MIND|DROPS » Quotes http://www.mindrops.org Our thoughts define our personal reality Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:14:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The Way of Man http://www.mindrops.org/2010/04/15/the-way-of-man/ http://www.mindrops.org/2010/04/15/the-way-of-man/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:13:00 +0000 MzC http://www.mindrops.org/?p=4162

There are three principles in a man’s being and life, the principle of thought, the principle of speech, and the principle of action. The origin of all conflict between me and my fellow-men is that I do not say what I mean and I don’t do what I say.

Martin Buber in “The way of man according to the teachings of Hasidism”

Thanks Claudio for having passed this book on to me.. ;)

The Way of Man, According to the Teachings of Hasidism) 1948
]]> http://www.mindrops.org/2010/04/15/the-way-of-man/feed/lang/en/ 0 Politics of the past http://www.mindrops.org/2009/11/28/politics-of-the-past/ http://www.mindrops.org/2009/11/28/politics-of-the-past/#comments Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:51:48 +0000 MzC http://www.mindrops.org/?p=2397 The only fact that I decided to post the quote below inside my blog will certainly look strange to anyone not familiar with my country. Why should I need to remind such a concept? Shouldn’t it already represent a well established and unbreakable principle, the foundation of every aspect of the political life of a civilized country? My answer is in the title, “politics of the past”, when morality and political dignity still seemed to inspire the ideologies of the political class ..

“[...] the plea I make to young people is to try to be honest, politics must be conducted in an honest manner. [...] if there’s any politician who takes advantage of politics to do his dirty interests, it must be denounced without fear.” – Sandro Pertini

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“The only thing we know about the future is that it will be different” – Peter Drucker

Unfortunately, considering how things are currently going in Italy it’s really hard for me to believe in that ..

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“Let thy life pass, but be thy work well done” - St. Austell

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“We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people” – Carl Sagal

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