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Two Quotes

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 14, 2008

Here are two quotes I've been sharing with my students. I have found them quite provocative. Classes started today and I always include quotes in syllabi and materials. These two I find good for motivating students: "It is the job of artists to open doors and invite prophesies, the unknown, the u ...>

Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

  • Posted by Nacho
  • July 17, 2007

As I was writing my next entry, I decided to use a phrase by Theodore Roosevelt that I have always liked. As usual, citing Theodore Roosevelt comes with a bit of rising bile. The man was full of a hearty populist appeal, and at the same time retrograde in his "man's man" mentality, his cult of stro ...>

Pema Chodron on Discomfort and Practice

  • Posted by Nacho
  • June 25, 2007

T (Republic of T) inspired me to cite a part of an essay by Pema Chodron that I find straightforward and helpful. I hope it is good for you also:"Discomfort of any kind also becomes the basis for practice. We breathe in knowing that our pain is shared; there are people all over the earth feeling jus ...>

Fom The Dhammapada

  • Posted by Nacho
  • May 3, 2007

The thought manifests as the word, The word manifests as the deed, The deed develops into habit, And the habit into character, So watch the thought and its ways with care, And let it spring from love, Born out of concern for all beings… As the shadow follows the body, As we think, so we ...>

Fast-Acting Relief

  • Posted by Nacho
  • February 8, 2007

For fast-acting relief, try slowing down. -- Lilly Tomlin ...>

Dialog of the Week

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 21, 2007

From The Princess's Bride: Dread Pirate Roberts: You're that smart? Vizzini: Let me put it this way: have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates? Dread Pirate Roberts: Yes. Vizzini: Morons. ...>

Bailing the Bailout Kings

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

A quote from the Bailout plan pushed by Sec. Paulson and the Administration (and no, that's not a band name):Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agenc ...>
        

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