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May the world be kind to you, and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie
May the world be kind to you, and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Showing posts with label Isaac Asimov. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Isaac Asimov. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Always Do the Right Thing
The greatest way to live with honor in this world
is to be what we pretend to be.
- Socrates
Reputation is what other people know about you.
Honor is what you know about yourself.
- Lois McMaster Bujold
The truth of the matter is that
you always know the right thing to do.
The hard part is doing it.
- Gen. Norman Schwarzkoff
You will never do anything in this world without courage.
It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
- Aristotle
When people get caught up with that which is right
and they are willing to sacrifice for it,
there is no stopping point short of victory.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
All the great things are simple,
and many can be expressed in a single word:
freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
- Winston Churchill
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
- Abraham Lincoln
Never let your sense of morals
get in the way of doing what's right.
- Isaac Asimov
Read: What is Moral versus What is Right
Do what you feel in your heart to be right.
You'll be criticized anyway.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Whatever your friends and family do,
Always do what you know is right.
...
If it's Right, stand up for it - together.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Live with Honor
Be yourself. Honor yourself.
Is there a place for Honor today?
Saturday, February 1, 2025
We Can Never Understand Our World, But We Can Still Find Joy In It
As soon as man does not take his existence for granted,
but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious,
thought begins.
- Albert Schweitzer
God is not what you imagine,
or what you think you understand.
If you understand you have failed.
- Saint Augustine
Be thankful that life is a mystery.
There is so much we can never know.
Breathe deeply and relax into the not-knowing.
There is much that we do not have to know in order to live joyfully.
We Can Never Understand Our World, But We Can Still Enjoy It.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The world is incomprehensible.
We won't ever understand it;
we won't ever unravel its secrets.
Thus we must treat the world as it is:
a sheer mystery.
- Carlos Castaneda
Uncertainty that comes from knowledge
(knowing what you don't know)
is different from uncertainty coming from ignorance.
- Isaac Asimov
Further reading: Wonder and Mystery
Pause to Wonder
Cherish Mystery
Life: Mystery and Riddle
Labels:
Albert Schweitzer,
Carlos Castaneda,
enjoy life,
God,
gratitude,
Isaac Asimov,
joyfully,
know,
knowing,
knowledge,
Life,
mysterious,
mystery,
not-knowing,
relax,
Saint Augustine,
thankful,
thought,
uncertainty,
world
Sunday, August 25, 2024
Curiosity is Key to Science
Science is a way of thinking
much more than it is a body of knowledge.
- Carl Sagan
The ultimate court of appeal is observation and experiment...
not authority.
- Thomas Huxley
What is a scientist after all?
It is a curious man looking through a keyhole,
the keyhole of nature, trying to know what's going on.
- Jacques Yves Cousteau
The scientist is motivated primarily by curiosity
and a desire for truth.
- Irving Langmuir
All truths are easy to understand
once they are discovered;
the point is to discover them.
- Galileo Galilei
The saddest aspect of life right now
is that science gathers knowledge faster
than society gathers wisdom.
- Isaac Asimov
Further reading: Understand More, Fear Less
Seek the Truth
Analysis AND Emotion
Stroke of Insight - Jill Bolte Taylor
Monday, May 20, 2024
Mystery, Wonder, and Understanding
As soon as man does not take his existence for granted,
but beholds it as something
unfathomably mysterious, thought begins.
- Albert Schweitzer
Be thankful that life is a mystery.
There is so much we can never know.
Breathe deeply and relax into the not-knowing.
There is much that we do not have to know in order to live joyfully.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Uncertainty that comes from knowledge
(knowing what you don't know)
is different from uncertainty coming from ignorance.
- Isaac Asimov
Mystery creates wonder,
and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.
