Sunday, 23 August
Two thoughts from Heraclitus
“Nothing is; everything is Becoming.”
“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it is not the same river and he is not the same man.”
Monday, 24 August
Two thoughts from Lin Yutang
“The more we justify our beliefs, the more narrow-minded we become.”
“The man who has not the habit of reading is imprisoned in his immediate world...But the moment he takes up a book, he immediately enters a different world.”
Tuesday, 25 August
Two thoughts from Giordano Bruno
“I beg you, reject antiquity, tradition, faith, and authority! Let us begin anew by doubting everything we assume has been proven!”
“Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.”
Wednesday, 26 August
Two thoughts from Arthur Brooks
“The more control you have over your life, the more responsible you feel for your own success - or failure.”
“Almost no one is ever insulted into agreement.”
Thursday, 27 August
Two thoughts from Mary Oliver
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
“You must not ever stop being whimsical. And you must not, ever, give anyone else the responsibility for your life.”
Friday, 28 August
Two thoughts from Edgar Schein
“We do not think and talk about what we see; we see what we are able to think and talk about.”
“Culture constrains strategy.”
Saturday, 29 August
Two thoughts from Marcus Terentius Varro
“No sick man’s monstrous dream can be so wild that some philosopher won’t say it’s true.”
“It was divine nature which gave us the country, and man’s skill that built the cities.”
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