Matthew

“The danger of an unrestricted tendency toward change is just as great as that of an unrestricted tendency toward stability”
― Brent Adkins, Deleuze and Guattari's A Thousand Plateaus: A Critical Introduction and Guide

“Maybe that's what growing up means, in the end - you go far enough in the direction of - somewhere - and you realise that you've neutered the capacity of the term home to mean anything. [...] We don't get an endless number of orbits away from the place where meaning first arises, that treasure-house of first experiences. What we learn, instead, is that our adventures secure us in our isolation. Experience revokes our licence to return to simpler times. Sooner or later, there's no place remotely like home.”
― Gregory Maguire, Out of Oz

“As you grow more into leadership positions, people will look to you for behavioral guidance. What you want to teach them is how to focus. To that end, there are two areas I encourage you to practice modeling, right now: figuring out what’s important, and going home.”
― Camille Fournier, The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change

“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War