Words of Wisdom

Friends,

The words of wisdom by great men are real food for thought, but we forget them in day-to-day activities. As a reminder, I had been sending one quote a day through SMS to 50 odd recipients. I am starting this thread to post one quote everyday and would invite fellow covers to post their favourites.

Quote of the day:

"When it is not necessary to make a decision, it is necessary not to make a decision." ~ Lord Falkland

Umang

Quote of the day:

"Money the root of all evil, unless used for good purpose." ~ Henry Ford

I often think about Hanlon's Razor: "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequatly explained by stupidity".

/Claes

Oh, btw: I seem to have attached it to all my posts. See below. Hanlon's razor is also not far removed from one of Wes' favourites: Ockham's razor

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea .
~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery

I often think of Hanlon's Razor too.

Claes Gefvenberg said:

I often think about Hanlon's Razor: "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequatly explained by stupidity".

/Claes

Oh, btw: I seem to have attached it to all my posts. See below. Hanlon's razor is also not far removed from one of Wes' favourites: Ockham's razor

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Nice epigram. Though always sitting at the bottom of your posts (and noticed), yet the full meaning is visualised when concentrated upon. There is a great difference between 'seeing' & 'observing'.

Umang

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. - George Bernard Shaw, Maxims for Revolutionists

I've only recently come to appreciate the full meaning of this wise quote:

“Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats.” -- Howard Aiken

Quote of the day:

"You can't change the direction of the wind, but you can adjust your sails to always reach your destination." ~ Jimmy Dean

Umang

I have always loved this thought

" Leaders don't create followers ,they create more leaders" ---TOM PETERS

23rd June 2010

Quote of the day

"You see things, and you say "Why"? But I dream things that never were, and I say "Why not"? ~ George Bernard Shaw

Umang