“Can you actually go through life without labeling what happens to you ...” — Srikumar Rao Quote

“Can you actually go through life without labeling what happens to you as good or bad? Sure you can. You have to train yourself to do this. You have been conditioned to think of things as bad or good. You can de-condition yourself. It is neither easy nor fast but it is possible.”

“Positive thinking is so firmly enshrined in our culture that knocking it is a little like attacking motherhood or apple pie.”

“Personal ambition is 'I want to be CEO.' Greater vision ambition is, 'I want to lead this company so that people want to work here.'”

“We are being conditioned, as a population, to never wait, to never delay our gratification, to accept thoughtless, constant consumption as the new norm. But how we think about consumption and willpower carry enormous implications for the environment and the culture of society as a whole.”

“It's very difficult to just start playing fast in the middle of the year. Guys aren't conditioned for it physically or mentally.”

“Mathematical science is in my opinion an indivisible whole, an organism whose vitality is conditioned upon the connection of its parts.”