Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quote

The eagle only knows how high it can fly when it spreads its wings.

Risk is the clue that our dreams are both real and great.

Your need for acceptance can make you invisible in this world. Don't let anything stand in the way of the light that shines through this form. Risk being seen in all of your glory.

Magic?" What did magic have to do with breaking into someone's store and stealing their stuff?"Don't you get it?" Peter said. "You're free now. You don't have to live by their rules anymore." Peter po...

A compass calibrated by my greed is a rather shrewd way to legitimize my agenda. However, true north on a compass such as this is a straight line to the edge of a really big cliff.

But if you're gonna dine with them cannibalsSooner or later, darling, you're gonna get eaten . . .

The more we construct lives that prioritize safety, the bigger the prison we construct around ourselves.

Never give up your right to be wrong, and be sure to give others that right too.

Burning bridges behind you is understandable. It's the bridges before us that we burn, not realizing we may need to cross, that brings regret.

I made the mistake of using my earned sick time at the W. M. Keck Observatory for essential surgery. When I returned to work the management team demanded my resignation numerous times, citing my essen...