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Sunday, 7 December
Two thoughts from Doris Kearns Goodwin
“What is the difference between power, title, and leadership? Is leadership possible without a purpose larger than personal ambition?”
“Go ahead, and fear not. You will have a full library at your service.”
Monday, 8 December
Two thoughts from David Foster Wallace
“Everybody is identical in their secret unspoken belief that they are different from everyone else.”
“If your fidelity to perfectionism is too high, you never do anything.”
Tuesday, 9 December
Two thoughts from Marcel Proust
“It is always thus, impelled by a state of mind which is destined not to last, we make our irrevocable decisions.”
“We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.”
Wednesday, 10 December
Two thoughts from James Joyce
“Shut your eyes and see.”
“A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery”.
Thursday, 11 December
Two thoughts from Jhumpa Lahiri
“That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.”
“Writing is one of the most assertive things a person can do.”
Friday, 12 December
Two thoughts from Nikola Tesla
“Of all things, I liked books best.”
“When wireless is fully applied the earth will be converted into a huge brain, capable of response in every one of its parts.”
Saturday, 13 December
Two thoughts from Ray Kurzweil
“Our technology...is part of our humanity. We created them to extend ourselves, and that is what is unique about human beings.”
“We won’t experience 100 years of progress in the twenty-first century; it will be more like 20,000 years.”
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Dear Jim,
Thank you for these quotes. Some of my faves this week:
Marcel Proust:
“We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.”
James Joyce:
“Shut your eyes and see.”
Jhumpa Lahiri:
“That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.”
Much love,
Myq