Open Thread - Friday, October 20, 2017 - Funk It Edition
Submitted by NCTim on Fri, 10/20/2017 - 3:20amA loud mind is greater than a loud mouth.
- Matshona Dhliwayo -
A loud mind is greater than a loud mouth.
- Matshona Dhliwayo -
Don't be afraid to be confused. Try to remain permanently confused. Anything is possible. Stay open, forever, so open it hurts, and then open up some more, until the day you die, world without end, amen.
- George Saunders, The Braindead Megaphone -
The people's good is the highest law.
~ Cicero ~
Music is a weapon of the future / music is the weapon of the progressives / music is the weapon of the givers of life
- Fela Kuti -
“When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called a Religion.”
― Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
Trajectories aren't linear. Life's just a roller coaster. If you're getting a chance to do cool stuff, and it's varied stuff, just enjoy it. I guess I'm a believer in the randomness of life rather than it being a linear trajectory or an arc, a consistent smooth arc, towards anything.
The Roots of Violence: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship without sacrifice, Politics without principles.
- Mahatma Gandhi -
The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not fighting the old, but on building the new.
- Socrates -