"The standard definition of AI is that which we don't understand."

-- Bill Joy

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“Simply to have all the necessities of life and three meals a day will not bring happiness. Happiness is hidden in the unnecessary and in those impractical things that bring delight to the inner person. . . . When we lack proper time for the simple pleasures of life, for the enjoyment of eating, drinking, playing, creating, visiting friends, and watching children at play, then we have missed the purpose of life. Not on bread alone do we live but on all these human and heart-hungry luxuries.”
“Better the discomfort that leads to repentance and restoration than temporal comfort and eternal damnation.”

Source : Francine Rivers (1995). “As Sure as the Dawn”, p.140, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
“Wise words are like seeds. The more you scatter them, the more they will grow into infinite gardens of knowledge.”

Source : "Rise Up and Salute the Sun". Book by Suzy Kassem, 2010.
“Serving in Congress has been more than an honor; it has been one of the most exhilarating experiences of my life... It has been a wonderful ride. It has been a wonderful journey.”
“I lost 28 pounds in my divorceâ€¦because that's what a soul weighs.”
“I loved being on the other side of the camera and interacting with the crew. When you are an actor, you have to stay inside this world, but when you are with the crew, on the outside, you are in the dirt, working through all the issues. It's just a different way of working, and I think I preferred it.”
“It's become impossible to enjoy most quality television shows because the hurt or endangered women device is so frequently used.”
“Boys need to learn the value of spiritual solitude. For the soul to grow, it needs those moments of no-stimulation, of wakeful peace. Because we adults don't usually practice enough solitudeâ€”because we are always 'doing' thingsâ€”we often neglect to teach our boys to find solitude”

Source : Michael Gurian (2006). “The Wonder of Boys”, p.202, Penguin

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