Ryan Holiday

An essay is a lot like a military operation. It takes discipline, foresight, research, strategy, and, if done right, ends in total victory.

People always ask me if the books I carry around are for school because they’re full of notes, flags and folded pages–why would anyone work so hard on something they were doing on their own? Because I enjoy it, because it’s the only thing that separates me from ignorance.

Space is recoverable. The status of a college degree, the income from a job — recoverable. Time is not. This time you have now is it. You will not get it back.