Bookish Problems Quotes

#1. A programmable mind embraces mental agility, to practice "de-learning" and "relearning" all the time.

Pearl Zhu

#2. Let not then any one deceive you, as indeed you are not deceived, inasmuch as you are wholly devoted to God.

Ignatius Of Antioch

#3. Some scholars in recent years have expressed a certain wonderment that "religion is back"; the wonder is rather that it was thought ever to have departed, apart from the "scholarly wish fulfillment" or projections of those who accepted classic theories of modernization and secularization.30

Brad S. Gregory

#4. The security of faith does not make us motionless or close us off, but sends us forth to bear witness and to dialogue with all people.

Pope Francis

#5. Sometimes in the midst of our darkest moments it's easy to forget that it's up to us to turn on the light, but that's what I did. I switched on the light, the light of cognizance.

John William Tuohy

#6. True believers, comrade Gadin said, make the worst enemies if and when they become disillusioned with communism, or they finally see through the deception.

Tomas Schuman

#7. Deal with email in batches, during limited, fixed times every day Process your inbox to zero at least once a day Constantly create filters, opt-out and delete faster Think before you send Plan filing maintenance once a month

Joost Wouters

#8. You get to a point where you have to start planning, when you cross that line where you have enough value to get someone's movie made if you attach yourself to it, you have to be very thoughtful and have to plan. When you're starting out, you're willing to do anything.

Chris Pratt

#9. God does not lie in our collective past, God lies in our collective future; the Garden of Eden is tomorrow, not yetsterday; the Golden Age lies down the road, not up it.

Ken Wilber

#10. We didn't speak our truest thoughts, and paraphrased our souls until we didn't know our feelings, and so were strangers to ourselves.

Adam Novy

#11. I'll have enough books when they fill my room like the stars fill the sky.

E.V. Fairfall

#12. He who can believe himself well, will be well.

Ovid

#13. I had grown up as a fan of Studs Terkel. In Chicago he sort of looms large and is mentioned often.

Dave Eggers

#14. Ultimately, biological phenomena involve molecules, and understanding them involves understanding the underlying chemistry. In my opinion, this is a particularly exciting area of chemistry.

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan