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  • Neutrality In Crisis

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

    – Dante

  • Focus

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

    – Warren Buffett

  • The First Principle

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

    – Richard Feynman

  • Losing Reputation

    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

  • Starting In A Market Everyone Is Laughing At

    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

  • Hyperlearners

    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

  • Missionaries vs Mercenaries

    The greatest companies are led by missionaries, not mercenaries.

    – John Doerr

  • Confusing State and Society

    Some writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them; whereas they are not only different, but have different origins. Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first is a patron, the last a punisher.

    – Thomas Paine

  • Pursuing Something Important

    Pursue something so important that even if you fail, the world is better off with you having tried.

    – Tim O’Reilly