Quote Of The Week

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  

Quote of the Week 40 “Nothing is in the intellect that was not first in the senses. ” ― Thomas Aquinas  ( Peripatetic Axiom ) Latin: “Nihil est in intellectu quod non sit prius in sensu. ” Often attributed to John Locke . Lockean Axiom :  “There is no idea in the mind that cannot be traced back to some particular experience. ” Further refined by Leibniz : “Nothing is in the intellect that was not first in the senses, except the intellect itself.” ―  Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz .

Quote of the Week 39 “You can not only sell others short, you can also sell yourself short. ” ―  Norbert Hinske   ( Ohne Fußnoten. Prämissen und Folgerungen. ) Alternative translation: “You can fool not only others, but also yourself. ” “Man kann nicht nur andere, man kann auch sich selbst für dumm verkaufen. ” ―  Norbert Hinske   (Aphorismus)

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

Quote of the Week 37 “The most beautiful dreams are those unfulfilled. ” ― Alan Bipe  

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

Quote of the Week 34 “ I cannot say whether things will get better if we change;   what I can say is that they must change if they are to get better.” ― Georg Christoph Lichtenberg “ Ich weiss nicht, ob es besser wird, wenn es anders wird.   Aber es muss anders werden, wenn es besser werden soll. ” ―  Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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

Quote of the Week 32 “ It takes two years to learn to speak and sixty to learn to keep quiet.” ―   attributed to Ernest Hemingway

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.

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.

Quote of the Week 22 “ Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots. ” ― Victor  Hugo  ( Intellectual Autobiography: Ideas on Literature, Philosophy and Religion ) Triggered by another quote (by Jean-Claude Izzo) misattributed to  Victor  Hugo  as recently seen in Italy: “ Facing the sea, happiness is a simple idea. ” According to Gemini AI t he phrase "In front of the sea, happiness is a simple idea" is not a direct quote from Victor Hugo. It is a common sentiment often associated with the experience of being by the ocean, and while Victor Hugo was a prolific writer who often explored themes of joy and nature, this specific phrase isn't found in his published works. 

Quote of the Week 20 “ Everything you can imagine is real. ” ―  Pablo Picasso Obviously generated by AI

Quote of the Week 18 “ Detours increase local knowledge. ” ― Kurt Tucholsky As seen in Dessau:

Quote of the Week 17 “ The best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer.” ―  Ward Cunningham ( Cunningham's Law ) 

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...

Quote of the Week 15 “ Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things.” ―  Henri Poincaré Triggered by the use of a variation  of the quote by Robert Fuchs on LinkedIn. As opposed to   poetry : “ Poetry is the art of giving different names to the same thing.” “L a Mathématique est l’art de donner le même nom à des choses différentes. ” ―  Henri Poincaré In 1908, the Fourth International Congress of Mathematicians was held in Rome. During the Congress, the mathematician Jean-Gaston Darboux presented an address written by Henri Poincaré entitled “L’avenir des mathématiques,” and Poincaré included the paper as a chapter in his book Science et Méthode. An authorized English translation by George Bruce Halsted appeared as the chapter “The Future of Mathematics” in The Foundations of Science, first published in 1913. ... Out of context, it is possible to misinterpret “giving the same name to different things” as saying that words in mathematics are us...

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

Quote of the Week 5 " Whether you think you can, or you think you can't—you're right." ― attributed to   Henry Ford Source:   Goodreads Source:  Wisdomly.net

Quote of the Week 1 “ Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.” ― misattributed to Lao Tzu