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Part of the inhumanity of a computer lies in …
“Part of the inhumanity of a computer lies in the fact that, once it is programmed and put into operation, it behaves in a fully honest manner.” (Isaac Asimov)
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Chaos is the word …
“Chaos is the word we have invented for an order we do not understand.” (Henry Miller)
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It’s never too late …
“It’s never too late, it’s never too bad, and you’re never too old or too sick to start from scratch once again.” (Bikram Choudhury Yoga Master, born 1946)
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Religion is for …
“Religion is for people who fear hell. Spirituality is for people who have been there.” (David Bowie)
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It is never too late …
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” (George Eliot)
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The difference between luck and …
“The difference between luck and ability is duration.” (Solomon Short)
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Obstacles are those frightful things …
“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” (Henry Ford)
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And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls …
Today it is Easter, it inspires me to expand my thoughts. Today’s quote is well known, and I propose it as it was originally written to show that the need to consider all as part of a group is not a new sentiment and was not elaborated in times of virtual meetings. No man is…
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I have often regretted my speech …
“I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.” (Xenocrates)
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We should not speak so that …
“We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us.” (Marcus Fabius Quintilianus, Roman teacher and writer) “Institutio Oratoria (Institutes of Oratory)” Quintilian Book (Book VIII, Chapter II), circa 95 AD.
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Small people you recognise immediately …
“Small people you recognise immediately, they are the ones trying to explain to you how big they are.” (Mauro Soldano)
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An Epitaph
Here lies the body Of William Jay, Who died maintaining His right of way. He was in the right As he sped along, But he’s just as dead As if he’d been wrong. Edgar A. Guest (1916)‘An Epitaph’, In the Detroit Free Press, 1 October 1916, p. 72Detroit, Michigan
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Constant kindness can accomplish much …
“Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.” (Albert Schweitzer)
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Don’t let someone else’s opinion of you …
“Don’t let someone else’s opinion of you become your reality.” (Les Brown)
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We are more often frightened than hurt …
“We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.” (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)