- Neil Armstrong
Further reading: Nothing is Certain
Cherish Mystery
Childlike Wonder
Magnificent Mystery
Labels:
adventure,
Albert Schweitzer,
discovery,
inquiry,
Isaac Asimov,
mystery,
question,
questions,
uncertainty,
understanding,
wonder
Sunday, February 25, 2024
Always Do What's Right
The greatest way to live with honor in this world
is to be what we pretend to be.
- Socrates
Reputation is what other people know about you.
Honor is what you know about yourself.
- Lois McMaster Bujold
The truth of the matter is that
you always know the right thing to do.
The hard part is doing it.
- Gen. Norman Schwarzkoff
You will never do anything in this world without courage.
It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
- Aristotle
When people get caught up with that which is right
and they are willing to sacrifice for it,
there is no stopping point short of victory.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
All the great things are simple,
and many can be expressed in a single word:
freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
- Winston Churchill
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
- Abraham Lincoln
Never let your sense of morals
get in the way of doing what's right.
- Isaac Asimov
Read: What is Moral versus What is Right
Do what you feel in your heart to be right.
You'll be criticized anyway.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Whatever your friends and family do,
Always do what you know is right.
...
If it's Right, stand up for it - together.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Live with Honor
Be yourself. Honor yourself.
Is there a place for Honor today?
Thursday, February 1, 2024
The World is Incomprehensible
As soon as man does not take his existence for granted,
but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious,
thought begins.
- Albert Schweitzer
God is not what you imagine,
or what you think you understand.
If you understand you have failed.
- Saint Augustine
Be thankful that life is a mystery.
There is so much we can never know.
Breathe deeply and relax into the not-knowing.
There is much that we do not have to know in order to live joyfully.
We Can Never Understand Our World, But We Can Still Enjoy It.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The world is incomprehensible.
We won't ever understand it;
we won't ever unravel its secrets.
Thus we must treat the world as it is:
a sheer mystery.
- Carlos Castaneda
Uncertainty that comes from knowledge
(knowing what you don't know)
is different from uncertainty coming from ignorance.
- Isaac Asimov
Further reading: Wonder and Mystery
Pause to Wonder
Cherish Mystery
Life: Mystery and Riddle
Labels:
Albert Schweitzer,
Carlos Castaneda,
enjoy life,
God,
gratitude,
Isaac Asimov,
joyfully,
know,
knowing,
knowledge,
Life,
mysterious,
mystery,
not-knowing,
relax,
Saint Augustine,
thankful,
thought,
uncertainty,
world
Friday, August 25, 2023
Science is a Way of Thinking
Science is a way of thinking
much more than it is a body of knowledge.
- Carl Sagan
The ultimate court of appeal is observation and experiment...
not authority.
- Thomas Huxley
What is a scientist after all?
It is a curious man looking through a keyhole,
the keyhole of nature, trying to know what's going on.
- Jacques Yves Cousteau
The scientist is motivated primarily by curiosity
and a desire for truth.
- Irving Langmuir
All truths are easy to understand
once they are discovered;
the point is to discover them.
- Galileo Galilei
The saddest aspect of life right now
is that science gathers knowledge faster
than society gathers wisdom.
- Isaac Asimov
Further reading: Understand More, Fear Less
Seek the Truth
Analysis AND Emotion
Stroke of Insight - Jill Bolte Taylor
Friday, May 19, 2023
Mystery Creates Wonder
As soon as man does not take his existence for granted,
but beholds it as something
unfathomably mysterious, thought begins.
- Albert Schweitzer
Be thankful that life is a mystery.
There is so much we can never know.
Breathe deeply and relax into the not-knowing.
There is much that we do not have to know in order to live joyfully.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Uncertainty that comes from knowledge
(knowing what you don't know)
is different from uncertainty coming from ignorance.
- Isaac Asimov
Mystery creates wonder,
and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.
