Steve Jobs
Be Here Now, a guide to meditation and the wonders of psychedelic drugs by Baba Ram Dass, born Richard Alpert. “It was profound,” Jobs said. “It transformed me and many of my friends.”
Walter Isaacson • Steve Jobs
At first Hertzfeld thought that Tribble was exaggerating, but after two weeks of working with Jobs, he became a keen observer of the phenomenon. “The reality distortion field was a confounding mélange of a charismatic rhetorical style, indomitable will, and eagerness to bend any fact to fit the purpose at hand,” he said.
Walter Isaacson • Steve Jobs
One summer Paul took Steve to Wisconsin to visit the family’s dairy farm. Rural life did not appeal to Steve, but one image stuck with him. He saw a calf being born, and he was amazed when the tiny animal struggled up within minutes and began to
Walter Isaacson • Steve Jobs
Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything—all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure—these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to
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Be Here Now, a guide to meditation
Walter Isaacson • Steve Jobs
‘Pretend to be completely in control and people will assume that you are.’ ”
Walter Isaacson • Steve Jobs
“The best way to predict the future is to invent it”
Walter Isaacson • Steve Jobs
“Growing up, I got inspired by the history of the place,” Jobs said. “That made me want to be a part of it.”
Walter Isaacson • Steve Jobs
“Great art stretches the taste, it doesn’t follow tastes,”