One of the most important principles of success is developing the habit of going the extra mile.
Exercise integrity in the moment of truth.
Trust is a function of two things: character and competence. Character includes your integrity, your motive and your intent with people. Competence includes your capabilities, your skills, and your track record. Both are vital.
The lesson of the book is that the universe is governed by the laws of science.
Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.
A man’s got to have a code, a creed to live by, no matter his job.
Where there is no law there is no freedom.
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.
The book of nature is written in the language of mathematics.
Principles are what allow you to live a life consistent with those values. Principles connect your values to your actions.
Uncontrolled variation is the enemy of quality.
Justice delayed is justice denied.
Hofstadter’s Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter’s Law.
Even if everyone is doing it, wrong is never right.
Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do.
Humankind cannot gain something without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. This is Alchemy’s First Law of Equivalent Exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world’s one, and only, truth.
Actions have consequences.
Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
There is no justice in following unjust laws.
If anything can go wrong it will.