Science is not just about facts; it’s about the stories behind them.
The mining industry is cyclical, but great companies are built by those who can navigate the downturns as well as the booms.
Our existence is defined by the gaze of others.
You may not be able to alter reality, but you can alter your attitude towards it, and this, paradoxically, alters reality.
It wasn't all romantic. I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms, I returned coke bottles for the 5¢ deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. I loved it. And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on.