…there is quite a bit of scientific evidence that outstanding performance in many fields is related more to high-quality practice than innate ability (see, for example, Talent is Overrated by Geoff Colvin).

— John Ousterhout, A Philosophy of Software Design

Daily habits are powerful because of how they compound, but worrying too much about every daily choice is like looking at yourself in the mirror from an inch away.

— James Clear, Atomic Habits

Every time the interest rate went up, so did the suicide rate; when interest went down, so did suicide.

— Robert Anton Wilson, Prometheus Rising

Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago

Soul mate isn’t a preexisting condition. It’s an earned title. They’re made over time.

— Angela Duckworth, Grit