Two Thoughts (25 February - 2 March)

Sunday, 25 February

Two thoughts from Mary Beard

"Action without study is fatal."

“It is a dangerous myth that we are better historians than our predecessors.”

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Monday, 26 February

Two thoughts from James Burke

"We still go on believing that today's version of things is the only right one"

“When you read a book, you hold another's mind in your hands.”

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Tuesday, 27 February

Two thoughts from Simon Schama

"Irreverence is the lifeblood of freedom."

"The older I get, the more I want to do. It beats death, decay or golf in unfortunate trousers. Peace and quiet depress me."

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Wednesday, 28 February

Two thoughts from Leonard Susskind

“Unforeseen surprises are the rule in science, not the exception. Remember: Stuff happens.”

“If necessity is the mother of invention, laziness is the father. The Einstein summation convention is the offspring of this happy marriage.”

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Thursday, 29 February

Two thoughts from V.S. Ramachandran

“All good science emerges from an imaginative conception of what might be true.”

"Curiosity illuminates the correct path to anything in life. If you're not curious, that's when your brain is starting to die."

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Friday, 1 March

Two thoughts from Hermann Hesse

"Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go."

"We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps."

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Saturday, 2 March

Two thoughts from William Randolph Hearst

"News is what people don't want you to print. Everything thing else is ads."

"You can crush a man with journalism."

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