Two Thoughts (28 April - 4 May)

The Philosopher (1846) | Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps (French, 1803-1860)

Sunday, 28 April

Two thoughts from Cato the Elder

"I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment."

"An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes."

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Monday, 29 April

Two thoughts from Cato the Younger

"All have the gift of speech, but few are possessed of wisdom."

"Don't promise twice what you can do at once."

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Tuesday, 30 April

Two thoughts from Illya Prigogine

"The main character of any living system is openness."

“The more we know about our universe, the more difficult it becomes to believe in determinism.”

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Wednesday, 1 May

Two thoughts from Paul Watzlawick

“The belief that one’s own view of reality is the only reality is the most dangerous of all delusions.”

“In human relations, all prediction is connected in one way or another with the phenomenon of trust.”

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Thursday, 2 May

Two thoughts from Amanda Montell

“Words are the medium through which belief systems are manufactured, nurtured, and reinforced, their fanaticism fundamentally could not exist without them.”

“The biggest joke in religious studies is that cult + time = religion.”

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Friday, 3 May

Two thoughts from Péter Esterházy

“History is an alternating series of frying pans and fires.”

“History belongs to the victors, legends to the people, fantasy to literature. Only death is certain.”

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Saturday, 4 May

Two thoughts from Gail Sheehy

"If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living."

"Being a pathfinder is to be willing to risk failure and still go on."

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