The greatest lie

At a certain point in our lives,
    we lose control of what's happening to us,
        and our lives become controlled by fate.

        That's the world's greatest lie.

                        Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

 

 

 

 

 

Original ideas

Don't worry about people stealing an idea.
        If it's original, you will have to ram it down their throats.

                Howard H. Aiken, in Portraits in Silicon by Robert Slater

 

 

 

 

Need to know

You do not need to know precisely what is happening,
        or exactly where it is all going.
What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges
        offered by the present moment,
                and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope.

                        Thomas Merton, Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander