that really makes effective
self-management possible. It read more

In addition to self-awareness, imagination and conscience, it is the
fourth human endowment-independent will-that really makes effective
self-management possible. It is the ability to make decisions and choices
and to act in accordance with them. It is the ability to act rather than
to be acted upon, to proactively carry out the program we have developed
through the other three endowments. Empowerment comes from learning how to
use this great endowment in the decisions we make every day.

A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.

A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.