Quote Of The Week

Quote of the Week 4 “ We both step and do not step into the same river, we both are and are not.” ― Heraclitus Triggered by the reference to a variation of the quote in WDR 5 - Das philosophische Radio Podcast with  Heinz-Michael Bartling: Weisheit und Wandel   (01/05/2026) . Related (see Wikipedia for details): You cannot step into the same river twice Since Plato, Heraclitus's theory of flux has been associated with the metaphor of a flowing river, which cannot be stepped into twice. [ 57 ] [ as ]  This fragment from Heraclitus's writings has survived in three different forms: [ 56 ] "On those who step into the same rivers, different and different waters flow" –  Arius Didymus , quoted in  Stobaeus [ at ] "We both step and do not step into the same river, we both are and are not" –  Heraclitus Homericus ,  Homeric Allegories [ au ] "It is not possible to step into the same river twice" –  Plutarch ,  On the E at Delphi [ av ] The classicis...

Quote of the Week 3 " Aging is an extraordinary process whereby you become the person you always should have been. " ― David Bowie  (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016 )   Related :  "Age doesn't bother me. It's the lack of years left that weighs far heavier on me than the age that I am."

Quote of the Week 2 " You can't always get what you want.   But if you try sometime you'll find   You get what you need. " ―  The Rolling Stones  ( Keith Richards / Mick Jagger) , " You Can't Always Get What You Want " Lyrics   Related: Quote of the Week 28, 2024 " I've learned that what we want is seldom what we need, and what we need is almost never what we want." ―  James Norbury    You Can't Always Get What You Want Song by The Rolling Stones ‧ 1969 Übersicht Text Weitere Aufnahmen Lyrics I saw her today at the reception A glass of wine in her hand I knew she would meet her connection At her feet was her footloose man No, you can't always get what you want You can't always get what you want You can't always get what you want But if you try sometime you'll find You get what you need I saw her today at the reception A glass of wine in her hand I knew she was gonna meet her connection At her feet was her footloose man Y...

Quote of the Week 52 " You have power over your mind - not outside events.   Realize this, and you will find strength. " ―  Marcus Aurelius , Meditations

Quote of the Week 51 “ One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.” ―  Milton Friedman

Quote of the Week 50 “ The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative on the day after the revolution.” ― Hannah Arendt Triggered by Hannah Arendt 's 50th anniversary of death.

Quote of the Week 49 “ There are three sides to the question — my side, your side, and the right side.” ―  Wray Hunt Triggered by yesterday's Quote Investigator post. Related:

Quote of the Week 48 “ Gratitude turns what we have into enough.” ― Aesop

Quote of the Week 46 “ Intention is the father of invention.” ― Alan Bipe   A variation of:   “ Necessity is the mother of invention ” ―  Proverb

Quote of the Week 45 “ Inside every old person there is a young one wondering what happened.” ― Dan Sullivan   (often attributed to Terry Pratchett) Triggered by a recent Quote Investigator post.

Quote of the Week 44 “ Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. ” ―  Jeremy Bentham - An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation Triggered by the citation in A Brief History of Intelligence: Why the Evolution of the Brain Holds the Key to the Future of AI  (pg. 43) by Max Bennett. Related: “ Nature is neither pleasant nor painful. It is all intelligence and beauty. Pain and pleasure are in the mind.” ― Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj “ Pleasure and pain are only aspects of the mind. Our essential nature is happiness.” ―  Ramana Maharshi

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