Neal Stephenson Quote

Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.

The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.

Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

Whenever they are condemning weaves or breast implants, some people speak so passionately that their false teeth almost fall out.

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

Every challenge, every adversity, contains within it the seeds of opportunity and growth.

It's really kind of cool to have solar panels on your roof.

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