George Bernard Shaw
"Dancing: the vertical expression of a horizontal desire legalized by music."
... Deal with the difficult
while it is yet easy
Deal with the great
while it is yet small
The difficult develops
naturally from the easy
And the great
from the small
So the sage, by dealing
with the small
Achieves the great
“… universities should treat learning as not yet wholly solved problems and hence always in research mode.”
``...throughout our lifetime we amass a quantity of stories and information that only our forgetfulness puts into shape''
"If I have the belief that I can do it,
I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it
even if I may not have it at the beginning"
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."
"And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you achieve it" (p.23)
"In everything ... uniformity is undesirable. Leaving something incomplete makes it interesting, and gives one the feeling that there is room for growth. Even when building the imperial palace, they always leave one place unfinished."
"Dancing: the vertical expression of a horizontal desire legalized by music."
"I like living at the intersection of the humanities and technology"
"Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become"
"The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists —
that
is why they
invented hell"
Birds born in a cage, think flying is an illness
"Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone decide if its good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more"
"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go."
Nothing worthwhile is ever achieved
without deep thought and hard work.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character give him power
In any given moment we have two options: To step forward into growth or step backward into safety
We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid
"I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what."
If something is important enough, even if the odds are against you, you should still do it
Ratan Tata
Take the stones people throw at you and use them to build a monument
``Evolution is a tinkerer''
``It is, of course, possible that underlying all these various tricks there are just a few basic learning algorithms that, building on the crude structures produced by genetics, produce this complicated variety of mechanisms''
"Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal: my strength lies solely in my tenacity"
Benjamin Disraeli's famous aphorism:
What we learn from history is that we do not learn from history
Thomas Edison
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
Unknown
Sometime the hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which bridge to burn
Winston Churchill
Never let a good crisis go waste
Hindi Doha on the Strength of Time:
Samay Samay Balwan, Nahi Manush Balwan,
Kabe Arjun Lootiyo, Wahi Dhanoosh Wahi Baan
Puranchand Wadali (Sufi Singer)
"Jab tak bika na tha, koi poochta na tha,
tune mujhe khareedkar anmol kar diya"
Warren Bennis:
... it is essential for a a specialist to be deep specialist and for a leader to be a deep generalist
Klaatu (The Day the Earth Stood Still - 2008 film)
"Only at the precipice we change"