quotes of day Sunday, September 6, 2026

“It's as satisfying to me as, uh, coming is, you know? As, ah, having sex with a woman and coming.”

“No one loves the man whom he fears.”

“The only thing I understand deeply, because in my teens I was thinking about it, and every year of my life, is software. So I'll never be hands-on on anything except software.”

“The mind must not be forced; artificial and constrained manners fill it with foolish presumption, through unnatural elevation and vain and ridiculous inflation, instead of solid andvigorous nutriment.”

“Money in the bank is like toothpaste in the tube. Easy to take out, hard to put back.”

“The Master said, “If your conduct is determined solely by considerations of profit you will arouse great resentment.”

“Writers seldom write the things they think. They simply write the things they think other folks think they think.”

“The people one loves should take all their things with them when they die.”

“The mental suffering you create is always some form of non-acceptance,some form of unconscious resistance to what is.On the level of thought, the resistance is some form of judgement.The intensity of the suffering depends on the degree of resistance to the present moment.”

“Newspaper : A device unable to distinguish between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilisation.”

“It is the Land of Truth (enchanted name!), surrounded by a wide and stormy ocean, the true home of illusion, where many a fog bank and ice, that soon melts away, tempt us to believe in new lands, while constantly deceiving the adventurous mariner with vain hopes, and involving him in adventures which he can never leave, yet never bring to an end.”

“It takes time to build a corporate work of art. It takes time to build a life. And it takes time to develop and grow. So give yourself, your enterprise, and your family the time they deserve and the time they require.”

“Learn to help people with more than just their jobs: help them with their lives.”

“Our cellar home had a kitchen and a combination bedroom and half bath, which meant we had a sink next to the bed. We had no refrigerator, no shower or tub, and no privacy. My parents shared the bedroom with my sister and me.”