What is my purpose in sending these Daily Quotes and Inspirations, as I have been doing since 2008?
Some
of these messages are intended to provide a small measure of comfort,
but most of these messages are intended to challenge my readers to
deeper thinking.
Short quotations/aphorisms are by their nature
incomplete, and almost always present only one side of an issue.
Long-time readers will also notice that I often present quotations that
contradict each other - for example, some exhort the reader to work
harder/smarter while others encourage placing a relatively low priority
on work.
My hope is that these daily messages will get you
thinking about new ideas. Let's take these aphorisms as a spur for
inquiry. Let those ideas with which you disagree start you thinking,
talking and questioning, but also let the comfortable, familiar, and
inspiring quotes become a source of questioning. Remember that our
comfortable inspiring quotes are also never 100% true in all situations.
Open Minds - Open Hearts. Thank you for reading these daily messages.
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Inspirational/Motivational Quotes - Spur for Inquiry
Beware of false knowledge;
it is more dangerous than ignorance.
- George Bernard Shaw
Look for what is,
and not for what you think should be.
- Albert Einstein [paraphrase]
What is a scientist after all?
It is a curious man looking through a keyhole,
the keyhole of nature, trying to know what's going on.
- Jacques Yves Cousteau
Intense feeling too often obscures the truth.
- Harry S. Truman
All truths are easy to understand
once they are discovered;
the point is to discover them.
- Galileo Galilei
Do not limit yourself to either analysis or emotion.
Look deeply into the DNA of its seeds,
AND appreciate the intoxicating grandeur of the forest.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading:
Be a Seeker
Lifelong Learning
Inquiry
Conscious Learning
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