“We can allow satellites, planets, suns, universe, nay whole systems of universe, to be governed by laws, but the smallest insect, we wish to be created at once by special act.”
Source: Notebooks
“As day turns into night in the desert, the dreadful hell gives way to majestic space!”
“Don't get too caught up in the magic of the desert, you'll get burned! You should experience the beauties of hell in moderation!”
“How long can you walk in a desert? Until your body can no longer move forward without water? No! The last point you can go is the point at which your mental strength is completely gone!”
“Looks like you've managed to completely embarrass yourself in both languages.”
Source: The Foxhole Court
“He was kind. People bothered him. He thought we should be more concerned with the world around us and how our actions would affect things years down the road.”
Source: The Raven Boys
“The paradox of short-term thinking is that it often ends up being more damaging and more expensive than longer-term thinking.”
Source: The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume II - Essential Frameworks for Disruption and Uncertainty
“The degree of surprise or shock you experience from disruption correlates to your level of preparedness, perspectives, and your reliance on assumptions.”
Source: The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume I - Reframing and Navigating Disruption
“Humans need to enhance their capabilities, as machines are learning fast, gaining increasingly higher-level human functions.”
Source: The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume I - Reframing and Navigating Disruption
“Emergencies are not equally distributed. The degree of anticipatory thinking we apply will shape the scope, nature and impact of the emergencies we face.”
Source: Disrupt With Impact: Achieve Business Success in an Unpredictable World