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Sunday, 28 December
Two thoughts from Kenneth Clark
“Children who are treated as if they are uneducable...become uneducable.”
“It is lack of confidence, more than anything else, that kills a civilisation. We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as effectively as by bombs.”
Monday, 29 December
Two thoughts from Carl Sagan
“One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.”
“Understanding is a kind of ecstasy.”
Tuesday, 30 December
Two thoughts from Jacob Bronowski
“The symbol and the metaphor are as necessary to science as to poetry.”
“Ask an impertinent question and you are on the way to the pertinent answer.”
Wednesday, 31 December
Two thoughts from Jill Tarter
“The story of humans is the story of ideas that shine light into dark corners.”
“Ultimately, we actually all belong to only one tribe, to Earthlings.”
Thursday, 1 January
Two thoughts from W.S. Merwin
“I needed my mistakes in their order to get me here.”
“We are the echo of the future.”
Friday, 2 January
Two thoughts from Michael Shermer
“Smart people believe weird things because they are skilled at defending beliefs they arrived at for non-smart reasons.”
“An uncertain and doubting mind leads to fresh world visions and the possibility of new and ever-changing realities.”
Saturday, 3 January
Two thoughts from James Lee Burke
“People are what they do, not what they say, not what they think, not what they pretend to be.”
“The best moments in life are not the kind many historians record.”
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Dear Jim,
Thank you for these as always! Some of my faves this week:
Carl Sagan:
“One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.”
Jacob Bronowski:
“Ask an impertinent question and you are on the way to the pertinent answer.”
Jill Tarter:
“Ultimately, we actually all belong to only one tribe, to Earthlings.”
W.S. Merwin:
“I needed my mistakes in their order to get me here.”
Thank you for sharing!
Love
Myq