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“No one can teach us the joy of living; we are endowed with it. So why are we continually waiting for the lecture?”

“Nothing can be more violent and merciless than a group of true believers, no matter what they choose to believe.”

“Of this we can be certain: at no time, in no place, and in no way is anything in the universe separate, independent, or unrelated.”

“One of the more curious facts about human beings is that they can spend a day of introspection without discovering what is obvious to anyone who has spent a half hour in their company.”

“One of the more fascinating things about human behavior is the degree to which we conceive of countless boundaries that constrain and inhibit us in extraordinary ways, even though they are nothing but mental constructs that, in reality, do not exist.”

“Only an unimaginative man would think that mechanistic, command-and-control organizations could ever produce an equitable, enduring, free society. Only a thoughtless man would create them. Only an arrogant man would run them. Only a cruel man would perpetuate them.”

“Only fools worship their tools.”

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“Originality and creativity do not result from calculated effort, but from the natural state of consciousness — an open mind at play.”

“Particularity and separability are infirmities of the mind, not characteristics of the universe.”

“Preserve substance; modify form; know the difference.”

“Reality cannot be captured by language—not even the language of mathematics—since all language, by its very nature, is man-made, self-referent ambiguity.”

“Religion claims we must obey the mandates of God and clergy can tell us what they are. Science claims we must obey the laws of nature and scientists can tell us what they are. Both claims are absurdly pretentious.”

“Right is not this or that doctrine or opinion; right is rational discussion about shared experience between honorable people leading to mutual understanding and tolerance.”

“Simple, clear purpose and principles give rise to complex intelligent behavior. Complex rules and regulations give rise to simple stupid behavior.”

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“Substance is enduring, form is ephemeral. Failure to distinguish clearly between the two is ruinous. Success follows those adept at preserving the substance of the past by clothing it in the forms of the future. Preserve substance; modify form; know the difference.”

“Success follows those adept at preserving the substance of the past by clothing it in the forms of the future.”

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“I learned the value of focus. I learned it is better to do one product well than two products in a mediocre way.”


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“The closest thing to a law of nature in business is that form has an affinity for expense, while substance has an affinity for income.”

“The disgruntled are abundant among those who are idle, and to be idle is a matter of choice.”

“The essence of community, its heart and soul, is the non-monetary exchange of value; things we do and share because we care for others, and for the good of the place.”

“The greatest achievement in life is to become your own best self. Nothing external can help with that.”

“The greatest writers have no purpose but to incite in the minds of each reader the highest and best thought of which they are capable.”

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“The most abundant, least used, and most abused resource in the world is human spirit and ingenuity.”

“The most common lesson of history is that the butchery of one mass of people by another is, in the minds of the butchers, sanctioned by their god.”

“The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how to get old ones out. Every mind is a building filled with archaic furniture. Clean out a corner of your mind and creativity will instantly fill it.”

“The prudent course is to make an investment in learning, testing and understanding, determine how the new concepts compare to how you now operate and thoughtfully determine how they apply to what you want to achieve in the future.”

“The reason is still difficult to explain, but it is not complicated. That inner voice that will not be denied, once we learn to listen to it, had whispered since the beginning, "Business is not what your life is about. Founding VISA and being its chief executive officer is something you must do, but it's only preparatory.”

“The relational aspect of all things is the music that sets life and the universe dancing.”

“The ultimate insanity is to so organize society that power, wealth, and information are concentrated in the hands of so few people that they have the power, for whatever reason, to put to death our species and the living earth as well. But so we have.”

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“The ultimate profanity is to invoke any deity in support of death or destruction in any form, particularly war.”

“The universe is full of wonderful answers patiently waiting for us.”

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“Everything happens according to Law; that nothing ever 'merely happens'; that there is no such thing as Chance; that while there are various planes of Cause and Effect, the higher dominating the lower planes, still nothing ever entirely escapes the Law.”


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