Two Thoughts (1 - 7 November)

Sunday, 1 November

Two thoughts from Jonathan Kozol

"Children sometimes understand things that most grown-ups do not see."

"Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win."

Monday, 2 November

Two thoughts from Josh Kaufman

"You can't make positive discoveries that make your life better if you never try anything new."

"Paradox of Automation: the more efficient the Automated system, the more crucial the contribution of the human operators of that system."

Tuesday, 3 November

Two thoughts from Anthony Powell

"It is not what happens to people that is significant, but what they think happens to them."

"One of the worst things about life is not how nasty the nasty people are. You know that already. It is how nasty the nice people can be."

Wednesday, 4 November

Two thoughts from Simone Weil

"Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity."

"Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny."

Thursday, 5 November

Two thoughts from Max Perutz

"People are best judged by their actions."

"What is known for certain is dull."

Friday, 6 November

Two thoughts from Theodor W. Adorno

"Intolerance of ambiguity is the mark of an authoritarian personality."

"Vague expression permits the hearer to imagine whatever suits him and what he already thinks in any case."

Saturday, 7 November

Two thoughts from Jacques Barzun

"No subject of study is more important than reading…all other intellectual powers depend on it."

"...institutional self-reform is rare; the conscience is willing, but the culture is rough."

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