- Neil Armstrong
Further reading: Nothing is Certain
Cherish Mystery
Childlike Wonder
Magnificent Mystery
Labels:
adventure,
Albert Schweitzer,
discovery,
inquiry,
Isaac Asimov,
mystery,
question,
questions,
uncertainty,
understanding,
wonder
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
Take a Stand... Together
The greatest way to live with honor in this world
is to be what we pretend to be.
- Socrates
Reputation is what other people know about you.
Honor is what you know about yourself.
- Lois McMaster Bujold
The truth of the matter is that
you always know the right thing to do.
The hard part is doing it.
- Gen. Norman Schwarzkoff
You will never do anything in this world without courage.
It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
- Aristotle
When people get caught up with that which is right
and they are willing to sacrifice for it,
there is no stopping point short of victory.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
All the great things are simple,
and many can be expressed in a single word:
freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
- Winston Churchill
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
- Abraham Lincoln
Never let your sense of morals
get in the way of doing what's right.
- Isaac Asimov
Read: What is Moral versus What is Right
Do what you feel in your heart to be right.
You'll be criticized anyway.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Whatever your friends and family do,
Always do what you know is right.
If it's Right, stand up for it - together.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Live with honor
Be yourself. Honor yourself.
Is there a place for Honor today?
Sunday, January 29, 2023
The World will Always be a Mystery
As soon as man does not take his existence for granted,
but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious,
thought begins.
- Albert Schweitzer
God is not what you imagine,
or what you think you understand.
If you understand you have failed.
- Saint Augustine
Be thankful that life is a mystery.
There is so much we can never know.
Breathe deeply and relax into the not-knowing.
There is much that we do not have to know in order to live joyfully.
We Can Never Understand Our World, But We Can Still Enjoy It.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The world is incomprehensible.
We won't ever understand it;
we won't ever unravel its secrets.
Thus we must treat the world as it is:
a sheer mystery.
- Carlos Castaneda
Uncertainty that comes from knowledge
(knowing what you don't know)
is different from uncertainty coming from ignorance.
- Isaac Asimov
Further reading: Wonder and Mystery
Pause to Wonder
Cherish Mystery
Life: Mystery and Riddle
Labels:
Albert Schweitzer,
Carlos Castaneda,
enjoy life,
God,
gratitude,
Isaac Asimov,
joyfully,
know,
knowing,
knowledge,
Life,
mysterious,
mystery,
not-knowing,
relax,
Saint Augustine,
thankful,
thought,
uncertainty,
world
Thursday, August 11, 2022
Science, Curiosity, Truth
Science is a way of thinking
much more than it is a body of knowledge.
- Carl Sagan
The ultimate court of appeal is observation and experiment...
not authority.
- Thomas Huxley
What is a scientist after all?
It is a curious man looking through a keyhole,
the keyhole of nature, trying to know what's going on.
- Jacques Yves Cousteau
The scientist is motivated primarily by curiosity
and a desire for truth.
- Irving Langmuir
All truths are easy to understand
once they are discovered;
the point is to discover them.
- Galileo Galilei
The saddest aspect of life right now
is that science gathers knowledge faster
than society gathers wisdom.
- Isaac Asimov
Further reading: Understand More, Fear Less
Seek the Truth
Analysis AND Emotion
Stroke of Insight - Jill Bolte Taylor
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Your Sense of Wonder
As soon as man does not take his existence for granted,
but beholds it as something
unfathomably mysterious, thought begins.
- Albert Schweitzer
Be thankful that life is a mystery.
There is so much we can never know.
Breathe deeply and relax into the not-knowing.
There is much that we do not have to know in order to live joyfully.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Uncertainty that comes from knowledge
(knowing what you don't know)
is different from uncertainty coming from ignorance.
- Isaac Asimov
Mystery creates wonder,
and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.
- Neil Armstrong
Further reading: Nothing is Certain
Cherish Mystery
Childlike Wonder
Magnificent Mystery
Labels:
adventure,
Albert Schweitzer,
discovery,
inquiry,
Isaac Asimov,
mystery,
question,
questions,
uncertainty,
understanding,
wonder
Tuesday, February 1, 2022
Work Together, for what is Important
The greatest way to live with honor in this world
is to be what we pretend to be.
