Tom Schmidt

Cicero — the Roman statesman, lawyer, and philosopher — on the power of nature and knowledge:

"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."

Strategic choices become dynamic allocations rather than static commitments.

“The customer is the only one who lives the problem. Everyone else is just commentating from the sidelines.”

Writer and playwright Nora Ephron on agency:

“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.”

When you fall in love with the process rather than the outcome, you don't have to wait to be happy.

There comes a point where a person goes from "old enough to know better" to "too old to know better."