"Is not he imprudent, who, seeing the tide making haste towards him apace, will sleep till the sea overwhelms him?"

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John Tillotson

#Procrastination Quotes #Sleep Quotes #Sea Quotes

“I don't think we should do anything that should make the people hate the American people more.”
“I had that morning gone to say my farewells to Broadhurst and to the RAF. I had made a point of going to HQ at Schleswig in my 'Grand Charles.' Coming back I had taken him high up in the cloudless summer sky, for it was only there that I could fittingly take my leave. Together we climbed for the last time straight towards the sun. We looped once, perhaps twice, we lovingly did a few slow, meticulous rolls, so that I could take away in my finger-tips the vibration of his supple, docile wings.”
“Toronto is home; nothing beats home.”
“We no longer ask of a judicial ruling or a legislative act: is it good? Is it fair? Is it just? Is it right? Will it help bring about a better society or a better world? Those used to be the political questions, even if they invited no easy answers. We must learn once again to pose them.”

Source : Tony Judt (2010). “Ill Fares the Land”, p.11, Penguin
“Without stones there is no arch”

Source : "Invisible Cities". Book by Italo Calvino, 1972.
“We hear a lot of talk these days about teaching values in higher education. Frankly, I am not sure this can be accomplished through a separate course in morality or ethics. I am convinced, however, that values are sustained on campus by the honesty of our words, and by the confidence we have in the words of others.”
“Awareness is the power that is concealed within the present moment. â€¦ The ultimate purpose of human existence, which is to say, your purpose, is to bring that power into this world.”
“Compromise is usually bad. It should be a last resort. If two departments or divisions have a problem they can't solve and it comes up to you, listen to both sides and then pick one or the other. This places solid accountability on the winner to make it work. Condition your people to avoid compromise.”

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