Quote of the Day -- Christopher Alexander

There is a myth, sometimes widespread, that a person need only do inner work…that a man is entirely responsible for his own problems; and that to cure himself, he need only change himself…The fact is, a person is so formed by his surroundings, that his state of harmony depends entirely on his harmony with his surroundings. 

-- Christopher Alexander

Quote of the Day -- Benedict Allen

It's not about making your mark on a place, but about letting it make it's mark on you. 

-- Benedict Allen

Quote of the Day -- George Patton

The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom.

-- George Patton

Quote of the Day -- DeWitt Clinton

Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; but knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, unlimited in space and indefinite in duration.

-- DeWitt Clinton

Quote of the Day -- Machiavelli

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

-- Machiavelli

Quote of the Day -- Sam Levenson

The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.

-- Sam Levenson

Quote of the Day -- Ursule Le Guin

It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.

-- Ursula Le Guin

Quote of the Day -- Moliére

Life is a tragedy to those who feel and a comedy to those who think.

-- Moliére

Quote of the Day -- Rumer Godden

I suppose the more you have to do, the more you learn to organise and concentrate—or else get fragmented into bits. I have learned to use my ‘ten minutes.’ I once thought it was not worth sitting down for a time as short as that; now I know differently and, if I have ten minutes, I use them, even if they bring only two lines, and it keeps the book alive. 

-- Rumer Godden

Quote of the Day -- Robert Cialdini

There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking.

-- Robert Cialdini