Brad Pierce

“When we are unclear about our real purpose in life—in other words, when we don’t have a clear sense of our goals, our aspirations, and our values—we make up our own social games. We waste time and energies on trying to look good in comparison to other people. We overvalue nonessentials like a nicer car or house, or even intangibles like the number of our followers on Twitter or the way we look in our Facebook photos. As a result, we neglect activities that are truly essential, like spending time with our loved ones, or nurturing our spirit, or taking care of our health.”
― Greg McKeown, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

“The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden or, Life in the Woods

“dearest gabriel, if you are reading this note, we fear the worst. above all, get yourself to safety. be sure to keep the Contents of this bOx safe, though. you will need it. we’re sorry we coulDn’t spEnd YOUR BIRTHDAY with you, but we’ll be sure to have cupcakes when you get to us. with love, mãe e pai “Who are Mãe e Pai?” Cleo asked. “Those words mean mother and father in Portuguese.”
― Eric Luper, The Risky Rescue

“Electrification was one of the most disruptive technologies ever; in the first decades of the twentieth century, it caused something close to a mass extinction in US manufacturing industries.”
― Andrew McAfee