Quotations

Overwhelmed by the Big, Overwhelming by the Small

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.
- Marian Wright Edelman

Balance precludes universal mastery

True balance requires
assigning realistic performance expectations
to each of our roles.

True balance requires us
to acknowledge that
our performance in some areas

No - more, less

This reminds me of that special art in life: saying no to opportunities:

Compete with yourself first

Our business in life is not to get ahead of others but to get ahead of ourselves - to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterdays by our todays, to do our work with more force than e

Between Time

“Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life."

Busy-ness (cont'd)

I am once again reminded that saying no to things is a skill that requires practice. It is also a skill that is required for living a non-frantic life.

Height

“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly."

-Robert F. Kennedy

Greatness Takes a Dream

"Nothing much happens without a dream. For something really great to happen, it takes a really great dream."
- Robert Greenleaf

Quote - Fullness, Gradual Processes

These two go together, believe it or not. First,

To facilitate closely detailed listening a musical process should happen extremely gradually. -Steve Reich

Aging, what changes & what doesn't

Today I stumbled across an old, discarded software project called RULE: "Run Up-to-date Linux Everywhere." The philosophy behind the project is really simple:

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