February 2012
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“There are three deaths. The first is when the body ceases to function. The...”
– David Eagleman, Sum
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“Bacon, writing at the down of modern science, argued that experimenters...”
– Timothy Ferris
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“Sir Rabindranath Tagore, Nobel Prize-winning poet, once said, “I have on my...”
– Robert W. Youngs
January 2012
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“The unexamined self that examines the unexamined life is not worth being.”
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“The whole point of reading for enlightenment is not the number of books you read...”
– Mortimer Adler
December 2011
1 post
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Unbalanced Life
“it’s not for lack of love of the language that these films [ Qatsi trilogy ] have no words. It’s because, from my point of view, our language is in a state of vast humiliation. It no longer describes the world in which we live.”
— Godfrey Reggio
November 2011
11 posts
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“Writing a book is a long, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful...”
– George Orwell
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“The final reason that I have identified for the growing recognition of GTD is...”
– Making It All work, David Allen
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“The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought...”
– The Descent of Man, Charles Darwin
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Reporters: “Why did you do it?”
Philippe: “You know .. “why? why?”.. that is a very American finger-slapping question. I did something magnificent and mysterious and I got a practical “why?.” The beauty of it is that I didn’t have any “why.””
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“To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do...”
– Copernicus
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“Most computers today are sold like cars, where as many things as possible are...”
– Alan Kay
“A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still...”
– Carl Sagan
October 2011
18 posts
“[…] For what gives value to travel is fear. It breaks down a kind of inner...”
– ‘Love of Life’ from ’Lyrical and Critical Essays’ by Albert Camus
“Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the...”
– Blaise Pascal
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The Puppet: A farewell to Life
If for a moment God would forget that I am a rag doll and give me a scrap of life, possibly I would not say everything that I think, but I would definitely think everything that I say.
I would value things not for how much they are worth but rather for what they mean.
I would sleep little, dream more. I know that for each minute that we close our eyes we lose sixty seconds of light.
I would...
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“You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance.”
– Ray Bradbury
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“The difference between Bach and his forgotten peers isn’t necessarily that he...”
– Malcolm Gladwell
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The Full and Original Version of the Crazy Ones
“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them.
About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They invent. They imagine....
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“Our story is the story of the universe. Every piece of everyone, everything you...”
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Petrichor
Petrichor (pronounced /ˈpɛtrɨkər/; from Greek petra “stone” + ichor the fluid that flows in the veins of the gods in Greek mythology) is the name of the scent of rain on dry earth.
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The Ultimate Solution to Procrastination
“I will spend miserable hours avoiding writing during the day, and then suddenly I will have to literally force my hand to the keyboard and just start writing. It’s like trying to walk underwater with steel boots on; it’s so hard, but within seconds it becomes effortless, if not effortless then an effort that’s infinitely more rewarding than the major amount of effort that have been butting to...
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“If the universe is the answer, what is the question?”
– Leon Lederman
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A Productivity Tip: Be Happy
“Among the main biological changes in happiness is an increased activity in a brain center that inhibits negative feelings and fosters an increase in available energy, and a quieting of those that generate worrisome thought. This configuration offers the body a general rest, as well as readiness and enthusiasm for whatever task is at hand and for striving toward a great variety of goals.”
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Travelling differently
By Paulo Coelho
I realised very early on that, for me, travelling was the best way of learning. I still have a pilgrim soul, and I thought that I would use this column to pass on some of the lessons I have learned, in the hope that they might prove useful to other pilgrims like me.
1. Avoid museums. This might seem to be absurd advice, but let’s just think about it a little: if you are in...
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Wheel of Emotions
Robert Plutchik created a wheel of emotions. This wheel is used to illustrate different emotions compelling and nuanced. Plutchik first proposed his cone-shaped model (3D) or the wheel model (2D) in 1980 to describe how emotions were related.
He suggested 8 primary bipolar emotions: joy versus sadness; anger versus fear; trust versus disgust; and surprise versus anticipation. Additionally,...
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The Flow
How does it feel to be in “The Flow”?
Completely involved, focused, concentrating - with this either due to innate curiosity or as the result of training
Sense of ecstasy - of being outside everyday reality
Great inner clarity - knowing what needs to be done and how well it is going
Knowing the activity is doable - that the skills are adequate, and neither anxious or bored
Sense...
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“Contrary to what we tend to assume, the normal state of the mind is chaos…when...”
– Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
September 2011
29 posts
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“Make it a life rule to give your best to whatever passes through your hands....”
– Orison Swett Marden
“Alice: How long is forever?
White Rabbit: Sometimes, just one second.”
– Lewis Carrol
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“All my life, my heart has yearned for a thing I cannot name.”
– Andre Breton
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“After the Earth dies, some 5 billion years from now, after it’s burned to a...”
– Carl Sagan
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Q: “What is the one question every single person should ask themselves during their time on this planet?”
Stephen Hawking: “I think we should ask ourselves what we should do with our lives in the time we have.”
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“I discovered that my obsession for having each thing in the right place, each...”
– Gabriel García Márquez
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“Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his...”
– Viktor E. Frankl: Man’s Search for Meaning
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“Remember, no matter where you go, there you are.”
– The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
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Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life - Oscar Wilde
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حوار مع فيلسوف عدمي
هذا تعقيب كتبته على مقالة “الزائر ع” للمدون الرائع أحمد صقر
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سبق وأن قيل أن فلسفة شوينهاور التشاؤمية كانت سوف تتغير كليا لو استطاع الحصول على جرعة من البروزاك ( مضاد الإكتئاب ). أحمد صقر شاب يملك موهبة كتابة لا جدال عليها وحس في غاية الرهافة. أتمنى أن يسمح لي ببعض التعقيبات على أفكاره: - كون معنى الحياة أو ومعنى اي شيء أخر لم ينزل علينا من السماء مغلف ومعلب وجاهز للاستعمال...
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“The library connects us with the insight and knowledge, painfully extracted from...”
– Carl Sagan
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“What is the purpose of this universe? I wonder if there is any kind of purpose...”
– Javed Akhtar, Poet and Lyricist
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Approaching The Mystery
“The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying.
Why is this so important?
Because when we sit down day after day and keep grinding, something mysterious starts to happen. A process is set into motion by which, inevitably and infallibly, heaven comes to our aid. Unseen forces enlist in our cause; serendipity reinforce our...