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St. Augustine: Seek the truth
“Let us, on both sides, lay aside all arrogance. Let us not, on either side, claim that we have already discovered the truth. Let us seek it together as something which is known to neither of us. For then only may we seek it, lovingly and tranquilly, if there be no bold presumption that it…
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Technology and technique
Technology over technique produces emotionless design. – Daniel Mall
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Albert Schweitzer: Colour-blind
“An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while the pessimist sees only the red spotlight… The truly wise person is colour-blind.” —Albert Schweitzer.
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Henri Bergson: Cure for vanity
“The only cure for vanity is laughter, and the only fault that is laughable is vanity.”—Henri Bergson.
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Ray Bradbury: Burnt books
“Do you ever read any of the books you burn?” “That’s against the law!” “Oh. Of course.” -Ray Bradbury, science-fiction writer (1920-2012).
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Knowledge of yourself
“Unless you know what you want, you can’t ask for it.” —Emma Albani
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Never strong enough
“You are never strong enough that you don’t need help. ” —Cesar Chavez Related articles César Chávez Birthday Celebration in Stockton (bwnews.us) Chavez breakfast (denislabine.wordpress.com)
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Running
Running is a sanctuary for me. It keeps me centered. I can’t take my cell phone or my computer. I can be unavailable and completely selfish. Tanna Frederick, Stage and film actress Related articles Tanna Frederick set for fest honor (variety.com) Film actress visits addicts’ rehab centre (nation.com.pk)
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Jack Buck: Way Things Turn Out
“Things turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out.” —Jack Buck.
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Richard M. Nixon: A good Pope
I would have made a good Pope. –Richard M. Nixon, 37th president of US (1913-1994).
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Jacqueline Schiff: Short temper,long walk
The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk. —Jacqueline Schiff Related articles March 15 – I Choose To Control My Temper (lelandfleming.wordpress.com) Anger and Temper and How Do We Avoid It? (boyalasco.wordpress.com) Whole Dude – Whole Temperance (wholedude.com) Be Slow to Anger (momsfirstscreenn.wordpress.com) Anger and Temper and How Do We Avoid It?…
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J.K. Rowling: Living
“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.” —J.K. Rowling.
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Edward Everett: Education
“Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army. ” —Edward Everett.
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H G Wells: Resistance
“The path of least resistance is the path of the loser. ” —H G Wells.
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Alexander Walker: Man and woman
“Man cannot degrade woman without himself falling into degradation; he cannot elevate her without at the same time elevating himself. ” —Alexander Walker
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Daniel J. Boorstin: Illusion of knowledge
The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the continents, and the oceans was not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge. –Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, professor, attorney, and writer (1914-2004). Related articles Quote of the moment, Daniel Boorstin channels Kin Hubbard: Pretension to knowledge more dangerous than ignorance (timpanogos.wordpress.com) Illusion and Reality (shantideva.me)…
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Benjamin Disraeli: Write a book
The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it.—Benjamin Disraeli.
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Isaac Asimov: Writing
Writing Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.—Isaac Asimov
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Power
“Once, power was considered a masculine attribute. In fact, power has no sex. ” —Katharine Graham
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W Somerset Maugham: Dignity
“It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one’s dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent. ” —W Somerset Maugham.
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Unknown: Discipline
“Discipline is just choosing between what you want now and what you want most.” —Unknown.
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Michel De Montaigne: Search…
“I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of. ” —Michel De Montaigne.
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Writing
Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money. —Jules Renard
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Lack of purpose
“More men fail through lack of purpose than lack of talent. ” —Billy Sunday
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Education
Education is about the only thing lying around loose in the world, and it’s about the only thing a fellow can have as much of as he’s willing to haul away.” —George Lorimer
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Chester W. Nimitz: Paint and powder
“A ship is always referred to as ‘she’ because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder. ” —Chester W. Nimitz.
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George S Patton: Ingenuity
“Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. ” —George S Patton. Related articles WAS GENERAL PATTON MURDERED? ~ “…At the end of the war Patton was in fact the highest ranking officer in the US Military. In peacetime the Armed Forces would…
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Petrarch: Love life
“True, we love life, not because we are used to living, but because we are used to loving. There is always some madness in love, but there is also always some reason in madness.” —Petrarch.
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Andrew Carnegie: Eggs in one basket
“Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.” —Andrew Carnegie. Related articles Enriching others with Andrew Carnegie [Garry Pickles] (ecademy.com)
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Thomas S Monson: Faith
“Should doubt knock at your doorway, just say to those skeptical, disturbing, rebellious thoughts, I propose to stay with my faith, with the faith of my people. ” Thomas S Monson
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Jeff Jarvis: Blogging
“The first step in blogging is not writing them but reading them.” —Jeff Jarvis.
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Windows versus mirrors
“I feel that it is healthier to look out at the world through a window than through a mirror. Otherwise, all you see is yourself and whatever is behind you. ” —Bill Withers
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Lillian Hellman: Change
“People change and forget to tell each other.” —Lillian Hellman, playwright (1905-1984).
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Jose Bergamin: Just one thing
“Only one thing has to matter for everything to matter. ” —Jose Bergamin.
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Money
“They who are of the opinion that Money will do everything, may very well be suspected to do everything for Money. ” —George Saville Related articles Money and Trust (psychologytoday.com)
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Simms: Proverbs answer
“The proverb answers where the sermon fails, as a well-charged pistol will do more execution than a whole barrel of gunpowder idly exploded in the air.” —Simms.
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Albert Einstein: Ideas
“Great ideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.” —Albert Einstein. Related articles This is Cool! Albert Einstein’s Library Online (freetech4teachers.com) Albert Einstein Archive Now Online (learningwithtechs.wordpress.com) How Albert Einstein Saved A Former Lover From The Nazis (businessinsider.com) Albert Einstein archives go online (cbc.ca) Albert Einstein passionately fought race prejudice, according to new and old…
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Michel De Montaigne: He who fears
“He who fears will suffer, he already suffers from his fear. ” —Michel De Montaigne. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/173275264
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Karl Kraus: Being human
“When a man is treated like a beast, he says, ‘After all, I’m human.’ When he behaves like a beast, he says ‘After all, I’m only human.’ ” Karl Kraus Related articles “I’m only human” (dietproofyourlife.wordpress.com)
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Marion Jones: No reason
“You forget that sometimes people are out there to get you — they don’t even have a reason. ” —Marion Jones.
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Henry Kissinger: Peace
“If peace is equated simply with the absence of war, it can become abject pacifism that turns the world over to the most ruthless.” —Henry Kissinger.
