Machiavelli’s Evenings in Exile
Talking Big Ideas. “Life will have terrible blows . . . utilize the terrible blow in a constructive fashion. ~ Charlie Munger
Talking Big Ideas. “Life will have terrible blows . . . utilize the terrible blow in a constructive fashion. ~ Charlie Munger
Talking Big Ideas. “Breathing in, I calm my body. Breathing out, I smile.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Talking Big Ideas. “We do not learn from experience . . . we learn from reflecting on experience.” ~ John Dewey
Talking Big Ideas. We all relive moments from the past. Including our regrets. We can pretend they don’t exist – or we can learn from their wisdom.
Talking Big Ideas. “Keep calm and carry on.” ~ British proverb from World War II
Talking Big Ideas. “The deepest principle in human nature is the craving for appreciation.” ~ William James
Talking Big Ideas. “Churchill mobilised the English language and sent it into battle.” ~ Edward R. Murrow
Talking Big Ideas. “He has eyes that pierce the body armor of a knight.” ~ Shakespeare describing Coriolanus
Talking Big Ideas. “It is a shared prize. We have both worked hard for peace.” ~ Anwar Sadat, on sharing the Nobel Peace Prize with Menachem Begin
Talking Big Ideas. “Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion.” ~Thomas Jefferson
Talking Big Ideas. “People don’t jump out of bed and vacuum.” ~ George Carlin
Talking Big Ideas. “The possibilities that lie in the future are infinite.
When I say ‘It is our duty to remain optimists,’ this includes not only the openness of the future but also that which all of us contribute to it by everything we do: we are all responsible for what the future holds in store. Thus it is our duty, not to prophesy evil but, rather, to fight for a better world.” ~ Karl Popper, The Myth of the Framework