“Don’t ever mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance, or my kindness for weakness”
– Unknown
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Eccentric – Bertrand Russell
“Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.”
– Bertrand Russell
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Criticism – Unknown
“To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.”
– Unknown
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Maturity – Unknown
“Maturity comes when you stop making excuses and start making changes”
– Unknown
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Character – James A. Michener
“Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.”
– James A. Michener
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Design – Steve Jobs
“Design is not just what it looks like. Design is how it works.”
– Steve Jobs
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The voice of the oppressor – Anne Lammott
“Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor.”
– Anne Lammott
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Cool judgement – Woodrow Wilson
“One cool judgement is worth a dozen hasty councils. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.”
– Woodrow Wilson
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Kindness – Lao Tzu
“Kindness in words creates confidence; kindness in thinking creates profoundness; kindness in giving creates love.”
– Lao Tzu
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Competitor – Henry Ford
“The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time.”
– Henry Ford
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Realist – William Arthur Ward
“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.”
– William Arthur Ward
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Education – W.B. Yeats
“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”
– W.B. Yeats
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Looking back – Kiran Desai
“The present changes the past. Looking back you do not find what you left behind.”
– Kiran Desai
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Nothing changes – Unknown
“Nothing changes if nothing changes”
– Unknown
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Orcs – John Rogers
“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.”
– John Rogers