“I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.”
—G K Chesterton.
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Simon Sinek: One set of eyes
“It’s dangerous to perceive the world through only one set of eyes. The problem is we can only perceive the world through one set of eyes.”
—Simon Sinek.
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Patty Duke: Destructive
“I still have highs and lows, just like any other person. What’s missing is the lack of control over the super highs, which became destructive, and the super lows, which are immediately destructive.”
—Patty Duke.
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Stephen Covey: Selfless service
“Selfless service has always been one of the most powerful methods of influence.”
—Stephen Covey, writer and educator.
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George Polya: Pedantry and mastery
“Pedantry and mastery are opposite attitudes toward rules. To apply a rule to the letter, rigidly, unquestioningly, in cases where it fits and in cases where it does not fit, is pedantry … To apply a rule with natural ease, with judgment, noticing the cases where it fits, and without ever letting the words of the rule obscure the purpose of the action or the opportunities of the situation, is mastery.”
—George Polya, mathematician (13 Dec 1887-1985).
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Will & Ariel Durrant: Every vice once a virtue
“Probably every vice was once a virtue—i.e., a quality making for the survival of the individual, the family, or the group. Man’s sins may be the relics of his rise rather than the stigmata of his fall.”
—Will and Ariel Durant (The Lessons of History).
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Heinrich Heine: Music begins
“Where words leave off, music begins.”
—Heinrich Heine.
