"What holy cities are to nomadic tribes â€” a symbol of race and a bond of union â€” great books are to the wandering souls of men: they are the Meccas of the mind."

-- George Edward Woodberry

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“The challenge of being a manager is to get the best out of everybody, not just the few who are clones of yourself.”
“Children are the root of all evil.... Happy the man who has his quiver empty.”

Source : William John Locke (1922). “A Christmas Mystery: The Story of Three Wise Men”, p.7, Library of Alexandria
“I'll always be grateful for the dream season of 1986. In a corner of my mind I will stand forever with my bat cocked, waiting for the two-one pitch from Calvin Schiraldi.”
“I don't really watch that much TV. I have training camp to worry about.”
“Eventhough you are not equipped, keep searching: equipment isn't necessary on the way to the Lord. Whoever you see engaged in search, become her friend and cast your head in front of her, for choosing to be a neighbour of seekers, you become one yourself; protected by conquerors, you will yourself learn to conquer. If an ant seeks the rank of Solomon, don't smile contemptuously upon its quest. And of all your skills, and wealth and handicraft, Weren't they first merely a thought and a quest?”
“There is a point at which methods devour themselves.”
“Whenever a situation develops to its extreme, it is bound to turn around and become its opposite.”
“My parents were not scientists. They knew almost nothing about science. But in introducing me simultaneously to skepticism and to wonder, they taught me the two uneasily cohabiting modes of thought that are central to the scientific method.”

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