2023/04/19

Kurt Vonnegut's 2006 advice to high schoolers who wrote him: 'Make your soul grow'

 Kurt Vonnegut's 2006 advice to high schoolers who wrote him: 'Make your soul grow'

Todays Thought

 A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

There is a beauty in discovery. There is mathematics in music, a kinship of science and poetry in the description of nature, and exquisite form in a molecule. Attempts to place different disciplines in different camps are revealed as artificial in the face of the unity of knowledge. All literate men are sustained by the philosopher, the historian, the political analyst, the economist, the scientist, the poet, the artisan, and the musician. 

-Glenn T. Seaborg, scientist, Nobel laureate (19 Apr 1912-1999)

2023/04/14

Todays Thought

 A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

Civilizations in decline are consistently characterised by a tendency towards standardization and uniformity. 

-Arnold Toynbee, historian (14 Apr 1889-1975)

2023/04/13

Todays Thought

 A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

Protesting is an act of love. It is born of a deeply held conviction that the world can be a better, kinder place. Saying "no" to injustice is the ultimate declaration of hope. 

-Amy Goodman, investigative journalist, columnist, and author (b. 13 Apr 1957)

Todays Thought

It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.  -Edmund Hillary, mountaineer and explorer (20 Jul 1919-2008)