“The Arc of the Moral Universe Is Long, but It Bends Toward Justice” ― Martin Luther King Jr.
"A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence." - Hume
"That no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavors to establish." - Hume
I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand." - Spinoza
“Men became superstitious not because they had too much imagination, but because they were not aware that they had any” - Santayana
I have no quarrel with college football’s Bowl Championship Series. - Brian Fleming
Try not. Do or do not, there is no try.... Yoda
“Act quickly but do not hurry” - John Wooden
“Hurry every chance you get. If you don’t you might fall behind.” - Tommy Cecil
"Most of the important things that a human being ought to know cannot be comprehended in youth." -- Robert Hutchins, President, University of Chicago
“Sow a thought, and you reap an act; Sow an act, and you reap a habit; Sow a habit, and you reap a character; Sow a character, and you reap a destiny” -- Charles Reade
« Je n'ai pas besoin de cette hypothèse. » Translation : I had no need for that assumption, when asked by Napolean why the mathemetician’s book about the universe made no mention of the Creator. Pierre-Simon de Laplace, circa 1805.
“Malo periculosam libertatem quam quietam servitutem.” Translation: I prefer dangerous liberty to quiet servitude. Thomas Jefferson, letter to James Madison (1787).
Eschew obfuscation, espouse elucidation
"Don't you call me a mindless philosopher you overweight glob of grease!"
C3PO--Star Wars: A New Hope
“Get used to it. With me, surprises are rarely unexpected.” -- Inspector Clouseau
"I have tired you by this time with disquisitions which you have already heard repeated by others, a thousand and a thousand times; and therefore, shall only add assurances of the esteem and attachment with which I have the honor to be, dear Sir, your affectionate friend and servant." – Thomas Jefferson
"Merchants and craftsmen make prosperity; chiefs, priests, and thieves fritter it away." Matt Ridley
"It is the long ascent of the past that gives the lie to our despair." HG Wells
"It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future."
"The decline in domestic jobs is the result of technology and globalization, both of which have enhanced prosperity." Zachary Karabell
“Exceptional claims demand exceptional evidence” – Christopher Hitchens
“...the absence of evidence is the evidence of absence.” – Christopher Hitchens
“Cowards die a thousand deaths. The valiant taste of death but once. “ - William Shakespeare
Quedo a tus ordenes para cualquier aclaración. I am at your service for any clarification.
“Chance favors the prepared mind” - Louis Pasteur
“Is what you are about to say really worth what I’m about to say back?” from And So It Goes
“Some people don’t recognize opportunity because it’s dressed in overalls and looks like work”
“Truth carries within itself an element of coercion.” – Hannah Arendt, Truth and Politics, 1967.
She goes on: “Seen from the viewpoint of politics, truth has a despotic character. It is therefore hated by tyrants, who rightly fear the competition of a coercive force they cannot monopolize, and it enjoys a rather precarious status in the eyes of governments that rest on consent and abhor coercion. Facts are beyond agreement and consent, and all talk about them – all exchanges of opinion based on correct information – will contribute nothing to their establishment. Unwelcome opinion can be argued with, rejected, or compromised upon, but unwelcome facts possess an infuriating stubbornness that nothing can move except plain lies. The trouble is that factual truth, like all other truth, peremptorily claims to be acknowledged and precludes debate, and debate constitutes the very essence of political life.”
And: “Political thought is representative. I form an opinion by considering a given issue from different viewpoints, by making present to my mind the standpoints of those who are absent; that is, I represent them. This process of representation does not blindly adopt the actual views of those who stand somewhere else, and hence look upon the world from a different perspective; this is a question neither of empathy, as though I tried to be or to feel like somebody else, nor of counting noses and joining a majority but of being and thinking in my own identity where actually I am not. The more people’s standpoints I have present in my mind while I am pondering a given issue, and the better I can imagine how I would feel and think if I were in their place, the stronger will be my capacity for representative thinking and the more valid my final conclusions, my opinion.”
“The most radical revolutionary will become conservative the day after the revolution.” – Hannah Arendt
“Science is a method for deciding whether what we choose to believe has a basis in the laws of nature or not.” -- Marcia McNutt, Editor of Science
“Homo Evolutis: Hominds that take direct and deliberate control over the evolution of their species and others.” – Juan Enriquez
“It's not binary. You can be decent and gifted at the same time.” – Steve Wozniak’s character in Steve Jobs movie
Vitam Impendere Vero - To devote one's life to truth.
The Four Agreements - Don Miguel Ruiz
1. Be impeccable with your word. 2. Don't take anything personally. 3. Don't make assumptions. 4. Always do your best.
The Fifth Agreement - Don Jose Ruiz
5. Be skeptical, but learn to listen.
If you open your mouth say something beautiful. If you open your door keep it open for anyone. – Greg Holden
You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you cant control. These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone. -- Marcus Aurelius
“Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.” – Kurt Vonnegut
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. “— Frederick Douglass, The Significance of Emancipation in the West Indies
“Instead of trying to crush those of a different persuasion, we can affirm our own values by clinging to them tenaciously as the right ones for us.” – John Lachs
“We could never be the individuals we are if other people were not delightfully, resolutely, and in some cases radically different.” – John Lachs
Freedom and responsibility are two sides of the same coin. As free we do what we want and as responsible we bear the consequences. We learn to adjust and limit our freedom based on the outcomes of previous acts. – John Lachs, paraphrased
"I don't believe all music is good. I believe some music is bad for people to listen to. I think it makes their taste worse. I think it makes their lives worse. I think it makes them worse people. - Jason Isbell
“Rock and roll music, if you like it, if you feel it, you can't help but move to it. That's what happens to me. I can't help it.” -- Elvis Presley
“Solos come and go. A riff lasts forever.”- Keith Richards
“May your winning streak, may it never end” – Glen Hansard
“May all your favorite bands stay together” – Dawes