"Nature has a great simplicity and therefore a great beauty"

“Don't be afraid. Don't be daunted. Just do your job. Continue to show up for your piece of it, whatever that might be.”

“Going to war accelerated the move from indirect to direct rule. Almost any state that makes war finds that it cannot pay for the effort from its accumulated reserves and current revenues. Almost all war-making states borrow extensively, raise taxes, and seize the means of combat - including men - from reluctant citizens who have other uses for their resources.”

Source : Charles Tilly, Arthur L. Stinchcombe (1997). “Roads from Past to Future”, p.149, Rowman & Littlefield

“I'm a minor, stupid talent compared to my brother (Joaquin).”

“The scariest part of forever is that nothing is.”

Source : Deb Caletti (2012). “The Story of Us”, p.232, Simon and Schuster

“You should be angry. You must not be bitter. Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. It doesn't do anything to the object of its displeasure. So use that anger. You write it. You paint it. You dance it. You march it. You vote it. You do everything about it. You talk it. Never stop talking it.”

“For a Christian, Jesus is the unique and only way that God has fully revealed himself. For a Jew this cannot be.”

“In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.”

“My view is that, just as in many businesses, brands really matter. There will always be a role for destination sites. Eighty million users come to our destination. I think that will be the vast majority of our future business.”

Source : "Meg Whitman's Exit Interview". Interview with Erick Schonfeld, techcrunch.com. January 24, 2008.