Arab proverb
“Don’t say it’s wheat until you harvest it.”
Archive for May, 2015
Quote of the day, May 31
May 31, 2015Quote of the day, May 30
May 30, 2015Ernest Flagg, on art (1922)
“The best art, and the only art which will ever lead to great results, must have for its basis the interpretation of beauty in nature.”
Quote of the day, May 29
May 30, 2015Elisha Gray, on science (1900)
“The world is now rapidly advancing in light, in knowledge, in power to use the infinite gifts that the Creator has hidden in nature; but hidden only to stimulate and reward our seeking. Every man can help in this grand progress—if not by research and positive thought-power, at least by grateful acceptance and realization of what is gained. Look forward!”
Quote of the day, May 28
May 28, 2015Lyndon B. Johnson, on government (1965)
“The essence of our American tradition of State and local governments is the belief expressed by Thomas Jefferson that government is best which is closest to the people. (more…)
Quote of the day, May 27
May 27, 2015U Thant, on peace (1968)
“Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defences of peace.”
Quote of the day, May 26
May 26, 2015Charles Sanders Peirce, on signs
“The entire universe is perfused with signs, if it is not composed exclusively of signs.”
Quote of the day, May 25
May 25, 2015James Nachtwey, on photography (2001)
“The worst thing is to feel that as a photographer I’m benefiting from someone else’s tragedy. This idea haunts me. It’s something I have to reckon with every day, because I know that if I ever allow genuine compassion to be overtaken by personal ambition, I will have sold my soul. The only way I can justify my role is to have respect for the other person’s predicament. The extent to which I do that is the extent to which I become accepted by the other and to that extent I can accept myself.”
Quote of the day, May 24
May 24, 2015Theodore Roosevelt, on wisdom (1917)
“Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.”
Quote of the day, May 23
May 23, 2015Samuel Butler, from The Note-Books (1902)
“Is life worth living? This is a question for an embryo, not a man.”
Quote of the day, May 22
May 22, 2015Virgil, from The Aeneid
“Audaces fortuna iuvat.” (“Fortune favours the bold.”)
