"I have been to the speed of God, sir...and I discommend it."

-- John Ringo

“I am terribly fascinated with things that I donâ€™t understand.”

Source : "Richard Saul Wurman: 'My World Is a Lattice'". Interview with Emma Robertson, the-talks.com. October 22, 2014.
“But my belief is growing that our political and social evils are remediable, if only all of us who want a change for the better just get up and work for it, all the time, with as much knowledge and intelligence as we can muster for it. Half the wrongs of human life exist because of the inertia of people who simply will not use their energies in fighting for what they believe in. And finally the wrongs roll up into world catastrophes and millions of deaths and a terrible set-back for all mankind ...”
“I've always thought of myself as a reporter. When people ask why I don't stop writing, I say, `Look at what's happening in this world. Every day there's something exciting or disturbing to write about.â€™ With all that's going on, how could I stop?”
“God limits the happiness and pleasure we have now precisely so we might not become attached to this world or dependent upon it or fearful of leaving it (dying), as well as to stir in our hearts a longing and yearning and holy anticipation for what is yet to come.”
“All political and religious systems have their root and their strength in the innate conservatism of the human mind, and its intense fear of autonomy.”
“Life is an echo. What you send out comes back. What you sow, you reap. What you give, you get. What you see in others, exists in you.”

Source : FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Oct 25, 2014
“You can't do traditional work at a modern pace. Traditional work has traditional rhythms. You need calm. You can be busy, but you must remain calm.”
“The great person is ahead of their time, the smart make something out of it, and the blockhead, sets themselves against it.”

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