Monday, August 6, 2007

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
--Samuel Johnson
First comes the sweat. Then comes the beauty--if you're very lucky and have said your prayers.
--George Balanchine
It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
--Franklin D. Roosevelt
When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.
--John Ruskin
We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to the big differences that we often cannot forsee.
--Marian Wright Edelman

Sunday, August 5, 2007

The material world, according to contemporary physics, is not a mechanical system made of separate objects, but rather appears as a complex web of relationships.
-Fritjof Capra
As complex as things are today, they will be more complex tomorrow.
--Kevin Kelly