Thursday, October 27, 2011

Seize the Opportunity

Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
- Sun Tzu (Ancient Chinese military strategist) 

Saturday, October 8, 2011

Wit and Truth Not Same

Witty statements often create an illusion of truth.
- Rakesh

Teach to Think, Not to Know Facts

It must be remembered that the purpose of education is not to fill the minds of students with facts…it is to teach them to think.
- Robert M. Hutchins




Friday, October 7, 2011

Life's How You Feel

Life does not consist mainly, or even largely, of facts and happenings. It consists mainly of the storm of thought that is forever flowing through one's head.
-  Mark Twain

I am sure Mark Twain was conscious of the fact that 'facts and happenings' affect one's 'storm of thought', but probably what he is alluding to is that one's 'storm of thought' may also be autonomous.

Thursday, October 6, 2011

People Don't Know What They Want

A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them.
- Steve Jobs (in interview with BusinessWeek, 1998) on designing products