Ann Patchett Quote

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.

Self-leaders are still true leaders even if they have no known followers. True leaders inspire by the influence of their characters and general self-made brands. Leadership is defined by the virtues o...

Even now I remember those pictures, like pictures in a storybook one loved as a child. Radiant meadows, mountains vaporous in the trembling distance; leaves ankle-deep on a gusty autumn road; bonfires...

Put down your stones. Why are you breaking the window when God has left the door wide open? If you are afraid, lover, follow me. I will guide the way.

The intelligence we will create from the reverse-engineering of the brain will have access to its own source code and will be able to rapidly improve itself in an accelerating iterative design cycle....

Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.

Ability to find the answers is more important than ability to know the answers.

Forgiveness requires a sense that bad behaviour is a sign of suffering rather than malice.

Most police cars are the equivalent of an electrical room on wheels and it does not surprise me that police officers that spend time in such a biologically toxic environment are displaying aggression.

The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.