“I started doing experiments – mostly in organic chemistry, because it was so much more interesting – in my mother’s laundry at home.” John Cornforth was an Australian–British chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1975. How wonderful that he didn’t let the lack of a professional laboratory thwart his ambition. He made… Read More Take that step …
Translated (not by me) from a Latin inscription over the entrance to the cloister of a Benedictine monastery in Croatia (visited recently): ” Harmony makes small things grow; discord makes the larger things fall apart.” Doesn’t take much, does it?
Even if you have to force yourself to accept it, the sense in this seems clear. Work. Life. Balance. Simple.
“Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that’s real power. “ Clint Eastwood
“My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.” Indira Ghandi
“Sometimes I like to turn things upside down, to watch pictures and situations from another perspective.” Ursus Wehrli
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” Mark Twain
“I’m just trying to say that it should reassure us that the inevitable traumas of being human do end up producing some good. Otherwise, the human condition is overwhelmingly depressing.” Malcolm Gladwell
What would happen if … Just for today, you tried to see things from their perspective? (Photo copyright of SF)
“Don’t compromise yourself. You’re all you’ve got.” Janis Joplin
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