Mojtaba Tabatabaie

“No muscles without strength, friendship without trust, opinion without consequence, change without aesthetics, age without values, life without effort, water without thirst, food without nourishment, love without sacrifice, power without fairness, facts without rigor, statistics without logic, mathematics without proof, teaching without experience, politeness without warmth, values without embodiment, degrees without erudition, militarism without fortitude, progress without civilization, friendship without investment, virtue without risk, probability without ergodicity, wealth without exposure, complication without depth, fluency without content, decision without asymmetry, science without skepticism, religion without tolerance, and, most of all: nothing without skin in the game.”
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

“A person's success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.”
― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek

“Men of great ambition have sought happiness . . . and have found fame.”
― Napoléon Bonaparte

“هرکس را که دوست داری حشر تو با اوست. بیا محبوبهای خودت را رسیدگی کن و قشنگ‌های خدا را محبوب قرار بده، زیرا حشرت با آنهاست.”
― محمّداسماعیل دولابی, طوبای محبت ۳