In the beginning

Man does not exist prior to language,
either as a species or as an individual.

              Roland Barthes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversity

Think of the tools in a tool-box:
there is a hammer, pliers, a saw, a screwdriver,
a rule, a glue-pot, nails and screws.
The function of words are as diverse
as the functions of these objects.

                  Ludwig Wittgenstein

 

 

 

 

 

Sacred space

I am in love with every church
and mosque and temple
and any kind of shrine
because I know it is there
that people say the
different names of the one God.
 
            Hafez, 12th Century Persian Mystic poet

 

 

 

 

 

Choose wisely

What it is that you choose
to concern yourself with
determines who you are.
There are no wasted lives.

                    Werner Erhard

 

 

 

 

 

A game worth playing

Seek, above all
for a game worth playing.
If life does not seem to offer
a game worth playing,
then invent one.

                Robert S. de Ropp 

 

 

 

 

 

Remember?

I'm not a person who thinks the world
would be entirely different if it was run by women.
If you think that, you've forgotten what high school was like.

                Madeline Albright, Quoted in Time magazine 2006

 

 

 

 

 

Three qualities

In looking for people to hire,
you look for three qualities:
integrity, intelligence, and energy.
And if they don't have the first,
the other two will kill you.

                   Warren Buffet