Exciting Tensions | Amrit Pal's Blog

May 2012

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“No single thing abides; but all things flow.
Fragment to fragment clings—the things thus grow
Until we know and name them. By degrees
They melt, and are no more the things we know.” —Lucretius (c. 99-55 B.C.)

May 28, 2012

#quotes #complexity

“Some people bring out the worst in you, others bring out the best, and then there are those remarkably rare, addictive ones who just bring out the most. Of everything.
They make you feel so alive that you’d follow them straight into hell, just to keep getting your fix.” —Karen Marie Moning, Shadowfever

May 24, 2012

#quotes #kopokopo #startup #kenya

“One of the best pieces of advice I ever got, back when I was 23 and newly out of school, is this: look around and figure out who you want to be on your team. Figure out the people around you that you want to work with for the rest of your life. Figure out the people who are smart & awesome, who share your values, who get things done — and maybe most important, who you like to be with and who you want to help win. And treat them right, always. Look for ways to help, to work together, to learn. Because in 20 years you’ll all be in amazing places doing amazing things.” —As fellow BITSians, friends and mentors scramble the globe in the next couple of months for their Practice Schools, internships, new jobs and Higher ed,  it is only fitting to preserve this token with us.

Source: John’s Blog 

May 11, 2012

#BITS #friends

When someone cancels a meeting at the last minute and I find myself with an unallocated hour, I'm like

May 3, 2012132 notes