Darshan Shetty

“when it comes to standards, as a leader, it’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.”
― Jocko Willink, Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win

“mathematics as an innate ability. You either have “it” or you don’t. But to Schoenfeld, it’s not so much ability as attitude. You master mathematics if you are willing to try. That’s what Schoenfeld attempts to teach his students. Success is a function of persistence and doggedness and the willingness to work hard for twenty-two minutes to make sense of something that most people would give up on after thirty seconds. Put a bunch of Renees in a classroom, and give them the space and time to explore mathematics for themselves,”
― Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers: The Story of Success

“If we must think, it should be done only in circles, outside of which lies the unthinkable.”
― Thomas Ligotti, The Conspiracy Against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror

“There is nothing like fear to complicate one's consciousness, inducing previously unknown levels of reflection”
― Thomas Ligotti, Teatro Grottesco