- Socrates
Reputation is what other people know about you.
Honor is what you know about yourself.
- Lois McMaster Bujold
The truth of the matter is that
you always know the right thing to do.
The hard part is doing it.
- Gen. Norman Schwarzkoff
You will never do anything in this world without courage.
It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
- Aristotle
When people get caught up with that which is right
and they are willing to sacrifice for it,
there is no stopping point short of victory.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
All the great things are simple,
and many can be expressed in a single word:
freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
- Winston Churchill
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
- Abraham Lincoln
Never let your sense of morals
get in the way of doing what's right.
- Isaac Asimov
Read: What is Moral versus What is Right
Do what you feel in your heart to be right.
You'll be criticized anyway.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Whatever your friends and family do,
Always do what you know is right.
If it's Right, stand up for it - together.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Live with honor
Be yourself. Honor yourself.
Is there a place for Honor today?
Thursday, January 13, 2022
It's OK that Life is a Mystery
As soon as man does not take his existence for granted,
but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious,
thought begins.
- Albert Schweitzer
God is not what you imagine,
or what you think you understand.
If you understand you have failed.
- Saint Augustine
Be thankful that life is a mystery.
There is so much we can never know.
Breathe deeply and relax into the not-knowing.
There is much that we do not have to know in order to live joyfully.
We Can Never Understand Our World, But We Can Still Enjoy It.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The world is incomprehensible.
We won't ever understand it;
we won't ever unravel its secrets.
Thus we must treat the world as it is:
a sheer mystery.
- Carlos Castaneda
Uncertainty that comes from knowledge
(knowing what you don't know)
is different from uncertainty coming from ignorance.
- Isaac Asimov
Further reading: Wonder and Mystery
Pause to Wonder
Cherish Mystery
Life: Mystery and Riddle
Labels:
Albert Schweitzer,
Carlos Castaneda,
enjoy life,
God,
gratitude,
Isaac Asimov,
joyfully,
know,
knowing,
knowledge,
Life,
mysterious,
mystery,
not-knowing,
relax,
Saint Augustine,
thankful,
thought,
uncertainty,
world
Friday, August 20, 2021
Curiosity and a Desire for Truth
Science is a way of thinking
much more than it is a body of knowledge.
- Carl Sagan
The ultimate court of appeal is observation and experiment...
not authority.
- Thomas Huxley
What is a scientist after all?
It is a curious man looking through a keyhole,
the keyhole of nature, trying to know what's going on.
- Jacques Yves Cousteau
The scientist is motivated primarily by curiosity
and a desire for truth.
- Irving Langmuir
All truths are easy to understand
once they are discovered;
the point is to discover them.
- Galileo Galilei
The saddest aspect of life right now
is that science gathers knowledge faster
than society gathers wisdom.
- Isaac Asimov
Further reading: Understand More, Fear Less
Seek the Truth
Analysis AND Emotion
Stroke of Insight - Jill Bolte Taylor
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Never Lose Your Sense of Wonder
As soon as man does not take his existence for granted,
but beholds it as something
unfathomably mysterious, thought begins.
- Albert Schweitzer
Be thankful that life is a mystery.
There is so much we can never know.
Breathe deeply and relax into the not-knowing.
There is much that we do not have to know in order to live joyfully.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Uncertainty that comes from knowledge
(knowing what you don't know)
is different from uncertainty coming from ignorance.
- Isaac Asimov
Mystery creates wonder,
and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.
- Neil Armstrong
Further reading: Nothing is Certain
Cherish Mystery
Childlike Wonder
Magnificent Mystery
Labels:
adventure,
Albert Schweitzer,
discovery,
inquiry,
Isaac Asimov,
mystery,
question,
questions,
uncertainty,
understanding,
wonder
Saturday, February 6, 2021
Take a Stand for What You Know is Right
The greatest way to live with honor in this world
is to be what we pretend to be.
