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

Quote of the Week 9 " It's not things that upset us, but our judgment about things. " ―   Epictetus Triggered by the following  tweet : 3 Stoic Oneliners To Beat Anxiety: 1. “It's not things that upset us, it's our judgment about things.” — Epictetus 2. “We suffer more in imagination than in reality.” — Seneca 3. “Make the best use of what is in your power, take the rest as it happens.” — Epictetus — Daily Stoic (@dailystoic) February 24, 2024 See also " Discourses of Epictetus: Book Summary, Key Lessons and Best Quotes ": " It is not events that disturb people, it is their judgements concerning them. "

Quote of the Week 8 " The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. " ― Attributed to Edmund Burke Triggered by the following  tweet : #Navalny 's appeal to Russians in case of his death 🎥 Excerpt from the movie "Navalny" by Daniel Rohr, 2022 pic.twitter.com/QET6hQ122V — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) February 16, 2024

Quote of the Week 7 " He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past. " ― George Orwell (1984) Triggered by the following tweet : "He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.” George Orwell in 1984. Me in the Kremlin to @TuckerCarlson . — Darth Putin (@DarthPutinKGB) February 10, 2024

Quote of the Week 6 “Problem talk creates problems, solution talk creates solutions.”  – Steve de Shazer Triggered by the use of the quote in  Stephanie Salecker 's course material. Related : Solution-focused coaching is based on the radical idea that you can solve many a problem without understanding it fully.  “Solutions need not be directly related to the problems they are meant to solve“ –  Steve de Shazer “In most cases the solution doesn't care how the problem came to be.”  "Der Lösung ist es meist egal wie das Problem entstanden ist." –  Veronika Jungwirth & Ralph Miarka

Quote of the Week 5 " Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans. " ― John Lennon Triggered by recent events.  In essence, life doesn't adhere to our carefully crafted blueprints; it unfolds in its own mysterious and unpredictable manner. Source: The Socratic Mind

Quote of the Week 4 " Time exists so that everything doesn’t happen at once.    Space exists so that it doesn’t all happen to you ." ― Susan Sontag   Triggered by Robert's reference to the quote .  Consult  Quote Investigator for origin and history of the quote that Susan Sontag made popular. Related quote of week 8/23 wrt space & time: "Art is how we decorate space, music is how we decorate time." ―  Jean-Michel Basquiat

Quote of the Week 3 " Happiness is continuing to desire what you already possess. " ―   Friedrich Nietzsche Triggered by the use of a variant of the quote in the movie " The Taste of Things ": "Le bonheur, c’est de continuer à désirer ce que l’on a déjà." " Glück ist, weiter das zu begehren, was man bereits hat. " "Happiness is continuing to desire what we already have."

2nd Quote of the Week 2 " Live without pretending,   Love without depending,   Listen without defending,   Speak without offending." ― Drake See also: Quotefancy  

Quote of the Week 2 "The demand to give up the illusions about its condition is the demand to give up a condition that needs illusions." ― Karl Marx   " Die Forderung, die Illusionen über seinen Zustand aufzugeben, ist die Forderung, einen Zustand aufzugeben, der der Illusionen bedarf . " ― Karl Marx   Triggered by reading up on " Religion is opium of / for the people ". From his 1843 Contribution to the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right: Religious suffering is, at one and the same time, the expression of real suffering and a protest against real suffering.  Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions.  It is the opium of the people.  The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is the demand for their real happiness.  To call on them to give up their illusions about their condition is to call on them to give up a condition that requires illusions. ___ Da...

Quote of the Year 2023* " Objective truths are established by evidence. Personal truths by faith. Political truths by incessant repetition." ―  Neil deGrasse Tyson   [ CW 5 ] Runner-up "W e do these things not because they are easy, but because we thought they were going to be easy . " ― The Programmers' Credo  [ CW 1 ] * as measured by LinkedIn impressions.

