Words & Letters
“Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.”― Lucius Annaeus Seneca Welcome to the end of the beginning. Or is it the beginning of the end. I have no idea. It’s been a long hectic year and we’ve still got some hurdles to clear before we’re done. Take a look at these links. Hopefully […]
“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool.” – Richard Feynman
“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.” – Albert Einstein
“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?’
‘That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,’ said the Cat.
‘I don’t much care where -‘ said Alice.
‘Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,’ said the Cat.
‘- so long as I get SOMEWHERE,’ Alice added as an explanation.
‘Oh, you’re sure to do that,’ said the Cat, ‘if you only walk long enough.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
“We’re all fools,” said Clemens, “all the time. It’s just we’re a different kind each day. We think, I’m not a fool today. I’ve learned my lesson. I was a fool yesterday but not this morning. Then tomorrow we find out that, yes, we were a fool today too. I think the only way we can grow and get on in this world is to accept the fact we’re not perfect and live accordingly.” ― Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man
“Words do not express thoughts very well. they always become a little different immediately they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish. And yet it also pleases me and seems right that what is of value and wisdom to one man seems nonsense to another.” ― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha
“If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.”–Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“The Americans have no sense of doom, none whatever. They do not recognize doom when they see it.” ― James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room
“We’re all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it, that’s all.” ― John Hughes, The Breakfast Club
“Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. You’ve got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move forward with it.”― Ray Bradbury