My favorite quotes
This article is an exception as it is not related to programming. It is the list of the quotes that I find most inspirational, up to date as of <2022-03-06 Sun>:
When you talk, you are only repeating what you know; but when you listen, you learn something new.
If you have expectations (of others) that aren't being met, those expectations are your own responsibility. You are responsible for your own needs. If you want things, make them.
It is best to be direct and upfront with what your needs are, that way the recipient can decide wether or not they want to partake and how they would like to engage with it or not, you let them choose. You empower them to make a decision that meets their needs given what they know about your needs.
[Not attributed]
In a gentle way, you can shake the world.
Mahatma Gandhi
To have one choice is no choice; to have two choices is a dilemma; and to have three choices offers new possibilities.
The Satir Model, Virginia Satir et al
If you can’t think of three things that might go wrong with your plans, then there’s something wrong with your thinking.
[Not attributed]
If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
Seneca
The owl of Minerva spreads its wings only with the falling of the dusk
Hegel
-> meaning that philosophy and knowledge comes to understand a historical condition just as it passes away
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
[Proverb]
Lack of preparation on your part does not necessitate an emergency on mine.
[Not attributed]
Just as one wouldn't draw a lasting conclusion about oneself on basis of a brief experience of indigestion, one needn't do so on a basis of one has thoughts or behaved for vast stretches of time in the past.
If there is no solution to a problem, then don't waste time worrying about it. If there is a solution to a problem, then don't waste time worrying about it.
The goal is not to be better than the other, but your previous self.
Les citations révèlent l'âme de celui qui les brandit.
Sylvain Tesson
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.
Isaac Newton
The art and science of meditation helps us live a more fulfilling life, because it gives us the tools we need to examine and work with our conscious experience.
John Yates
If you don't like some type of food, try it every year just in case, you may change your mind.
Laurent