Quotes

A long long time ago I began collecting inspirational quotes and aphorisms which became my collection of quotes.

Truth →

Published August 5, 2023  ·  All posts on Aug 5  ·  , ,

The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it.

~ George Orwell

Elsewhere, this is 4a1231. — slipbox

Ignorance →

Published August 4, 2023  ·  All posts on Aug 4  ·  ,

Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge’.

~ Isaac Asimov

Elsewhere, this is 4a1230. — slipbox

Silence →

Published August 3, 2023  ·  All posts on Aug 3  ·  ,

I like my human experience served up with a little silence and restraint. Silence makes experience go further and, when it does die, gives it that dignity common to a thing one had touched and not ravished.

~ Djuna Barnes

Elsewhere, this is 4a1229. — slipbox

Change →

Published August 2, 2023  ·  All posts on Aug 2  ·  , ,

You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.

~ Buckminster Fuller

Elsewhere, this is 4a1228. — slipbox

Honesty →

Published August 1, 2023  ·  All posts on Aug 1  ·  , ,

Honesty always gets my attention. Not particularly someone who is honest to me, but someone who is honest with themselves.

~ Heath Ledger

Elsewhere, this is 4a1227. — slipbox

Intelligence →

Published July 31, 2023  ·  All posts on Jul 31  ·  ,

The true test of intelligence is not how much we know how to do, but how to behave when we don’t know what to do.

~ John Holt

Elsewhere, this is 4a1226. — slipbox

The resistance →

Published July 30, 2023  ·  All posts on Jul 30  ·  ,

When the resistance shows up, I know that I’m winning. Not my fight against it, but my fight to make art. […] The resistance is a symptom that you’re on the right track. The resistance is not something to be avoided; it’s something to seek out.

~ Seth Godin

Elsewhere, this is 4a1225. — slipbox

Illiteracy →

Published July 29, 2023  ·  All posts on Jul 29  ·  ,

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.

~ Alvin Toffler

Elsewhere, this is 4a1224. — slipbox

It’s people not things →

Published July 28, 2023  ·  All posts on Jul 28  ·  ,

People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed and redeemed. Never throw out anyone.

~ Audrey Hepburn

Elsewhere, this is 4a1223. — slipbox

The eternal war →

Published July 27, 2023  ·  All posts on Jul 27  ·  , ,

There is the eternal war between those who are in the world for what they can get out of it and those who are in the world to make it a better place for everybody to live in.

~ George Bernard Shaw

Elsewhere, this is 4a1222. — slipbox