“There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.”
—E. B. White.
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Boethius: Chance
“Chance, too, which seems to rush along with slack reins, is bridled and governed by Law.”
— Boethius (480-524).
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Changing minds
“You are more likely to change your mind from a bad argument from someone on your initial side than a good argument from someone on the other side.”
—Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
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Felix Adler: In a thousand voices
“The past speaks to us in a thousand voices, warning and comforting, animating and stirring to action.”
—Felix Adler.
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John Herschel: Last existence of society
“In whatever state of knowledge we may conceive man to be placed, his progress towards a yet higher state need never fear a check, but must continue till the last existence of society.”
—John Herschel, mathematician, astronomer and chemist.
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C S Lewis: Incomplete delight
“It is not out of compliment that lovers keep on telling one another how beautiful they are; the delight is incomplete till it is expressed.”
—C S Lewis.
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G K Chesterton: Drinking
“Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable.”
—G K Chesterton.
