Two Thoughts (16 July - 22 July)

Sunday, 16 July

Two thoughts from Lewis Mumford

“Life is an art we are required to practice without preparation, a score that we play at sight even before we have mastered our instruments.”

“Humor is our way of defending ourselves from life's absurdities by thinking absurdly about them.”

Monday, 17 July

Two thoughts from Mignon McLaughlin

“Every society honors its live conformists and dead troublemakers.”

“Many of us go through life feeling as an actor might feel who does not like his part and does not believe in the play.”

Tuesday, 18 July

Two thoughts from Gabrielle Zevin

“We are not quite novels. We are not quite short stories. In the end, we are collected works.”

“You tell a kid he doesn’t like to read, and he’ll believe you.”

Wednesday, 19 July

Two thoughts from Patañjali

“Be happy for those who are happy,be compassionate toward those who are unhappy, be delighted for those who are virtuous, and be indifferent toward the wicked.”

"Success is nearest to those whose efforts are intense and sincere."

Thursday, 20 July

Two thoughts from Shad Helmstetter

“It is your programming that has created your choices in the past. It is the choices you make today that are creating the programs of your future.”

“Choosing to live your life by your own choice is the greatest freedom you will ever have.”

Friday, 21 July

Two thoughts from Michel Foucault

“Knowledge is not made for understanding; it is made for cutting.”

“Schools serve the same social functions as prisons and mental institutions- to define, classify, control, and regulate people.”

Saturday, 22 July

Two thoughts from Gilles Deleuze

“A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window.”

“If you're trapped in the dream of the Other, you're fucked.”

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