John Pepper

“Not every person with their eyes closed is asleep, and not every person with their eyes open can see.”
― Matthew Kelly, The Rhythm of Life: Living Every Day with Passion and Purpose

“Children should—and do, intuitively—want to learn. It’s up to us, the blundering, wrongheaded adults, to frame the lessons correctly.”
― Joi Ito, Whiplash: How to Survive Our Faster Future

“Sunk costs are a factor, but the most important causes appear to be psychological rather than economic. Escalation of commitment happens because we’re rationalizing creatures, constantly searching for self-justifications for our prior beliefs as a way to soothe our egos, shield our images, and validate our past decisions.”
― Adam M. Grant, Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know

“I believe that most people have some degree of talent for something—forms, colors, words, sounds. Talent lies around in us like kindling waiting for a match, but some people, just as gifted as others, are less lucky. Fate never drops a match on them. The times are wrong, or their health is poor, or their energy low, or their obligations too many. Something.”
― Wallace Stegner, Crossing to Safety