Category: Notes

The imagination of nature is far, far greater than the imagination of man.

– Richard Feynman

Well done is better than well said.

– Benjamin Franklin

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.

– Dante

The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say ‘no’ to almost everything.

– Warren Buffett

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself – and you are the easiest person to fool.

– Richard Feynman

Lose money for the firm, and I will be understanding. Lose a shred of reputation for the firm, and I will be ruthless.

– Warren Buffett

If you start a company in a market everyone knows is going to be big, then you will have a ton of competition. If, however, you start a company in a market everyone is laughing at, you won’t have too many competitors.

– Fred Wilson

For a highly motivated learner, it’s not like knowledge is secret and somehow the Internet made it not secret. It just made knowledge easy to find. If you’re a motivated enough learner, books are pretty good. Now, if you’re the kind of person who gets stuck on Chapter 5 and will give up if you don’t have someone to answer questions, don’t try and pick up the Feynman lectures on physics. That’s true whether it’s online or offline. A MOOC (massive open online course) is an attempt to gather a group and encourage students, almost like a typical classroom, forcing you to interact during the lecture so that it kind of wakes you up and keeps you engaged. A hyperlearner doesn’t have to have those things.

– Bill Gates

The greatest companies are led by missionaries, not mercenaries.

– John Doerr