Money that Bank of America spends asking its janitors to hose down the sidewalk is money it can’t use to buy Bed Bath & Beyond gift cards for its employees who are top performers at defrauding mortgagees.
~ Ken White from, «http://www.popehat.com/2013/06/26/an-exercise-of-prosecutorial-discretion/»
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When we are unaware of our thoughts and urges, which arise in the back of our mind mostly unnoticed, they have a power over us. We are unable to change if these unbidden thoughts control us. But when we learn to observe them, we can then release their power over us.
Meditation is practice for observing those thoughts, for being more mindful of them throughout the day.
~ Leo Babauta from, Meditation: The Most Fundamental Habit – Zen Habits Website
Elsewhere, this is 4uzefu1. — slipbox
Meditation is literally the easiest thing you can add to your life — 5 minutes, 2 minutes, even 60 seconds will do you good. As I wrote elsewhere:
If you were handed a large bucket of sloshing and disturbed water and told to calm the water, you should simply set the bucket down and wait for the water to calm. You would definitely NOT shake the bucket in an attempt to convince the water to calm down.
Driving, texting, walking, rushing, typing, watching TV, playing games, talking, frenzied eating. Set the bucket down for a few minutes.
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For want of a static language the type checker was lost.
~ Dariusz Pasciak from, «http://blog.8thlight.com/dariusz-pasciak/2013/06/26/for-want-of-a-static-language.html»
I don’t write much j/s, but I write enough. Enough that I shouldn’t feel like I’m always struggling to remember how to use an array. An array for crying out loud. “Everything’s an object.” Great. Why?
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The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.
~ Albert Einstein
Elsewhere, this is 4a789. — slipbox
Maxim:
Dead last finish is greater than did not finish, which trumps did not start.
~ unknown
Elsewhere, this is 4a136. — slipbox
Corollaries:
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
~ Plato
Elsewhere, this is 4a116. — slipbox
Never throw in the towel. Use it to wipe the sweat from your brow. Then keep going.
~ unknown
Elsewhere, this is 4a69. — slipbox
The hardest part of any journey is believing you are able to begin it.
~ unknown
Elsewhere, this is 4a203. — slipbox
The hardest part of any journey is believing you are able to begin it.
~ unknown
Elsewhere, this is 4a203. — slipbox
Never throw in the towel. Use it to wipe the sweat from your brow. Then keep going.
~ unknown
Elsewhere, this is 4a69. — slipbox
Dead last finish is greater than did not finish, which trumps did not start.
~ unknown
Elsewhere, this is 4a136. — slipbox
First use of phrase “legalistic argle-bargle” since 1824’s Gibbons v. Ogden
~ Kevin Underhill from, Top Ten Notable Facts About the Gay-Marriage Decisions – Lowering the Bar
Elsewhere, this is 4uloto1. — slipbox