#will

In order to master the unruly torrent of life the learned man meditates, the poet quivers, and the political hero erects the fortress of his will. ↗

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

#hero #his #learned #learned man #life

The characteristic of the hour is that the commonplace mind, knowing itself to be commonplace, has the assurance to proclaim the rights of the commonplace and to impose them wherever it will. ↗

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

#characteristic #commonplace #hour #impose #itself

I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act. ↗

— Bill Gates

#believe #i #i believe #i believe that #moved

The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency. ↗

— Bill Gates

#any #applied #automation #business #efficiency

We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction. ↗

— Bill Gates

#change #inaction #into #lulled #next

People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn't they? People feared coal, they feared gas-powered engines... There will always be ignorance, and ignorance leads to fear. But with time, people will come to accept their silicon masters. ↗

— Bill Gates

#always #change #coal #come #electricity

Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy. ↗

— Bill Gates

#been #beg #binary #bow #coming

Security is, I would say, our top priority because for all the exciting things you will be able to do with computers - organizing your lives, staying in touch with people, being creative - if we don't solve these security problems, then people will hold back. ↗

— Bill Gates

#able #back #because #being #creative

A first-generation fortune is the most likely to be given away, but once a fortune is inherited it's less likely that a very high percentage will go back to society. ↗

— Bill Gates

#back #fortune #given #go #high

Digital reading will completely take over. It's lightweight and it's fantastic for sharing. Over time it will take over. ↗

— Bill Gates

#digital #fantastic #lightweight #over #reading