[Book Review] Autobiography of a restless mind

Learnings from the book Autobiography of a restless mind about Dee Hock, CEO and founder of VISA

1. Every mountain is two mountains: the one that urges us to climb and the one that punishes us when we do.
2. The ferocity with which a dog defends its bone tells us a great deal more about the nature of the dog than the quality of the bone.
3. Habits are never in a hurry.
4. Nature will never take direction from us no matter how much havoc we create in the attempt.
5. Despite the desperate effort of parents to teach their children good behavior, children continue to behave pretty much like their parents.
6. Politicians are addicted to mendacity, indecision, and inaction because they know that such things are rarely noticed, readily forgiven, and quickly forgotten, while a mistake is usually detected, seldom forgiven, and rarely forgotten.
7. People who set out to rule are never free. They are forever chained to the mob whether it be rebellious or subservient.
8. A fool is no less a fool when a wise man errs.
9. Tyranny shouts, “You must!” Leadership whispers, “Perhaps we should.”
10. The pleasures of youth are the pains of old age, just as the pleasures of old age are the pains of youth.
11. To speak is craft; to listen is art.
12. We judge others harshly by the standards we profess rather than those we practice. Yet we resent it bitterly when they return the favor.
13. Vice and virtue have one thing in common: the more people have of either, the less they think they have.
14. Without purpose will is blind. Without will purpose is impotent. Without ethical and moral content both are barren at best and dangerous at worst.
15. One should not read like a dog obeying its master, but like an eagle hunting its prey.
16. When we fully attend to the management of self, excellent management of all else is unavoidable.
17. Old people have so little left of life they should cease trying to make it bring what they desire and make the most of what it offers. Come to think of it, that’s not bad policy for young people as well.
18. Man is the only animal that will squander living to prolong existence. 
19. It is not more answers we need, but better questions. It is not more action we need, but deeper reflection. It is not more knowledge we need, but profounder wisdom. It is not more technology we need, but greater aspirations.
20. Those who despise people are the most desperate to be favorably recognized by them.
21. Ignorance is a great deal more eager to instruct wisdom than wisdom is to instruct ignorance.
22. The world of Homo sapiens is, indeed, a fantasyland, for we seek to control organizations, peoples, economies, and nature with minds that can’t control their own thoughts and emotions for thirty seconds. 
23. Love, share, accept, care; what else matters?