Walter Isaacson
Walter Isaacson is a renowned American biographer and journalist, celebrated for his insightful portrayals of influential figures. Formerly the editor of Time magazine and CEO of CNN, he is best known for bestselling biographies such as "Steve Jobs," "Einstein: His Life and Universe," and "Leonardo da Vinci." Isaacson's work combines meticulous research with engaging narratives, offering deep dives into the lives and minds shaping history and innovation.
Book summaries for books written by Walter Isaacson
Quotes
Learning never exhausts the mind.
Water is the driving force of all nature.
I love those who can smile in trouble.
The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.
Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.
In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.
He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.
As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.
The knowledge of all things is possible.
While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.
Nature never breaks her own laws.
Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold. For if you put on more clothes as the cold increases, it will have no power to hurt you. So in like manner you must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they will then be powerless to vex your mind.