Apasionado interés
Posted by Pavel eSe in Charlie Munger, zlibros on sábado, 2 de marzo de 2024
The wise ones bet heavily when the world offers them that opportunity. They bet big when they have the odds. And the rest of the time, they don't. It's just that simple.
Alma
Posted by Pavel eSe in Henry Ward Beecher, zlibros on lunes, 5 de febrero de 2024
Gratitude is the fairest blossom that springs from the soul.
Gratitud
Posted by Pavel eSe in Jean de la Bruyere, zlibros on domingo, 4 de febrero de 2024
There is no better excess in the world than the excess of gratitude.
Húmedo
Posted by Pavel eSe in Terry Pratchett, zlibros on viernes, 2 de febrero de 2024
Terry fue uno de los mejores escritores de fantasía que ha existido, y sin duda, el más divertido. Era tan ingenioso como prolífico, que no es poco. Un hombre listo, gracioso, profundo, cálido y amable, un hombre de infinita paciencia, un hombre que de verdad sabía como disfrutar de la vida... y de los libros.
George R. R. Martin
Se le echará mucho de menos, pero ¡qué legado de ingenio y alegrías nos deja!
Ursula K. Le Guin
Presente
Posted by Pavel eSe in Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, zlibros on martes, 2 de enero de 2024
Always hold fast to the present. Every situation, indeed every moment, is of infinite value, for it is the representative of a whole eternity.
New Year's Morning
Posted by Pavel eSe in Helen Hunt Jackson, zlibros on lunes, 1 de enero de 2024
...Always a night from old to new!
Night and the healing balm of sleep!
Each morn is New Year's morn come true,
Morn of a festival to keep.
All nights are sacred nights to make
Confession and resolve and prayer;
All days are sacred days to wake
New gladness in the sunny air.
Only a night from old to new;
Only a sleep from night to morn.
The new is but the old come true;
Each sunrise sees a new year born.
Theory of stupidity
Posted by Pavel eSe in Dietrich Bonhoeffer, zlibros on viernes, 8 de diciembre de 2023
Against stupidity we have no defense. Neither protests nor force can touch it. Reasoning is of no use. Facts that contradict personal prejudices can simply be disbelieved — indeed, the fool can counter by criticizing them, and if they are undeniable, they can just be pushed aside as trivial exceptions. So the fool, as distinct from the scoundrel, is completely self-satisfied. In fact, they can easily become dangerous, as it does not take much to make them aggressive. For that reason, greater caution is called for than with a malicious one. Never again will we try to persuade the stupid person with reasons, for it is senseless and dangerous.
In conversation with the foolish person, one virtually feels that one is dealing not at all with a person, but with slogans, catchwords and the like that have taken possession of him.
He is under a spell, blinded, misused, and abused in his very being. Having thus become a mindless tool, the stupid person will also be capable of any evil and at the same time incapable of seeing that it is evil.