Quote of the Week 1 " The whole universe is in a glass of wine. " ―   Attributed to   Lorenzo Magalotti   (famously cited by Richard Feynman ) Triggered by a recent tweet . "The whole universe is in a glass of wine" by Richard Feynman ✍️ A poet once said, "The whole universe is in a glass of wine." We will probably never know in what sense he meant that, for poets do not write to be understood. But it is true that if we look at a glass of wine… pic.twitter.com/XQQ0FrwNes — Physics In History (@PhysInHistory) December 3, 2023

Quote of the Week 52 " Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. " ―  Mahatma Gandhi Found when looking for the opposite: "What you think, say and do may be different." ― Alan Bipe See also:   Philosiblog  and QuoteIkon .

Quote of the Week 51 " Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants. " ―   Epictetus Triggered by a discussion with a former colleague. See also: " What does it mean to be wealthy ". Maybe this is a better way to convey the original thought than the quote above? "Money is human happiness in the abstract: he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes his heart entirely to money." ―   Arthur Schopenhauer See also:   Philosiblog.

Quote of the Week 50 "I’m actually a quite different person, I just never get around to being him." ―  Ödön von Horváth " Eigentlich bin ich ganz anders, nur komme ich so selten dazu . " ―  Ödön von Horváth " Eigentlich bin ich ganz anders. Ich komme nur viel zu selten dazu . " See also:   LOOSE LIPPS .

2nd Quote of the Week 49 " The child is grown. The dream is gone. I have become comfortably numb. " ― Roger Waters ( Pink Floyd , " Comfortably Numb " lyrics ) David Gilmour 's incredible second  guitar solo (4:31) that follows these final lines trumps Roger's lyrics if you ask me: "Comfortably Numb" is one of Pink Floyd's best-known songs, notable for its two guitar solos . [4]  In 2005, it became the last song ever performed by Waters, Gilmour, keyboardist Richard Wright , and drummer Nick Mason  together. ...  Gilmour said the song represented the last time he and Waters were able to work together constructively. ...  Eventually, the group compromised by using the orchestral elements for the main portion and using Gilmour's stripped-down mix for final guitar solo. [8] Waters said: "That's all we could do without somebody 'winning' and somebody 'losing.' And of course, who lost, if you like, was the band, becaus...

Quote of the Week 49 " And as the longing drops away the compass is reset . " ― Peter Gabriel ( So Much ,  Album:  I/O , released December 2023) Lyrics by Peter Gabriel So much unfinished business All sticky with desire Raking through the empty shells Of all the rockets we fired   Set the navigation For the earth all warm and wet And as the longing drops away The compass is reset   Oh, there's so much to aim for You can shoot at the sun But all of it just comes and goes There's only so much can be done   Time slips in the mirror As an old man, I was born But I've grown to be a baby With a halo and a horn   Burn up like a lightning bolt All gone within a flash You look around to find a home Where the asteroid will crash   Oh, there's so much to live for So much left to give This edition is limited There's only so much can be done   Hm-hm, hm-hm Hm-hm, hm   The body stiffens, tires and aches In its wrinkled, blotchy skin With each decade, more...

Quote of the Week 48 " You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave . " ― Don Henley &  Glenn Frey ( Eagles , " Hotel California " song text ) One of the greatest guitar solos of all time - just after these final lines at 4:18 .

Quote of the Week 47 " Words are invitations to learn abstract categories. " ― Lisa Feldman Barrett As stated in the " Surprising Truths about the Human Brain " episode (at 1h:15m) of The Psychology Podcast . Possibly paraphrasing " Words are invitations to learn about categories " by  Sandra Waxman   and  William Thompson.

Quote of the Week 46 " What progress, you ask, have I made?    I have begun to be a friend to myself. " ― Seneca Triggered by a recent @DailyStoic tweet : pic.twitter.com/YxnYCGYMYA — Daily Stoic (@dailystoic) November 6, 2023 See also: " This is what progress looks like ".

Quote of the Week 45 " Chance is the only legitimate king in the universe. " ― Napoleon Bonaparte Cited in the book " Empire of Chance  -  The Napoleonic Wars and the Disorder of Things ".

Quote of the Week 44 " The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have. " ―  Epictetus  ( Discourses and Selected Writings )