The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at ... Read More about Dissenting – Challenging Conventions
The simple mind does not like change, which it may resist to the point of self-annihilation. The ability to acknowledge, appreciate and embrace the complexity of systems has always been a valuable ... Read More about Appreciating and Embracing Complexity
The modern, and to my mind true, theory is that mathematics is the abstract form of the natural sciences; and that it is valuable as a training of the reasoning powers not because it is abstract, but ... Read More about Being Aware of Things as They Are
Jean Dubuffet, Poiro Zanzibare (1962) Freedom, "that terrible word inscribed on the chariot of the storm," is the motivating principle of all revolutions. Without it, justice seems inconceivable ... Read More about Discontent
Change appears on this calendar only once every few years. This illustrates the point that major change - as opposed to minor change, which occurs constantly - should occur infrequently. People need ... Read More about Being an Agent for Change
He who binds himself to a Joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the Joy as it flies Lives in Eternity's sunrise.[William Blake, The Argument: Eternity] Every moment is eternity's ... Read More about Living in Eternity’s Sunrise
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To see a world in a grain of sand And heaven in a wild flower To hold eternity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour. [William Blake] Having ... Read More about Seeing and Approaching Things from Many Perspectives
A frenetic pace cannot be sustained for long. A snail's pace is rarely productive. I can read quickly but some works pack many ideas into a few words while others present simple images that are ... Read More about Pacing