Sunday, 19 July
Two thoughts from Hilaire Belloc
“Any subject can be made interesting, and therefore any subject can be made boring.”
“I have wandered all my life, and I have traveled; the difference between the two being this, that we wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.”
Monday, 20 July
Two thoughts from Lera Boroditsky
“Human minds have invented not one cognitive universe, but 7,000.”
“The language that you speak shapes the way that you think.”
Tuesday, 21 July
Two thoughts from Terry Southern
“The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock—shock is a worn-out word—but astonish.”
“There is no power on earth that can loosen a man’s grip on his own throat.”
Wednesday, 22 July
Two thoughts from Anthony Bourdain
“Skills can be taught. Character you either have or you don’t have.”
“Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.”
Thursday, 23 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.”
Friday, 24 July
Two thoughts from Alfred North Whitehead
“Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them.”
“The guiding motto in the life of every natural philosopher should be, “Seek simplicity and distrust it.”
Saturday, 25 July
Two thoughts from Bertrand Russell
“The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.”
“Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.”
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