". . . [T]hose persons who console you today may humiliate you tomorrow."

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Vincent de Paul

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“He that would look with contempt on the pursuits of the farmer, is not worthy the name of a man.”
“We are the Bibles the world is reading; We are the creeds the world is needing; We are the sermons the world is heeding.”
“First of all, Buddhism is neither pessimistic nor optimistic. If anything at all, it is realistic, for it takes a realistic view of life and the world. It looks at things objectively (yath?bh?tam). It does not falsely lull you into living in a fool's paradise, nor does it frighten and agonize you with all kinds of imaginary fears and sins. It tells you exactly and objectively what you are and what the world around you is, and shows you the way to perfect freedom, peace, tranquility and happiness.”
“It's much easier to hire really great people like that in New York and in Brooklyn in particular, than it is in Washington.”
“I want to be an NBA all-star and help my team win. That's what it's all about, is winning. I'm a competitor... People said a lot about me being selfish and stuff like that. Getting into the league, I can't wait to shut that down. I'm a guy who wants to play and to win and love my teammates.”
“The sun must not set upon anger, much less will I let the sun set upon the anger of God towards me.”
“The properties of executability and universality associated with programming languages can be combined, in a single language, with the well-known properties of mathematical notation which make it such an effective tool of thought.”

Source : "Notation as a Tool of Thought". Cvommunications of the ACM, 23 (8), (pp. 444 - 465), August 1980.
“Passionate investment leaves us vulnerable to loss. And sometimes, no matter how clever we are, we must lose.”

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