“So often the pain of our life is no more than a reminder to take our hand off the stove.”
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“We love our habits more than our income, often more than our life.”
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist
Source: Sceptical Essays
“Life more often teaches us how to perfect our weaknesses than how to develop our strengths.”
Elizabeth Bibesco (1897–1945) writer, actress; Romanian princess
Haven (1951)
“People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.”
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer
Marianne Williamson (1952) American writer
Source: A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles"
Alan Kay (1940) computer scientist
ACM Queue A Conversation with Alan Kay Vol. 2, No. 9 - Dec/Jan 2004-2005 http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1039523 <br class="br">2000s, A Conversation with Alan Kay, 2004–05 <br class="br">Context: Most creativity is a transition from one context into another where things are more surprising. There’s an element of surprise, and especially in science, there is often laughter that goes along with the “Aha.” Art also has this element. Our job is to remind us that there are more contexts than the one that we’re in — the one that we think is reality.
