I knew what intellectual passion felt like — because I'd felt it here, at Princeton — and I wanted to feel it again. I was 26 years old. Had I waited until I was 36, I would never have done it. I would have forgotten the feeling.
speech graduation passion
Michael Lewis
Princeton University Baccalaureate 2012, 2012
Don't be deceived by life's outcomes. Life's outcomes, while not entirely random, have a huge amount of luck baked into them. Above all, recognize that if you have had success, you have also had luck — and with luck comes obligation. You owe a debt to the unlucky.
speech graduation humility
Michael Lewis
Princeton University Baccalaureate 2012, 2012
In time you will find it easy to assume that you deserve the extra cookie. For all I know, you may. But you'll be happier, and the world will be better off, if you at least pretend that you don't.
speech graduation humility
Michael Lewis
Princeton University Baccalaureate 2012, 2012