HELEN KELLER

Contrary to popular opinion, listening is not a passive activity. It is the most active thing you can do.

Great men are not born great, they grow great.

People don’t judge you so much for who you are as they judge you for how you communicate yourself.

I never dream of success. I work for it.

Learning is dialog, not consumption. The attitude that creates curiosity is to see learning as principally driven by asking questions and coming up with answers, not consuming information.

To truly create something amazing, or contribute to the world, you have to be able to connect countless dots and cross-pollinate existing ideas from a wealth of unrelated disciplines.

A problem well stated is a problem half solved.

Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.

The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.

You need lots of ideas to get a few good ones. Good ideas are a metric of quantity not just quality.

Creativity is just connecting ideas.

You can increase your problem-solving skills by honing your question-asking ability.