“This endless compression of float, whether of money, information, technology or for that matter anything else, can be described as the disappearance of “change” float, the time between what was and what is to be, between past and future.” – Dee W. Hock
“When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred.” – Thomas Jefferson
“When man stepped onto the moon, it was known and seen in every corner of the globe 1.4 seconds later — hopelessly slow by today’s standards.” – Dee W. Hock
“By swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has ever harmed his stomach.” – Winston Churchill
“It doesn’t take much intelligence to realize we are in the midst of a global epidemic of institutional failure.” – Dee W. Hock
“People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“With school and church, came awareness of the chasm between how institutions professed to function and how they actually did, along with a stubborn, refusal to accept orthodox ideas, be persuaded by authoritarian means, or seek acceptance by conformity.” – Dee W. Hock
“The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes—ah, that is where the art resides.” – Artur Schnabel
“The knowledge pursued is believed by scientists to lie on the knife’s edge between chaos and order.” – Dee W. Hock
“Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools talk because they have to say something.” – Benjamin Franklin
“Better slip with foot than tongue” – Benjamin Franklin
“He that speaks much, is much mistaken.” – Benjamin Franklin
“If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z, with X being work, Y play, and Z keeping your mouth shut.” – Albert Einstein
“I can keep a secret. It’s the people that I tell it to that can’t.” – Oscar Wilde
“Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.” – Benjamin Franklin
“Most people don’t recognize opportunity when it comes, because it’s usually dressed in overalls and looks a lot like work.” – Thomas Alva Edison
“To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.” – Benjamin Franklin
“Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity’s door if you ardently wish to enter.” – Barry C. Forbes
“Suffer no anxiety, for he who is a sufferer of anxiety becomes regardless of enjoyment of the world and the spirit, and contraction happens to his body and soul.” – Zoroaster
“A man is born gentle and weak. At his death he is hard and stiff. Green plants are tender and filled with sap. At their death they are withered and dry. Therefore the stiff and unbending is the discipline of death. The gentle and unyielding is the discipline of life. Thus an army without flexibility never wins a battle. A tree that is unbending is easily broken. The hard and strong will fall. The soft and weak will overcome.” – Tao Te Ching
