The trick is to choose a goal just beyond your present abilities; to target the struggle. Thrashing blindly doesn't help. Reaching does.

A paradox. life can only be understood backwards but it must be lived forward.

I realized that passing on knowledge is like passing on DNA—it is more important than the individual, because it lives way beyond the individual’s life.

The image of God has entered our midst, in the form of our fallen life, in the likeness of sinful flesh.

We can only ever create something we have never experienced in the realm of infinite possibilities, but the only way to make that happen is to go where we haven’t gone before, which is the unknown.

The importance of showing up without notes, appearing to be in command of the subject matter and the situation, is important.

Systems will override rhetoric every day of the week.

Every intellectual endeavour starts from an already existing preconception, which then can be transformed during further inquires and can serve as a starting point for following endeavours.

Character is like a tree, and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

Build your organization from the top down. An organization is the opposite of a building: Its foundation is at the top, so make sure you hire managers before you hire their reports.