Rene Descartes on Weirdness
THERE IS NOTHING SO STRANGE AND SO UNBELIEVABLE THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN SAID BY ONE PHILOSOPHER OR ANOTHER. — RENE DESCARTES Continue reading Rene Descartes on Weirdness
Tag: Wisdom
Mark Twain on Anger
WHEN ANGRY, COUNT TO FOUR. WHEN VERY ANGRY, SWEAR. — MARK TWAIN Continue reading Mark Twain on Anger
John Bradshaw Quotation
I DEFINE A ‘GOOD PERSON’ AS SOMEBODY WHO IS FULLY CONSCIOUS OF THEIR OWN LIMITATIONS. THEY KNOW THEIR STRENGTHS, BUT THEY ALSO KNOW THEIR ‘SHADOW’ — THEY KNOW THEIR WEAKNESSES. IN OTHER WORDS, THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS NO GOOD WITHOUT BAD. GOOD AND EVIL ARE REALLY ONE, BUT WE HAVE BROKEN THEM UP IN OUR CONSCIOUSNESS. WE POLARIZE THEM. — JOHN BRADSHAW Continue reading John Bradshaw Quotation
Francis Bacon on Truth
TRUTH EMERGES MORE READILY FROM ERROR THAN FROM CONFUSION. — FRANCIS BACON Continue reading Francis Bacon on Truth
Winston Churchill on Circular History
WANT OF FORESIGHT, UNWILLINGNESS TO ACT WHEN ACTION WOULD BE SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE, LACK OF CLEAR THINKING, CONFUSION OF COUNSEL UNTIL THE EMERGENCY COMES, UNTIL SELF-PRESERVATION STRIKES ITS JARRING GONG — THESE ARE THE FEATURES WHICH CONSTITUTE THE ENDLESS REPITITION OF HISTORY. — WINSTON CHURCHILL Continue reading Winston Churchill on Circular History
Albert Einstein on Human Absurdities
CONFUSION OF GOALS AND PERFECTION OF MEANS SEEMS, IN MY OPINION, TO CHARACTERIZE OUR AGE. — ALBERT EINSTEIN Continue reading Albert Einstein on Human Absurdities
Edgar Allan Poe on Power
WORDS HAVE NO POWER TO IMPRESS THE MIND WITHOUT THE EXQUISITE HORROR OF THEIR REALITY. — EDGAR ALLAN POE Continue reading Edgar Allan Poe on Power
George Washington Quotation
WITHOUT FREEDOM OF THOUGHT, THERE CAN BE NO SUCH THING AS WISDOM — AND NO SUCH THING AS PUBLIC LIBERTY WITHOUT FREEDOM OF SPEECH. — GEORGE WASHINGTON Continue reading George Washington Quotation
Elijah Wood Quotation
SAFETY AND COMFORT COME WITH COMPLACENCY, AND THAT’S NEVER A GOOD PLACE TO BE WORKING FROM. — ELIJAH WOOD Continue reading Elijah Wood Quotation
Imaginary Friends: The New Gods
ALWAYS RESPECT IMAGINARY FRIENDS. THEY’RE ON TWENTY-FOUR HOUR CALL, AND YOU’RE NOT. — CORDIALLY, HELEN Continue reading Imaginary Friends: The New Gods
