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I don’t think there’s any skill more critical for success than resilience...I think about resilience as the speed and strength of your response to adversity.

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Think like a scientist: treat your opinions as hypotheses and decisions as experiments.

"Authenticity without boundaries is careless. Authenticity without empathy is selfish."

Embrace confident humility: argue like you’re right, listen like you’re wrong.

Generosity is not a loan to repay or a debt to settle. It's a gift to appreciate. You reciprocate a favor by paying it back. You honor an act of kindness by paying it forward.

Young kids have wider circles of concern than adults. Adults expect people to enjoy the misfortune of groups they dislike. But 3-5-year-olds expect people to care about everyone's suffering. Compassion is an instinct—we don't have to learn it. We need to stop unlearning it.

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To rank the effort above the prize may be called love.

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Greatness by nature includes a power, but not a will to power.

Martin Buber Between Man and Man (1965)

The weak shows his strength and hides his weaknesses; the magnificent exhibits his weaknesses like ornaments.

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