Apr 3 2012: Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experiment dangerous, judgment difficult.
History does not repeat itself, but it rhymes
Enlightenment: the slow-dawning understanding that the world is unfolding according
to its own inner properties of cause and effect, probability and chance,
without any regard for human feelings.
No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures.
Freedom is born of great discipline.
It does not matter where you come from, it matters where you are going.
You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt
The least we know, the stronger we believe
I hear, i forget; i see, i remember; i do and i understand
A harmful truth is better than a useful lie
If you make people think their thinking, they love you;
if you make them really think, they hate you
I was too weak to be a leader, too strong to be a follower
One learns from defeat, not from victory
Learning tolerance while fighting ignorance
When you let "wonder" die, your time has passed
The readiness to answer all questions is an infallible sign of stupidity
You only live once; make sure it is enough
If you want to go quickly, go alone; if you want to go far, go together
Short termism is the war that the present wages against the future
Planning is essential; plans are useless
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd
We need to learn to succeed and not just to win.
The least evidence we have, the more dogmatic we become
The greater your area of knowledge grows,
so it does your perimeter of ignorance
Beware conventional wisdom and groupthink.
Be skeptical of tidy explanations for complex past events.
Be even more skeptical of confident predictions of future human behavior.
A delusion that lasts a decade it is not a delusion; it is an institution
Liberty is allowing people to do things you disapprove of.
News is what is hidden; everything else is publicity
Mankind is becoming a single unit,
and that for a unit to fight against itself is suicide
Mar 30 2012: Every wise saying has an opposite one
A text out of context is a pretext
Even a broken clock is right twice a day
All models are wrong but some are useful
You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough
Doubt requires more courage than conviction does, and more energy; because conviction is a resting place and doubt is infinite.
Uncertainty is the silence under the chatter of our time
Happiness: a way of travel, not a destination
The choice may have been mistaken; the choosing was not.
Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
In youth we learn; in age we understand
Pay attention. You can't learn from what you choose to forget or decide to ignore
The plural of anecdote is data
Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you
something else is the greatest accomplishment
Fall seven times, stand up eight
Strive for progress, not perfection
If you only judge yourself by success, you are setting yourself up for failure
Pride is a close relative of narcissism
Privilege yields opportunity, and opportunity confers responsibilities
Great wisdom looks like stupidity
Study extensively, inquire carefully, ponder thoroughly, sift clearly, practice earnestly
Practice discipline to stop the onslaught of illusion
Indulged doubt becomes denial
At the moment you choose to stop growing, your world will begin to shrink
The immediate trumps the important
Flatter me, and I may not believe you.
Criticize me, and I may not like you.
Ignore me, and I may not forgive you.
Encourage me, and I will not forget you
Apr 4 2008: WHAT IF, in the same way that we finally realized that after so many amazonian tribes were destroyed by human contact from elsewhere during the 20th century, and now we have decided to stop any intentional contact, what if the advanced cultures of our galaxy have decided to do the same with us, so to avoid our immediate collapse?
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History does not repeat itself, but it rhymes
Enlightenment: the slow-dawning understanding that the world is unfolding according
to its own inner properties of cause and effect, probability and chance,
without any regard for human feelings.
No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures.
Freedom is born of great discipline.
It does not matter where you come from, it matters where you are going.
You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt
The least we know, the stronger we believe
I hear, i forget; i see, i remember; i do and i understand
A harmful truth is better than a useful lie
If you make people think their thinking, they love you;
if you make them really think, they hate you
I was too weak to be a leader, too strong to be a follower
One learns from defeat, not from victory
Learning tolerance while fighting ignorance
When you let "wonder" die, your time has passed
The readiness to answer all questions is an infallible sign of stupidity
You only live once; make sure it is enough
If you want to go quickly, go alone; if you want to go far, go together
Short termism is the war that the present wages against the future
Planning is essential; plans are useless
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd
We need to learn to succeed and not just to win.
The least evidence we have, the more dogmatic we become
The greater your area of knowledge grows,
so it does your perimeter of ignorance
Beware conventional wisdom and groupthink.
Be skeptical of tidy explanations for complex past events.
Be even more skeptical of confident predictions of future human behavior.
A delusion that lasts a decade it is not a delusion; it is an institution
Liberty is allowing people to do things you disapprove of.
News is what is hidden; everything else is publicity
Mankind is becoming a single unit,
and that for a unit to fight against itself is suicide
A comment on Conversation: What is your favourite quote and why?
A text out of context is a pretext
Even a broken clock is right twice a day
All models are wrong but some are useful
You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough
Doubt requires more courage than conviction does, and more energy; because conviction is a resting place and doubt is infinite.
Uncertainty is the silence under the chatter of our time
Happiness: a way of travel, not a destination
The choice may have been mistaken; the choosing was not.
Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
In youth we learn; in age we understand
Pay attention. You can't learn from what you choose to forget or decide to ignore
The plural of anecdote is data
Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you
something else is the greatest accomplishment
Fall seven times, stand up eight
Strive for progress, not perfection
If you only judge yourself by success, you are setting yourself up for failure
Pride is a close relative of narcissism
Privilege yields opportunity, and opportunity confers responsibilities
Great wisdom looks like stupidity
Study extensively, inquire carefully, ponder thoroughly, sift clearly, practice earnestly
Practice discipline to stop the onslaught of illusion
Indulged doubt becomes denial
At the moment you choose to stop growing, your world will begin to shrink
The immediate trumps the important
Flatter me, and I may not believe you.
Criticize me, and I may not like you.
Ignore me, and I may not forgive you.
Encourage me, and I will not forget you
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