Bengt's Notes » Quotes http://bengtwendel.com Nuts and bolts as well as bits and pieces Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:47:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Do not spoil what you have http://bengtwendel.com/do-not-spoil-what-you-have/ http://bengtwendel.com/do-not-spoil-what-you-have/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:35:16 +0000 Bengt http://bengtwendel.com/?p=252

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things only hoped for.
Epicurus

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    “Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.”
    Sir Richard Steele

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    ]]>     http://bengtwendel.com/reading-is-to-the-mind/feed/ 0     I contain multitudes http://bengtwendel.com/i-contain-multitudes/ http://bengtwendel.com/i-contain-multitudes/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:22:10 +0000 Bengt http://bengtwendel.com/?p=238 I like this quote by Walt Whitman:

    Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself. I am large, I contain multitudes.

    Speaking about multitudes, I came across Colin Cotterill’s Homepage ‘Welcome to the inside of my head’ where he lists three of his facets:
    + The writing chappy
    + The cartoon chappy
    + The normal, having a life chappy

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    ]]>     http://bengtwendel.com/i-contain-multitudes/feed/ 0     Harmony with others http://bengtwendel.com/harmony-with-others/ http://bengtwendel.com/harmony-with-others/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:26:25 +0000 Bengt http://btwendel.com/notes/?p=114

    Harmony with others begins with harmony with one’s self.
    Napoleon Hill

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    ]]>     http://bengtwendel.com/harmony-with-others/feed/ 0     Imagination is more important than knowledge http://bengtwendel.com/imagination-is-more-important-than-knowledge/ http://bengtwendel.com/imagination-is-more-important-than-knowledge/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:57:46 +0000 Bengt http://btwendel.com/notes/?p=113
  • Seek wisdom, not knowledge
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    Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.
    Albert Einstein

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  • Imagination is more important than knowledge
  • Seek wisdom, not knowledge
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    The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance – it is the illusion of knowledge.
    Daniel J. Boorstin

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    The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs… one step at a time.
    (source unknown)

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    ]]>     http://bengtwendel.com/the-elevator-to-success/feed/ 0     Never the same river twice http://bengtwendel.com/never-the-same-river-twice/ http://bengtwendel.com/never-the-same-river-twice/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:45:19 +0000 Bengt http://btwendel.com/notes/?p=82

    No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.
    Heraclitus

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    ]]>     http://bengtwendel.com/never-the-same-river-twice/feed/ 0     Seek wisdom, not knowledge http://bengtwendel.com/seek-wisdom-not-knowledge/ http://bengtwendel.com/seek-wisdom-not-knowledge/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:56:22 +0000 Bengt http://btwendel.com/notes/?p=53
  • Imagination is more important than knowledge
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    Seek wisdom, not knowledge. Knowledge is of the past, Wisdom is of the future.

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    Do not confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress.
    Alfred A. Montapert

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