montaigneto know by rote is no knowledge;
it is only to retain in the memory
what is entrusted to it
albert einsteinin theory, theory and practice are the same.
in practice, they are not.
ralph waldo emersondo not go where the path may lead,
go instead where there is no path
and leave a trail.
antoine de saint-exuperya designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add,
but when there is nothing left to take away
A resonating Ira Glass quote. In a Sawyer Hollenshead work/poster.
alfred north whiteheadcivilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them
Back in 2010, this video evoked/invoked into my mind Sir Arthur C. Clarke's 3rd Law.
It reads:
any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic
The "culprit":
The sustainable/sensible way:
ancient indian proverbwe do not inherit the earth
from our ancestors;
we borrow it from our children
Instead. The opposite:
Prevention. Not cure, when/where is none.
mahatma gandhilive as if you were to die tomorrow.
learn as if you were to live forever.