"Failure is not to be feared. It is from failure that most growth comes."

--

Source : Dee Hock (2005). “One from Many: VISA and the Rise of Chaordic Organization”, p.319, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Dee Hock

“The firefly only shines when on the wing, So it is with us--when we stop, we darken.”
“Perhaps the central problem we face in all of computer science is how we are to get to the situation where we build on top of the work of others rather than redoing so much of it in a trivially different way.”
“Eventually, it wasn't even your dad I wanted, just anybody. Anybody at all.”
“The human mind is like Salome at the beginning of dance, hidden from the outside world by seven veils. Veils of reserve, shyness,fear.”
“Well, I am not afraid of the word 'liberal.'”
“Community means people spending time together here, and I don't think there's really that.”
“Happiness comes from the full understanding of your own being.”
“All people are most credulous when they are most happy.”

Source : Walter Bagehot (2007). “Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market”, p.160, Cosimo, Inc.

You may also like: