‘If you can make that true of your work, you will have a wonderful life. I know how lucky I am to have found that, and how unlucky so many are to have not found that. People talk about work–life balance. But the idea of balancing one
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“A typical chip might be designed with blueprints from the Japanese-owned, UK-based company called Arm, by a team of engineers in California and Israel, using design software from the United States. When a design is complete, it’s sent to a facility in Taiwan, which buys ultra-pure silicon wafers and specialized gases from Japan.”
― Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
― Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

“The physical world is a product of polarities: masculine and feminine, yin and yang, ida and pingala, Shiva and Shakti, right brain and left brain. The longing to find the union of polarities finds expression through ambition, conquest, love, sex, and yoga. Yoga, as we all know, means union. The simplest form of yoga is to put your hands together in namaskar. Namaskar brings harmony between the two polarities within you. Try putting your hands together, bringing both palms together in proper alignment, and looking at someone or something with loving attention. In three to five minutes, you will begin to harmonize. Namaskar yourself into peace. Namaskar yourself into love. Namaskar yourself into union. Let us put our hands together and unite the world. May you unfold your being with folded hands.”
― Karma: A Yogi’s Guide to Crafting Your Destiny
― Karma: A Yogi’s Guide to Crafting Your Destiny

“The creative thought principle is very important, for as Gautama Buddha declared, “The mind is everything; what you think you become.”
― The Tough-Minded Optimist
― The Tough-Minded Optimist

“you are the master of your thought, the molder of your character, and the maker and shaper of your condition, environment, and destiny.”
― As You Think: Second Edition
― As You Think: Second Edition

“We’re not in the coffee business serving people,” Howard Behar, the former president of Starbucks, told me. “We’re in the people business serving coffee.”
― The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do and How to Change
― The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do and How to Change

With the proliferation of eBook readers like Kindle, iPads, etc, a reading group which can discuss, lend, borrow eBooks seems necessary. This club att ...more

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