Two Thoughts (19 - 25 May)

Portrait of a man reading | Paul Kotlarevsky (Russian, 1883-1950)

Sunday, 19 May

Two thoughts from Freeman A. Hrabowski, III

"Speak up. You have to project! If people can't hear you, it doesn't matter what you say."

"What people don't realize is that everybody needs support, one way or another."

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Monday, 20 May

Two thoughts from Clark Kerr

"The true value of education lies in its ability to ignite intellectual curiosity and critical thinking."

"Learning is a lifelong journey; it does not end with graduation."

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Tuesday, 21 May

Two thoughts from Jean Genet

"By stretching language we'll distort it sufficiently to wrap ourselves in it and hide."

“Worse than not realizing the dreams of your youth would be to have been young and never dreamed at all.”

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Wednesday, 22 May

Two thoughts from Shinichi Suzuki

"Knowledge is not skill. Knowledge plus ten thousand times is skill."

"Art is not in some far-off place. A work of Art is the expression of a man's whole personality, sensibility and ability"

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Thursday, 23 May

Two thoughts from Algernon Blackwood

"Not easily may an individual escape the deep slavery of the herd."

"But the wicked passions of men's hearts alone seem strong enough to leave pictures that persist the good are ever too luke-warm."

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Friday, 24 May

Two thoughts from Scott Berkun

"I don’t want to be perfect. I want to be useful, I want to be good, and I want to sound like myself. Trying to be perfect gets in the way of all three."

"Good public speaking is based on good private thinking."

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Saturday, 25 May

Two thoughts from Howard Zinn

"But I suppose the most revolutionary act one can engage in is... to tell the truth."

"Historically, the most terrible things - war, genocide, and slavery - have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience."

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