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Milan Kundera, Interview on The Book of Laughter and Forgetting

The stupidity of people comes from …

17 May , 2024  

The stupidity of people comes from having an answer to everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything… it seems to me that all over the world people nowadays prefer to judge rather than to understand, to answer rather than to ask, so that the voice of the novel can […]

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The teacher must derive not only th…

23 Sep , 2021  

The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. The teacher must understand and feel her position of observer: the activity must lie in the phenomenon. Great short quote and quotation by: Maria Montessori , Italian educator & physician (1870 – 1952)

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Thomas Merton

The truth that many people never un…

24 Sep , 2019  

The truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the more you try to avoid suffering the more you suffer because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you in proportion to your fear of being hurt. Great short quote and quotation by: Thomas Merton , US religious author, […]

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John Macy

The wisest keeps something of the v…

25 Jan , 2017  

The wisest keeps something of the vision of a child. Though he may understand a thousand things that a child could not understand, he is always a beginner, close to the original meaning of life. Great short quote and quotation by: John Macy ,

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There is no other way of guarding o…

3 Jul , 2015  

There is no other way of guarding oneself against flattery than by letting men understand that they will not offend you by speaking the truth; but when everyone can tell you the truth, you lose their respect. Great short quote and quotation by: Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince , Italian dramatist, historian, & philosopher (1469 – […]

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These are bagpipes. I understand th…

25 Feb , 2014  

These are bagpipes. I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, asthmatic pig under his arm. Unfortunately, the man-made sound never equaled the purity of the sound achieved by the pig. Great short quote and quotation by: Alfred Hitchcock , British movie director (1899 – 1980)

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Those that know, do. Those that und…

17 Apr , 2013  

Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach. Great short quote and quotation by: Aristotle , Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, & zoologist (384 BC – 322 BC)

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Henry Spencer

Those who do not understand UNIX ar…

17 Apr , 2013  

Those who do not understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it — badly. Great short quote and quotation by: Henry Spencer ,

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Sophy Burnham

To believe in God or in a guiding f…

13 Oct , 2011  

To believe in God or in a guiding force because someone tells you to is the height of stupidity. We are given senses to receive our information within. With our own eyes we see, and with our own skin we feel. With our intelligence, it is intended that we understand. But each person must puzzle […]

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To understand the heart and mind of…

13 Oct , 2011  

To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to do. Great short quote and quotation by: Kahlil Gibran , Lebanese artist & poet in US (1883 – 1931)

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Dogen Zenji

Understand clearly that when a grea…

4 Aug , 2011  

Understand clearly that when a great need appears a great use appears also; when there is a small need there is small use; it is obvious, then, that full use is made of all things at all times according to the necessity thereof. Great short quote and quotation by: Dogen Zenji ,

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Understand that the right to choose…

4 Aug , 2011  

Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possiblity. Great short quote and quotation by: Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine , US actress & television talk show host (1954 – )

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