Simple Truths

“It isn’t what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.”

— Dale Carnegie

Women rarely admit their age; men rarely act it.

A young man asked Mozart how to write a symphony. Mozart replied, "You’re far too young to write a symphony." The young man then said, "What? You were writing symphonies when you were 10, and I’m 21." Mozart smiled and replied, "Yes, but I didn’t go around asking people how to do it."

—Sahil Bloom

“Less prep, more presence”

We need to learn from the past, but we can’t live in the past.

—Ted Gioia

It’s a pity that both of them can’t lose.

—Henry Kissinger

The truth shrinks as the crowd grows.

—Farnham Street

Reputation is like a shadow. Sometimes it's bigger than you, and sometimes it's smaller.

—Farnham Street