“The birch is used only out of bad temper and weakness, for the birch is a servile punishment which degrades the soul even when it corrects, if indeed it corrects, for its usual effect is to harden.” IfsSoulUsedEffectsWeaknessPunishmentUsualTemperDegradeBad Temper Author:Jean-Baptiste de La Salle
“I think we will never find ultimate happiness. But I see a world of peace, harmony, laughter, love and non-violence and the elimination of poverty.” ThinkingWorldPovertyViolenceLaughterUltimateHarmonyNon ViolenceEliminationPeace HarmonyLove LaughterUltimate Happiness Author:Deepak Chopra
“There are domains in which expertise is not possible. Stock picking is a good example. And in long-term political strategic forecasting, it's been shown that experts are just not better than a dice-throwing monkey.” LongPoliticalTermExampleLong TermExpertsThrowingMonkeysDomainStrategicExpertiseDiceGood ExamplesForecasting Author:Daniel Kahneman
“The key to selecting the winner isn't choosing the face you think is the most beautiful but rather the face other people will pick” PeopleThinkingBeautifulFacesKeysPicksWinner Author:John Maynard Keynes
“Experiential team exercises can be valuable tools for enhancing teamwork as long as they are layered upon more fundamental and relevant processes.” LongProcessTeamExerciseToolsFundamentalsValuableTeamworkRelevant Author:Patrick Lencioni
“Mathematics is a part of physics. Physics is an experimental science, a part of natural science. Mathematics is the part of physics where experiments are cheap.” NaturalMathematicsPhysicsExperimentsNatural ScienceExperimental Science Author:Vladimir Arnold
“Now remember, kids, the internet is serious business.” KidsRememberSeriousInternetSerious Business Author:Isaac Asimov
“Define home "not as a comforable, stable, inherited and familiar space, but instead as an imaginative, politically-charged space where the familiarity and sense of affection and commitment lay in shared collective analysis of social injustice as well as a vision for radical transformation"” WellsHomeSocialSpaceVisionCommitmentTransformationLaysInjusticeAffectionFamiliarRadicalAnalysisCollectivesStableImaginativeFamiliaritySocial Injustice Author:Chandra Talpade Mohanty
“There is no secret to a long marriage - it's hard work...It's serious business, and certainly not for cowards.” LongHardSecretSeriousHard WorkWorking ItCowardSerious BusinessLong Marriage Author:Ossie Davis
“Americans' right to free speech should not be proportionate to their bank accounts.” ShouldMediaSpeechAccountsFree SpeechBank Accounts Author:Bernie Sanders
