“Why travel? To be changed, and to be changed again and again.”
Source: The Legacy Letters: his Wife, his Children, his Final Gift
“KIDS. They know a BRIBE when they see one. They want a PARENT, not a PAY-OFF. They don’t care if you’re Jack-King-Rodeo or Mister-You-Own-New-York. All they understand is time spent WITH YOU or WITHOUT YOU. It’s that SIMPLE.”
Source: The Legacy Letters: his Wife, his Children, his Final Gift
“Enjoy the RIDE NOW. You'll be SUCCESSFUL later, however YOU define SUCCESS.”
Source: The Legacy Letters: his Wife, his Children, his Final Gift
“All the masters have those weak points that are called masterpieces; and besides, they do them as crowd pleasers -- to prove that they have the know-how.”
Source: The writings of a savage
“There is a big difference between knowledge and know-how. One, gives insight on how to do something, the other is actually being able to do it”
Source: Distilled Thoughts
“What had started it, the mess this week? A white cop shot an unarmed black boy three times and killed him. Good old American know-how on display: We do marvels, we do injustice, and our hands were always busy.”
Source: Harlem Shuffle
“Knowing how things work reduces the effort.
This is the fundamental principle of technology.”
Source: My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut
“If you want to see heaven, then keep positive thoughts in your mind.
If you want to see hell, then keep negative thoughts in your mind.
And if you want to see God, then clear all the thoughts from your mind.
make your mind completely empty.”
“What is characteristic of philosophy is not a
special subject-matter, but the aim of knowing one's way around with respect to the subject-matters of all the special disciplines.”
Source: Science, Perception and Reality
“Participating in the filling of others' brains with knowledge and know-how is just an extraordinary gift only very few have. Hence, teaching a language is indeed opening these brains to the world with its similarities and dissimilarities taught in different words.”