Fanaticism is always a sign of repressed doubt.
Quote of the Week 43 “ Fanaticism is always a sign of repressed doubt. ” ― Carl Gustav Jung
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Only one who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible.
Quote of the Week 42 “Only one who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible. ” ― Miguel de Unamuno Triggered by the misattribution of a variant of the quote to M.C. Escher : “Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible. ”
Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.
Quote of the Week 41 “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere. ” ― Albert Einstein Triggered by the citation in A Brain for Innovation: The Neuroscience of Imagination and Abstract Thinking (English Edition) by Jung, Min W. (2023). Related : “ Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.” ― Albert Einstein
The danger isn't AI thinking like humans, but humanity thinking like AI.
2nd Quote of the Week 38 “ The danger isn't AI thinking like humans, but humanity thinking like AI.” ― Julian Goldstahl Translated from German AIphorism : “ Wir fürchten nicht die KI, die denkt wie ein Mensch, sondern die Menschheit, die denkt wie eine KI. ” ― attributed to Julian Goldstahl by DeepSeek
Worry is like paying interest on a debt you don’t owe.
Quote of the Week 38 “ Worry is like paying interest on a debt you don’t owe.” ― often misattributed to Mark Twain Related: Quote of the Week 9 / 2022 " Worrying does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength . " ― Corrie ten Boom
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
Quote of the Week 35 “ You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.” ― Attributed to Friedrich Nietzsche While often attributed to Friedrich Nietzsche , the quote is actually a paraphrasing of a statement made by his fictional character Zarathustra in Thus Spoke Zarathustra . „Das — ist nun mein Weg, — wo ist der eure?“ so antwortete ich Denen, welche mich „nach dem Wege“ fragten. Den Weg nämlich — den giebt es nicht! Also sprach Zarathustra. “ Du hast deinen Weg. Ich habe meinen Weg. Den Weg, den richtigen Weg und den einzigen Weg gibt es nicht. ” ― Pseudo-Friedrich-Nietzsche-Zitat
No one needs a vacation so much as the person who has just had one.
Quote of the Week 33 “ No one needs a vacation so much as the person who has just had one.” ― attributed to Elbert Hubbard No one needs a vacation so much as the person who has just had one Who crafted this quip: Elbert Hubbard? Mary Sargent Hopkins? Anonymous? https://t.co/3bT2q7GGhI pic.twitter.com/5YuLW5vdSt — Quote Investigator® (@QuoteResearch) August 6, 2025
Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.
Quote of the Week 31 “ Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.” ― Arthur Schopenhauer “ Das Talent gleicht dem Schützen, der ein Ziel trifft, welches die Übrigen nicht erreichen können; das Genie dem, der eines trifft, bis zu welchem sie nicht einmal zu sehn vermögen. ” — Arthur Schopenhauer , Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung , Zweiter Band, Ergänzungen zum dritten Buch, Kapitel 31.
There are measures of focus and one of them is how often you say no.
Quote of the Week 30 “ There are measures of focus and one of them is how often you say no.” ― attributed to Steve Jobs See also: Quote of the Week 20 / 2023 "'No' is a complete sentence . " ― Anne Lamott Source: dailyphilosopher on Instagram
Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
Quote of the Week 29 “ Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.” ― Simone Weil
Only those who change remain true to themselves.
Quote of the Week 28 “ Only those who change remain true to themselves.” ― Wolf Biermann “ Nur wer sich ändert, bleibt sich treu.” ― Wolf Biermann Cited by Wolfgang Niedecken (BAP) last week in Munich.
We don't really want what we think we desire.
Quote of the Week 27 “ We don't really want what we think we desire.” ― Slavoj Žižek Triggered by thephilosophyquote on Instagram: Sieh dir diesen Beitrag auf Instagram an Ein Beitrag geteilt von Promoting the world through books (@indieauthorshowcase) As quoted on Goodreads and BigThink : “ We don't really want to get what we think that we want. I am married to a wife and relationship with her are cold and I have a mistress. And all the time I dream oh my god if my wife were to disappear - I'm not a murderer but let us say- that it will open up a new life with the mistress.Then, for some reason, the wife goes away, you lose the mistress. You thought this is all I want, when you have it there, you turn out it was a much more complex situation. It was not to live with the mistress, but to keep her as a distance as on object of desire about which you dream. This is not an excessive example, I claim this is how things function. We don't really w...
You can imagine the opposite.
Quote of the Week 26 “ You can imagine the opposite.” ― Maurizio Nannucci Triggered by a visit to Lenbachhaus in Munich. Related : Quote of the Week 20 “Everything you can imagine is real.” ― Pablo Picasso Other themes of neon texts created by Nannucci : “ All art has been contemporary.” “ Light and beauty are two unquestionable facts.” “ Listen to your eyes.” “ The missing poem ist the poem.” “ Events take time events take space. ” “ In regard to simplicity nothing is defined .” “ Some words different thoughts. ” “I mages are the origin of language .”
Everything you can imagine is real.
Quote of the Week 20 “ Everything you can imagine is real. ” ― Pablo Picasso Obviously generated by AI
Detours increase local knowledge.
Quote of the Week 18 “ Detours increase local knowledge. ” ― Kurt Tucholsky As seen in Dessau:
He who lives by the crystal ball will eat shattered glass.
Quote of the Week 16 “ He who lives by the crystal ball will eat shattered glass.” ― Ray Dalio A variation of: “ He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass .” ― Edgar Fiedler Triggered by the promotion for Dalio 's new book " How Countries Go Broke ― The Big Cycle ". Here's what X/Grok comments: Who Said It? The quote " He who lives by the crystal ball will eat shattered glass " is most commonly attributed to Ray Dalio, the founder of Bridgewater Associates, a prominent hedge fund. However, a similar version, " He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass ," is attributed to economist Edgar R. Fiedler. The Dalio version is more widely circulated in modern contexts, particularly in finance and investing circles. When and in Which Context? The exact origin date of Dalio’s quote is unclear, as it appears in various sources without a definitive first publication. It gained prominence through Dalio’s public w...
There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.
Quote of the Week 14 “ There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.” ― Attributed to Friedrich Nietzsche
Art is anything you can get away with.
Quote of the Week 13 “ Art is anything you can get away with.” ― Marshall McLuhan , “ The Medium is the Massage ” Triggered by the reference to the quote ― which is sometimes misattributed to Andy Warhol ― in a recent tweet : Art is anything you can get away with Did social theorist Marshall McLuhan say this? See next message for a link to the answer pic.twitter.com/LX4AkgMMPY — Quote Investigator® (@QuoteResearch) March 15, 2025
Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.
Quote of the Week 12 “ Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.” ― Henri Bergson “ Man muss wie ein denkender Mensch handeln und wie ein handelnder Mensch denken. ” “ Il faut agir en homme de pensée et penser en homme d'action. ” ― Henri Bergson , Message au Congrès Descartes , IXe Congrès international de philosophie (1937) Triggered by further reflection on last week's quote " Thought is the enemy of flow " and the related idea that " Thought kills action ". " For Bergson, the action is the lowest sphere of the spirit, where it touches the physical mechanism, whereas it reaches its climax in the mere speculative freedom of the dream. " From X/Grok3: The popular English version of Henri Bergson's quote, "Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought," reverses the sequence compared to the original French, "Il faut agir en homme de pensée et penser en homme d'action" (directly translated as ...