Two Thoughts (14 - 20 July)
Sunday, 14 July
Two thoughts from Remy de Gourmont
"To know what everyone knows is to know nothing."
"Demons are like obedient dogs; they come when they are called."
Monday, 15 July
Two thoughts from Marcus Aurelius
"Choose not to be harmed—and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed—and you haven’t been."
“External things are not the problem. It’s your assessment of them. Which you can erase right now.”
Tuesday, 16 July
Two thoughts from Richard Florida
"Human creativity is the ultimate economic resource."
"Ideas are the currency of the new economy."
Wednesday, 17 July
Two thoughts from Amartya Sen
“The success of a society is to be evaluated primarily by the freedoms that members of the society enjoy.”
"Human ordeals thrive on ignorance. To understand a problem with clarity is already halfway towards solving it."
Thursday, 18 July
Two thoughts from Marilynne Robinson
"Memory can make a thing seem to have been much more than it was."
"You build your mind, so make it into something you want to live with."
Friday, 19 July
Two thoughts from Viktor Frankl
“When we are no longer able to change a situation – we are challenged to change ourselves.”
“No one can take away my freedom to choose how I will react.”
Saturday, 20 July
Two thoughts from Bob Dylan
“You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.”
“We have never arrived. We are in a constant state of becoming.”
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dear jim,
thanks for these as always! some of my favorites from today:
Marilynne Robinson:
"You build your mind, so make it into something you want to live with."
Viktor Frankl:
“When we are no longer able to change a situation – we are challenged to change ourselves.”
“No one can take away my freedom to choose how I will react.”
Bob Dylan:
“You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.”
“We have never arrived. We are in a constant state of becoming.”
much love
myq