“We understand death for the first time when he puts his hand upon one whom we love.”
—Madame De Stael.
thought for today
Immanuel Kant: Content and concepts
“Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.”
—Immanuel Kant.
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Immanuel Kant: Law and ethics
“In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so.”
—Immanuel Kant.
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John Muir: Treatment of brother beasts
“In nothing does man, with his grand notions of heaven and charity, show forth his innate, low-bred, wild animalism more clearly than in his treatment of his brother beasts. From the shepherd with his lambs to the red-handed hunter, it is the same; no recognition of rights — only murder in one form or another.”
—John Muir.
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Queen Elizabeth II: Lacked statesmanship
“We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep.”
—Queen Elizabeth II.
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Pietro Aretino: King
“I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.”
—Pietro Aretino.
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Ed Catmull: Cost of preventing errors
“Do not fall for the illusion that by preventing errors, you won’t have errors to fix. The truth is, the cost of preventing errors is often far greater than the cost of fixing them.”
– Ed Catmull.
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Adolf Hitler: Propaganda
“All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach.”
—Adolf Hitler.
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Albert Camus: Christian
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Noam Chomsky: Societal role
“Sports plays a societal role in engendering jingoist and chauvinist attitudes. They’re designed to organize a community to be committed to their gladiators.”
— Noam Chomsky.
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Tim Curry: Increasingly larger bow
“In most careers, you find something you do well, and you tie an increasingly larger bow on the package.”
—Tim Curry.
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Charles Bukowski: Problem with the world
“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.”
—Charles Bukowski.
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Alexandra Adornetto: What exam results cannot reflect
“Here is just the beginning of a list of skills that exam results cannot possibly hope to reflect: interpersonal skills, the ability to entertain, how articulate we are as speakers, our ability to work as part of a team, the ability to deal with challenges and invention.”
—Alexandra Adornetto.
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Rich Hickey: Programming is thinking
“Programming is not about typing, it’s about thinking.”
—Rich Hickey.
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Ray Stannard Baker: Mob
“A mob is the method by which good citizens turn over the law and the government to the criminal or irresponsible classes.”
—Ray Stannard Baker.
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Anatole France: Relaxation
“Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.”
—Anatole France.
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Charlie Chaplin: Despair
“Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference.”
—Charlie Chaplin.
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Simon Sinek: Private megaphone
“Your work is your own private megaphone to tell the world what you believe.”
—Simon Sinek.
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Noam Chomsky: God is an imbecile
“Religion is based on the idea that God is an imbecile.”
— Noam Chomsky.
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Thomas Szasz: Clear thinking
“Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence.”
—Thomas Szasz.
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John Ousterhout: Not-working to working
“The greatest performance improvement of all is when a system goes from not-working to working.”
– John Ousterhout.
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Guru Nanak: Ant filled with love of God
“Even Kings and emperors with heaps of wealth and vast dominion cannot compare with an ant filled with the love of God.”
—Guru Nanak.
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Dr. B R Ambedkar: Progress women have achieved
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Dr. B R Ambedkar: Indifferentism
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Dr. B R Ambedkar: Great versus eminent
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Dr. B R Ambedkar: Great rather than long
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Simon Sinek: Feel good
“It feels good to help people. So get out there and feel good.”
—Simon Sinek.
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Arnold J Toynbee: Blur the line
“The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play.”
—Arnold J. Toynbee.
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Dr. B R Ambedkar: Caste system
“Caste system is not merely a division of labour. It is also a division of labourers.”
—Dr B. R. Ambedkar.
