Quotes from Dee Hock

The universe is full of wonderful answers patiently waiting for us

It is impossible to conceive of idea apart from life. Every living thing has an idea of life, and every idea must have a living thing in which to arise.

It is common to learn from experience what we already believe, then repeat the experience to prove what we believe we learned. The process was invented by religion and perfected by science.

The greatest writers have no purpose but to incite in the minds of each reader the highest and best thought of which they are capable.

What is a question but a moment of discontent in pursuit of understanding? What is an answer but a moment of illusion in our flight from ignorance?

The relational aspect of all things is the music that sets life and the universe dancing.

No one can teach us the joy of living; we are endowed with it. So why are we continually waiting for the lecture?

Adam was the first man, Eve the first woman, Satan the first consultant, and God the first entrepreneur.

Great achievements would be few and far between without gross overestimation of the advantages and pleasures to be expected from them.

There is nothing at which government is more adept or diligent than relieving people of their money.

For every difficult destination, there are thousands who stand aside and point the way for each one with courage and capacity to go before and show the way. The former are managers; the latter are leaders.

Nature is infinite innovation and beauty that never repeats itself. Only man-made artifacts are endlessly repetitious, which is a principal reason our lives are so boring, full of anxiety and devoid of meaning.

Life is so uncertain that it is far better and more joyous to play your way through it than to plan or pray your way through it.

What we call originality is no more than ignorance of antecedents.

The disgruntled are abundant among those who are idle, and to be idle is a matter of choice.

Reality cannot be captured by language—not even the language of mathematics—since all language, by its very nature, is man-made, self-referent ambiguity.

Right is not this or that doctrine or opinion; right is rational discussion about shared experience between honorable people leading to mutual understanding and tolerance.

Life is not about control. It's not about getting. It's not about having. It's not about knowing. It's not even about being. Life is eternal, perpetual becoming, or it is nothing. Becoming is not a thing to be known, commanded, or controlled. It is a magnificent, mysterious odyssey to be experienced.

Originality and creativity do not result from calculated effort, but from the natural state of consciousness—an open mind at play.

Making good judgments when one has complete data, facts, and knowledge is not leadership - it's bookkeeping

Think about technological float: it took centuries for the wheel to gain universal acceptance. Now any microchip device can be in use around the world in weeks.

It is far too late and things are far too bad for pessimism.

If you go back to the first single-cell form of life, it clearly possessed the capacity to receive, to utilize, to store, to transform, and to transmit information.

With the advent of genetic engineering the time required for the evolution of new species may literally collapse.