"in the midst of war and crisis nothing is as clear or as certain as it appears in hindsight"

-- Barbara Tuchman

#War Quotes #Hindsight Quotes #Midst Quotes

“One must know oneself as one is, not as one wishes to be, which is merely an ideal and therefore fictitious, unreal; it is only that which is that can be transformed, not that which you wish to be.”
“Abused prosperity is oftentimes made the very means of our greatest adversity.”
“What's needed now are software technologies that interconnect computing systems, people and data to produce more rapid answers to the questions of science, and to help researchers use computation in the most effective manner.”
“To a true artist only that face is beautiful which, quite apart from its exterior, shines with the truth within the soul.”
“Let everything be a confirmation of Awareness.”
“Where there is love there is life; where there is life there is hope.”

Source : Allan Stratton (2006). “Chanda's Secrets”, Longman
“I'm not, nor is anybody I know in government part of a nasty right wing clique.”
“I was a loser, most concerned with making a living. It took me 30 years to understand... I had to reinvent a system, find a way out, and set some rules that could work for me and a few others. I guess in the end that's what we all are trying to do.”

Source : "Killing Me Softly". Interview with Giancarlo Politi, www.flashartonline.com. July, 2008.

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