“Mostly we're motivated to control ourselves in public. Mostly. At home the motivation is much less clear. At home there's a bit of a lab for bad behavior. You can test things out without terrible consequences. Or maybe the consequences are there, but they are deferred, buried, much harder to detect.” HomeMotivationBitsClearTerribleBehaviorConsequenceTestsHarderMotivatedBuriedLabsBad BehaviorControl Ourselves Author:Ben Marcus
“Knowledge and ideas tend to be a bit like experience - nice, but not necessarily useful. Clear thinking, logical priorities and the ability to reason will beat bright ideas and unassisted experience everytime.” ThinkingIdeasReasonBitsAbilityClearNiceBeatsPrioritiesLogicalClear ThinkingBright Ideas Author:Carroll Smith
“I don't remember ever being see-saw, when I'd made my mind up that a thing was wrong. It takes the taste out o' my mouth for things, when I know I should have a heavy conscience after 'em. I've seen pretty clear, ever since I could cast up a sum, as you can never do what's wrong without breeding sin and trouble more than you can ever see. It's like a bit o' bad workmanship--you never see th' end o' the mischief it'll do. And it's a poor look-out to come into the world to make your fellow creatures worse off instead o' better.” KnowsWorldShouldMindLooksMadeEndsRememberBitsSinPoorClearSawsTroubleTasteCreaturesMouthsConscienceShould HaveFellowsCastsHeavyEmsMischiefBreedingWorkmanship Book:Works Source: Works
“I think that physics is about escaping the prison of the received thoughts and searching for novel ways of thinking the world, about trying to clear a bit the misty lake of insubstantial dreams, which reflect reality like the lake reflects the mountains.” ThinkingWorldWayTryingDreamRealityBitsNovelClearMountainPrisonPhysicsLakesWay Of ThinkingEscapingMisty Book:Quantum Gravity Source: Quantum Gravity