"To disarm a zealot, teach him truth by precept, and mildness by example."

-- Al-Kindi

#Example Quotes #Mildness Quotes #Teach Quotes

“One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no efficacy.”
“The most animated talks we have are about...things”
“If you want to get an education in how to get a story and how to survive, then get a street reporter job in New York City.”
“Perhaps our national ambition to standardize ourselves has behind it the notion that democracy means standardization. But standardization is the surest way to destroy the initiative, to denumb the creative impulse above all else essential to the vitality and growth of democratic ideals.”
“Nothing in theatre has any meaning before or after. Meaning is now.”

Source : "Does Nothing Come from Nothing?". Ernest Jones Lecture at The Edward Lewis Theatre, London, ciret-transdisciplinarity.org. June 13, 1994.
“In any racing engine, the nearer you are to it disintegrating, the better it's performance will be”
“Adding hardware to any computer is hard. The reality is, you're sticking in disks, trying to run installers. We do a very sophisticated installation and de-install but it's invisible to the user and happens almost instantaneously.”
“I've been called many things. But I suppose 'the devil' is as good a name as any.”

Source : Kirsten Miller (2010). “The Eternal Ones”, p.232, Penguin

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