Mlodinow Books Quotes & Sayings

To protect the separate self, we push certain things away, while to bolster it we hold on to other things and identify with them. A — Jack Kornfield

I think sometimes maybe you're going to connect with the audience more than others, but the journey is about getting all there is to get out of this group of people. — Tom Petty

Whatever I've worked on, I've always tried to make my writing personal. I think that's what makes my books somewhat different from what other scientists are doing. You have to tie concepts into everyday life, or they just won't be interesting for readers. — Leonard Mlodinow

We unwittingly judge products by their boxes, books by their covers, and even corporation's annual reports by their nice glossy finish. — Leonard Mlodinow

Power is any action that results in consequences. But real power is action that results in the intended consequences. — Brent Weeks

Too many artists and writers have forgotten their roots. I embrace my fans because, in a way, they're family. — Jim Steranko

I'd never been a big fan of that saying, "Everything happens for a reason," but maybe, sometimes, every once in a while, things coalesced into a complex, intangible reason. With tattoos and piercings and bad words and unfailing loyalty topped with a temper. And in its own imperfect way, it couldn't have been any better. — Mariana Zapata

A good commander is benevolent and unconcerned with fame. — Sun Tzu

He was friendly as a warm bowl of soup. An affable guy, he always had a dimpled smile on his face and lived life unplagued by want. — Joseph G. Peterson

Every State has the primary duty to protect its own population from grave and sustained violations of human rights, as well as from the consequences of humanitarian crises, whether natural or man-made. — Pope Benedict XVI

You're wasting your time," he said. "You don't learn how to discover things by reading books on it. And psychology is a bunch of bullshit. — Leonard Mlodinow

The cord that tethers ability to success is both loose and elastic. It is easy to see fine qualities in successful books or to see unpublished manuscripts, inexpensive vodkas, or people struggling in any field as somehow lacking. It is easy to believe that ideas that worked were good ideas, that plans that succeeded were well designed, and that ideas and plans that did not were ill conceived. And it is easy to make heroes out of the most successful and to glance with disdain at the least. But ability does not guarantee achievement, nor is achievement proportional to ability. And so it is important to always keep in mind the other term in the equation - the role of chance ... What I've learned, above all, is to keep marching forward because the best news is that since chance does play a role, one important factor in success is under our control: the number of at bats, the number of chances taken, the number of opportunities seized. — Leonard Mlodinow