The right things
This quote found me today, and I feel strangely relieved after reading it.
So, I'm not in a hurry, and I'm not worried. Because all good remains as long as I make the space for it.
Quotes
Faulty reasoning
“Nearly every example of faulty reasoning that has been published is accompanied by the phrase “of course” or its equivalent.” ― Donald Ervin Knuth
Of course that's the case.
New eyes
“Mystery is not about traveling to new places but about looking with new eyes.”
― Marcel Proust
And so, it is time to look at it with a fresh perspective.
Bukowski, the wise man
I am not wise enough to lead, I am wise enough not to follow.
On weak men
A weak man gets destroyed by two things: money and fame. After those things he becames blind.
I don't remember who said it.
Similarly, this:
“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”
― G. Michael Hopf, Those Who Remain
Both true, I think.
Quote: Alexandre Dumas on wisdom
“All human wisdom is contained in these two words — Wait and Hope” ― Alexandre Dumas The Count of Monte Cristo
Useful – Useless + Your thing = ?
Absorb what is useful, discard what is useless, and add what is specifically your own. Bruce Lee
The beauty of these drops of wisdow is its cross-domain applicability :)
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Dijkstra on simplicity
“Simplicity is a great virtue, but it requires hard work to achieve it and education to appreciate it. And to make matters worse: complexity sells better.” ― Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
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Wondering wanderer
A quote about information and learning in a post-modern society
“We all would like to know more and, at the same time, to receive less information. In fact, the problem of a worker in today's knowledge industry is not the scarcity of information but its excess. The same holds for professionals: just think of a physician or an executive, constantly bombarded by information that is at best irrelevant. In order to learn anything, we need time. And to make time we must use information filters allowing us to ignore most of the information aimed at us. We must ignore much to learn a little.”
Mario Bunge
Philosophy in Crisis: The Need for Reconstruction, 2001, p. 20