"I do not yet want to form a hypothesis to test, because as soon as you make a hypothesis, you become prejudiced. Your mind slides into a groove, and once it is in that groove, has difficulty noticing anything outside of it. During this time, my sense must be sharp; that is the main thing - to be sharp, yet open."

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Source : "A Year in the Maine Woods". Book by Bernd Heinrich, 1995.

Bernd Heinrich

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“The more that social democracy develops, grows, and becomes stronger, the more the enlightened masses of workers will take their own destinies, the leadership of their movement, and the determination of its direction into their own hands.”
“There is a role for growth and experiencing the world, and pushing the boundaries of that, and then there is a time to bring it within. All people are at different stages of that journey.”

Source : Source: www.edgemagazine.net
“The actual communicative value of what we say is usually quite small. I've lived for times in small, isolated fishing villages, where everyone knows everyone each other and everyone knows what's going on and everyone's watched the same TV programs and, really, there's not a whole lot of new information to convey. But there's still a lot of talking. What's said doesn't seem to matter; that you say it, and who you say it to, and how you say it is what matters.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“Wikipedia is a non-profit. It was either the dumbest thing I ever did or the smartest thing I ever did.”

Source : "The Wisdom of One". www.theage.com.au. April 25, 2007.
“Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought or action is without its effects, present or ultimate, seen or unseen, felt or unfelt.”
“If you have a lemon; make lemonade.”

Source : Howard Luck Gossage, Kim B. Rotzoll, Jarlath Graham, June Barrows Mussey (1986). “Is there any hope for advertising?”, Univ of Illinois Pr
“Love is the force that ignites the spirit and binds teams together.”

Source : "Sacred Hoops: Spiritual Lessons of a Hardwood Warrior: Spiritual Lessons as a Hardwood Warrior". Book by Phil Jackson and Hugh Delehanty, 1995.
“The lesson is: Even if you know exactly what is going on in you system, measure performance, don't speculate. You'll learn something, and nine times out of ten, it won't be that you were right!!”

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