“Perhaps the logical conclusion
of everyone looking the same
is everyone thinking the same.”
- Scott Westerfeld
Uglies
Friday, 7 June 2013
Thursday, 6 June 2013
266/365 - Say yes (Stephen Colbert)
“Remember,
you cannot be both
young and wise.
Young people
who pretend
to be wise
to the ways of the world
are mostly just cynics.
Cynicism
masquerades as wisdom,
but it is the farthest thing
from it.
Because
cynics
don’t learn anything.
Because cynicism
is a self-imposed
blindness,
a rejection of the world
because we are afraid
it will hurt
us
or disappoint us.
Cynics always say no.
But saying “yes”
begins
things.
Saying “yes”
is how things grow.
Saying “yes”
leads to
knowledge.
“Yes”
is for young people.
So for as long
as you have the
strength to,
say “yes'.”
- Stephen Colbert
Wednesday, 5 June 2013
265/365 - What brings us happiness (Dan Millman)
“The journey
is what brings us happiness
not the destination.”
- Dan Millman
Way of the Peaceful Warrior:
A Book That Changes Lives
Tuesday, 4 June 2013
264/365 - What we become (Umberto Eco)
“I believe that what we become
depends on what our fathers teach us
at
odd moments,
when they aren't trying to teach us.
We are formed
by
little scraps of wisdom.”
- Umberto Eco
Foucault's Pendulum
Monday, 3 June 2013
263/365 - Knowing what to overlook (William James)
“The art of being wise
is knowing what to overlook.”
- William James
Sunday, 2 June 2013
262/365 - To focus your energies (William Arthur Ward)
“It is wise to direct your anger
towards problems --
not people;
to focus your energies
on answers --
not excuses.”
- William Arthur Ward
Saturday, 1 June 2013
261/365 - Together as brothers (Martin Luther King Jr.)
“We must live together
as brothers
or perish together
as fools.”
- Martin Luther King Jr.
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