Quotes from Tim Ferriss

Love is not just about finding someone who completes you, it's about making each other better and growing together.

The beauty of love is that it knows no bounds and can conquer even the greatest of obstacles.

The greatest happiness in life is the feeling of being loved, and the greatest gift we can give is to love others in return.

Focus on being productive instead of busy.

Doing less is not being lazy. Don't give in to a culture that values personal sacrifice over personal productivity.

It's lonely at the top. Ninety-nine percent of people in the world are convinced they are incapable of achieving great things, so they aim for mediocre. The level of competition is thus fiercest for "realistic" goals, paradoxically making them the most time-consuming. It's easier to raise $1,000,000 than it is $100,000. It is easier to pick up the one perfect 10 in the bar than the five 8s.

The Standard Pace is for chumps.

After decades of hauling telescopes around in the back of vans and going up to high altitude locations and so forth, I did finally build an observatory, here on Sonoma mountain.

If you don't have time, the truth is, you don't have priorities. Think harder; don't work harder.

The biggest misconception about work is that you need to spend the majority of your time doing it.

Just a few words on time management: forget all about it.

Personally, I now aim for one month of overseas relocation or high-intensity learning (tango, fighting, whatever) for every two months of work projects.

Don't suffer fools or you'll become one.

If retirement means laying on a beach and rubbing coco butter on your stomach, about 48 hours of that will be enough for most people. You'll want something new.

Typically, people don't overcome their fears because the fears are nebulous and undefined.

Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to being a winner

Fun things happen when you earn dollars, live on pesos, and compensate in rupees.

Learn to ask, "If this is the only thing I accomplish today, will I be satisfied with my day?"

I've seen the promised land, and there is good news. You can have it all.

Money is multiplied in practical value depending on the number of W's you control in your life: what you do, when you do it, where you do it, and with whom you do it.

Most inputs are useless and time is wasted in proportion to the amount that is available.

Work is an activity that is financially-driven or one that you'd like to do less of.

I've had a very good stretch with startup investing, and I think it's very important to know when to hold your chips.

I like work/life separation, not work/life balance. What I mean by that is, if I'm on, I want to be on and maximally productive. If I'm off, I don't want to think about work. When people strive for work/life balance, they end up blending them. That's how you end up checking email all day Saturday.