Sankar Madhavan

“the world’s interactions with Africa are not necessarily motivated by altruism, but by the self-interest of states seeking to maximize their opportunities and minimize their costs, often at the expense of those who are not in a position to do either.”
― Wangari Maathai, The Challenge for Africa

“If you pay lots of attention to where boundaries are, you pay less attention to complete pictures.”
― Robert M. Sapolsky, Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

“even supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be ignorant than would take even a little trouble to acquire it.”
― Phil Town, Rule #1: The Simple Strategy for Successful Investing in Only 15 Minutes a Week

“Nothing, nothing at all, matters as much as bringing the right people into your life. They will teach you everything you need to know. —Guy Spier”
― Gautam Baid, The Joys of Compounding: The Passionate Pursuit of Lifelong Learning, Revised and Updated