Two Thoughts (9 - 15 June)
Sunday, 9 June
Two thoughts from Paul Erdős
"It is not enough to be in the right place at the right time. You should also have an open mind at the right time."
“God may not play dice with the universe, but something strange is going on with the prime numbers.”
Monday, 10 June
Two thoughts from Sándor Márai
“Time is a purgatory that has cleansed all fury from my memories.”
“Evidently one endures anything, provided one has a goal.”
Tuesday, 11 June
Two thoughts from John Holt
“To a very great degree, school is a place where children learn to be stupid.”
“The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do.”
Wednesday, 12 June
Two thoughts from Paul Thomas Anderson
“If you figure a way to live without serving a master, any master, then let the rest of us know, will you?”
“No, really. Just do it. You have some kind of weird reasons that are okay.”
Thursday, 13 June
Two thoughts from David D. Friedman
“Part of freedom is the right of each of us to go to hell in his own fashion.”
“Pretending to others that your opponents are stupid may sometimes be a sensible tactic. Believing that they are is usually a serious mistake.”
Friday, 14 June
Two thoughts from Nina Malkin
“The best listeners listen between the lines.”
“You learn about fight or flight, but no one ever mentions the third alliterative option - freeze.”
Saturday, 15 June
Two thoughts from Clifford Geertz
"Man is an animal suspended in webs of significance he himself has spun."
"A scholar can hardly be better employed than in destroying a fear."
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dear jim,
thanks as always for this bounty of wisdom! some of my faves today:
Paul Erdős: "It is not enough to be in the right place at the right time. You should also have an open mind at the right time."
John Holt: “The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do.”
Clifford Geertz: "Man is an animal suspended in webs of significance he himself has spun."
Nina Malkin: “The best listeners listen between the lines.”
thank you for sharing all these beautiful lines to listen to AND between!
love
myq