Two Thoughts (3 - 9 November)
Sunday, 3 November
Two thoughts from Rory Sutherland
"To put it crudely, when you multiply bullshit with bullshit, you don’t get a bit more bullshit – you get bullshit squared."
“A flower is a weed with an advertising budget.”
Monday, 4 November
Two thoughts from Jed McKenna
"Fear grabs, gratitude releases. Fear controls, gratitude surrenders. Fear repels, gratitude attracts."
“Crazy is a numbers game.”
“Like if enough people do it—”
“—then it’s not crazy anymore.”
Tuesday, 5 November
Two thoughts from Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
“To know that you are a prisoner of your mind is the dawn of wisdom.”
“If you are angry or in pain, separate yourself from anger and pain and watch them. Externalization is the first step to liberation.”
Wednesday, 6 November
Two thoughts from Bob Sutton
“No one on their death bed wishes they would’ve been meaner.”
“Support a few crackpots, heretics, and dreamers, especially if they are wildly optimistic about their ideas.”
Thursday, 7 November
Two thoughts from James Burnham
“Wherever there is prohibition there’s a bootlegger.”
“Worship of power is not fully separable from cowardice.”
Friday, 8 November
Two thoughts from Bertrand de Jouvenel
"Sooner or later, a society of sheep must create a government of wolves."
"A people among whom custom is altogether sovereign endures the despotism of the dead."
Saturday, 9 November
Two thoughts from Jacques Derrida
"I believe in the value of the book, which keeps something irreplaceable, and in the necessity of fighting to secure its respect."
“We are all mediators, translators.”
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dear jim,
thank you as always for the quotes!
my favorite this week is Bob Sutton's “No one on their death bed wishes they would’ve been meaner.”
much love
myq
Well done. I doubt AI will be able to match this level of curation any time soon.