Think it Over
A reflection on things I learned today: The pessimist is one who says “Things couldn’t possibly be worse,” the optimist says, “Sure they can.” — the daily irrelevant
Quotes
Traveling Light
“If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.” -Seneca “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there.” -George Harrison, Any Road Interesting, thought-provoking perspectives on two very different approaches to life. BTW, I haven’t heard the whole album, but Any Road, one of … Read more
Validation Pitfalls
After a couple of hours effort last night my archive templates now all validate as either XHTML 1.0 strict or XHTML 1.1. That’s not to say all the content validates, however. The main page, permalinks and monthly archives created after 1 March 2004 should validate. Category archives mostly don’t validate, as they have older, non-valid … Read more
Don’t Argue
“If your mother tells you to do a thing, it is wrong to reply that you won’t. It is better and more becoming to intimate that you will do as she bids you, and then afterward act quietly in the manner according to the dictates of your best judgment.” -Mark Twain’s advice to ‘Bad Boys … Read more
On Giving Advice
“Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.” -Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Optimism
” I have great faith in optimism as a philosophy, if only because it offers us the opportunity of self-fulfilling prophecy.” -Sir Arthur C Clarke
The Test of Memory
“We do not know the true value of our moments until they have undergone the test of memory.” -Georges Duhamel, The Heart’s Domain
(More) On Leadership
“The wicked leader is one who the people despise. The good leader is one who the people revere. The great leader is the one of whom the people say, ‘We did it ourselves.’” -Lao-Tzu
On Change
Organizations move slower than snails, but relentlessly like glaciers. Jamie Dinkelacker, student of organizational behaviour
Economics Lesson
From esoterically.net comes an updated version of an old quote: “Remember, if your neighbor is out of work, it’s a recession. If you’re out of work, it’s a depression. When George Bush is out of work, it’s a recovery.” U.S. Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)