He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared. The Art Of War

Train up a fig-tree in the way it should go, and when you are old sit under the shade of it. Dombey and Son

The streets of London have their map, but our passions are uncharted. What are you going to meet if you turn this corner? Jacob's Room

But our attention is limited. There’s no way we can process the tidal waves of information flowing past us constantly. Therefore, the only zeroes and ones that break through and catch our attention are the truly exceptional pieces of information (…) This flood of extreme information has conditioned us to believe that exceptionalism is the new normal (…) the deluge of exceptional information drives us to feel pretty damn insecure and desperate. The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F*Ck