I've always been an avid reader. If I don't have a book in the car I'll stop and pick one up just to have something to read. I don't even remember learning to read.

In the end the humanities can only be defended by stressing how indispensable they are and this means insisting on their vital role in the whole business of academic learning rather than protesting that like some poor relation they don't cost much to be housed.

There are two ways to extend a business. Take inventory of what you're good at and extend out from your skills. Or determine what your customers need and work backward even if it requires learning new skills. Kindle is an example of working backward.

An organization's ability to learn and translate that learning into action rapidly is the ultimate competitive advantage.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation hard work and learning from failure.

And I believe that the best learning process of any kind of craft is just to look at the work of others.

Take those chances and you can achieve greatness whereas if you go conservative you'll never know. I truly believe what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Even if you fail learning and moving on is sometimes the best thing.

Surround yourself with good people. Whether they're the best or not people are capable of learning if they've got good hearts and they're good souls.

The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought deep freighted with truth and beauty.

We are learning too that the love of beauty is one of Nature's greatest healers.