“One can never read too little of bad, or too much of good books: bad books are intellectual poison; they destroy the mind.
In order to read what is good one must make it a condition never to read what is bad; for life is short, and both time and strength limited.”
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.”
“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.”
“Knowledge makes everything simpler.”
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.”
“Creativity is just connecting things.”
“It’s very important to have a feedback loop, where you’re constantly thinking about what you’ve done and how you could be doing it better.”
“In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but how many can get through to you.”