Quote Of The Week

Quote of the Week 13 " The movement you need is on your shoulder. " ― Paul McCartney ( Hey Jude , song lyrics) The best line in the song according to John Lennon.  Featured in  the  McCartney: A Life in Lyrics  podcast describing the genesis of the song by its creator .

Quote of the Week 12 " The idea of the future, pregnant with an infinity of possibilities, is thus more fruitful than the future itself, and this is why we find more charm in hope than in possession, in dreams than in reality. " ―   Henri Bergson The search for this quote was triggered by a recent visit to Bergson Kunstkraftwerk  still under construction. Another quote attributed to Bergson for which I could not find the original source: " New ideas, in most cases, are the children of old thoughts. "

Quote of the Week 11 " The best way to destroy the beauty of a plan is to intend to implement the plan. " ― Joschka Breitner (pseudonym; IRL Karsten Dusse ) Triggered by the use of the quote in Dusse's book :  Das Kind in mir will achtsam morden . " Die beste Art und Weise, die Schönheit eines Planes zu zerstören, ist die Absicht, den Plan umzusetzen. "

Quote of the Week 10 “Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine.”  –  Ralph Waldo Emerson Triggered by the use of the quote in Stefanie Stahl's book referenced by a thoughtful person.  “ Die meisten Schatten in unserem Leben rühren daher,  dass wir uns selbst in der Sonne stehen. “ –  Ralph Waldo Emerson