- Socrates
Reputation is what other people know about you.
Honor is what you know about yourself.
- Lois McMaster Bujold
The truth of the matter is that
you always know the right thing to do.
The hard part is doing it.
- Gen. Norman Schwarzkoff
You will never do anything in this world without courage.
It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
- Aristotle
When people get caught up with that which is right
and they are willing to sacrifice for it,
there is no stopping point short of victory.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
All the great things are simple,
and many can be expressed in a single word:
freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
- Winston Churchill
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
- Abraham Lincoln
Never let your sense of morals
get in the way of doing what's right.
- Isaac Asimov
Read: What is Moral versus What is Right
Do what you feel in your heart to be right.
You'll be criticized anyway.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Whatever your friends and family do,
Always do what you know is right.
If it's Right, stand up for it - together.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Live with honor
Be yourself. Honor yourself.
Is there a place for Honor today?
Saturday, January 16, 2021
Mystery, Question, Thought
As soon as man does not take his existence for granted,
but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious,
thought begins.
- Albert Schweitzer
God is not what you imagine,
or what you think you understand.
If you understand you have failed.
- Saint Augustine
Be thankful that life is a mystery.
There is so much we can never know.
Breathe deeply and relax into the not-knowing.
There is much that we do not have to know in order to live joyfully.
We Can Never Understand Our World, But We Can Still Enjoy It.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The world is incomprehensible.
We won't ever understand it;
we won't ever unravel its secrets.
Thus we must treat the world as it is:
a sheer mystery.
- Carlos Castaneda
Uncertainty that comes from knowledge
(knowing what you don't know)
is different from uncertainty coming from ignorance.
- Isaac Asimov
Further reading: Wonder and Mystery
Pause to Wonder
Cherish Mystery
Life: Mystery and Riddle
Labels:
Albert Schweitzer,
Carlos Castaneda,
enjoy life,
God,
gratitude,
Isaac Asimov,
joyfully,
know,
knowing,
knowledge,
Life,
mysterious,
mystery,
not-knowing,
relax,
Saint Augustine,
thankful,
thought,
uncertainty,
world
Monday, August 24, 2020
Think Like a Scientist
Science is a way of thinking
much more than it is a body of knowledge.
- Carl Sagan
The ultimate court of appeal is observation and experiment...
not authority.
- Thomas Huxley
What is a scientist after all?
It is a curious man looking through a keyhole,
the keyhole of nature, trying to know what's going on.
- Jacques Yves Cousteau
The scientist is motivated primarily by curiosity
and a desire for truth.
- Irving Langmuir
All truths are easy to understand
once they are discovered;
the point is to discover them.
- Galileo Galilei
The saddest aspect of life right now
is that science gathers knowledge faster
than society gathers wisdom.
- Isaac Asimov
Further reading: Understand More, Fear Less
Seek the Truth
Analysis AND Emotion
Stroke of Insight - Jill Bolte Taylor
Monday, March 16, 2020
Mystery and Wonder
As soon as man does not take his existence for granted,
but beholds it as something
unfathomably mysterious, thought begins.
- Albert Schweitzer
Be thankful that life is a mystery.
There is so much we can never know.
Breathe deeply and relax into the not-knowing.
There is much that we do not have to know in order to live joyfully.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Uncertainty that comes from knowledge
(knowing what you don't know)
is different from uncertainty coming from ignorance.
- Isaac Asimov
Mystery creates wonder,
and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.
- Neil Armstrong
Further reading: Nothing is Certain
Cherish Mystery
Childlike Wonder
Magnificent Mystery
Labels:
adventure,
Albert Schweitzer,
discovery,
inquiry,
Isaac Asimov,
mystery,
question,
questions,
uncertainty,
understanding,
wonder
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