Echoes

You must know the big ideas in the big disciplines and use them routinely — all of them, not just a few.

The most dangerous worldview is the worldview of those who have not viewed the world.

They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.

I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.

The only true voyage of discovery, the only fountain of Eternal Youth, would be not to visit strange lands but to possess other eyes, to behold the universe through the eyes of another, of a hundred others, to behold the hundred universes that each of them beholds, that each of them is.

There are no facts, only interpretations.

Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.

In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's there are few.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

Anyone who holds a true opinion without understanding is like a blind man on the right road.

Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world.

In the great chain of causes and effects, no single fact can be considered in isolation.

...if you are nothing but profit-conscious, you cannot see the opportunities ahead.

He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.

Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That's because they were able to connect experiences they've had and synthesize new things. And the reason they were able to do that was that they've had more experiences or they have thought more about their experiences than other people... Unfortunately, that's too rare a commodity. A lot of people in our industry haven't had very diverse experiences. So they don't have enough dots to connect, and they end up with very linear solutions without a broad perspective on the problem. The broader one's understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age. 'Tis much better to do a little with certainty, & leave the rest for others that come after you, than to explain all things by conjecture without making sure of any thing.

The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.

Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

A person who is said to be proficient at the arts is like a fool. Because of his foolishness in concerning himself with just one thing, he thinks of nothing else and thus becomes proficient.

A very great deal more truth can become known than can be proven.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.