It’s a queer business, making oneself blind (Ursula K. Le Guin, Gifts)
The years pass in their hundreds and their thousands, and what does any man see of life but a few summers, a few winters? We look at mountains and call them eternal, and so they seem… but in the course of time, mountains rise and fall, rivers change their courses, stars fall from the sky, and great cities sink beneath the sea. Even gods die, we think. Everything changes
The years pass in their hundreds and their thousands, and what does any man see of life but a few summers, a few winters? We look at mountains and call them eternal, and so they seem… but in the course of time, mountains rise and fall, rivers change their courses, stars fall from the sky, and great cities sink beneath the sea. Even gods die, we think. Everything changes. (George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings)
Progress might have been all right once but it’s gone on too long
Progress might have been all right once but it’s gone on too long (Ogden Nash)
Humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle
Humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle (G.K. Chesterton)
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage (Lao-Tzu)
I do not have a problem with people killing themselves, as long as they took at least a hundred years to think about what they are about to do
I do not have a problem with people killing themselves, as long as they took at least a hundred years to think about what they are about to do (Mokokoma Mokhonoana)
Love the itch and a cough cannot be hid
Love the itch and a cough cannot be hid (Thomas Fuller)
Utopia never really is. And the perfection we seek will always disappoint
Utopia never really is. And the perfection we seek will always disappoint (Daniel Xiao Wang, Lucid Nightmares)
True greatness, true leadership, is achieved not by reducing men to one’s service but in giving oneself in selfless service to them
True greatness, true leadership, is achieved not by reducing men to one’s service but in giving oneself in selfless service to them (J. Oswald Sanders)
If you’re running an engineering or finance company, all companies depend on ideas and ingenuity. I think the principles of creative leadership apply everywhere, whether it’s an advertising company or whether you’re running a hospital
If you’re running an engineering or finance company, all companies depend on ideas and ingenuity. I think the principles of creative leadership apply everywhere, whether it’s an advertising company or whether you’re running a hospital (Ken Robinson)