Inspiration

Quotes

  • "I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance."

Socrates: Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers


  • "You must be the change you wish to see in the world."

Mahatma Gandhi


  • "He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live."

Proverbs: Chapter 15, Verse 27


  • "Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but the hours, weeks, months and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely a demonstration of their championship character."

Unkown


  • "The system [Industrial / Technological] makes an individual's life easier for him in innumerable ways, but in doing so, it deprives him of control over his own fate."

Industrial Society and its future: Paragraph 21


Poems

What Happens

It has happened
And it goes on happening
And will happen again
If nothing happens to stop it

The innocent know nothing
Because they are too innocent
And the guilty know nothing
Because they are too guilty

The poor do not notice
Because they are too poor
And the rich do not notice
Because they are too rich

The stupid shrug their shoulders
Because they are too stupid
And the clever shrug their shoulders
Because they are too clever

The young do not care
Because they are too young
And the old do not care
Because they are too old

That is why nothing happens to stop it
And that is why it has happened
And goes on happening
And will happen again

Erich Fried, 1921-1988