Poyant Quotes & Sayings

Whenever we have a problem, it is easy to think that it is caused by our particular circumstances, and that if we were to change our circumstances our problem would disappear. We blame other people, our friends, our food, our government, our times, the weather, society, history and so forth. However, external circumstances such as these are not the main causes of our problems. We need to recognize that all the physical suffering and mental pain we experience are the consequences of our taking a rebirth that is contaminated by the inner poison of delusions. — Kelsang Gyatso

Design Is a Wicked Problem Horst Rittel and Melvin Webber defined a "wicked" problem as one that could be clearly defined only by solving it, or by solving part of it (1973). This paradox implies, essentially, that you have to "solve" the problem once in order to clearly define it and then solve it again to create a solution that works. — Steve McConnell

Jordan Grafman, head of the cognitive neuroscience unit at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, explains that the constant shifting of our attention when we're online may make our brains more nimble when it comes to multitasking, but improving our ability to multitask actually hampers our ability to think deeply and creatively. — Nicholas Carr

I'm always wondering about the what-ifs, about the road not taking. — Jenny Han

In every storm there is a 'Peace! Be still' Christ will speak where prayer's call invites Him. — Jack W. Hayford

There is no justice in love ... it is only the glimpse or parable of an incomprehensible reality ... the eternal breaking in on the the temporal. — Marilynne Robinson

Might I be the one I am looking for? — Natalie Clifford Barney

Every life is meant to help all lives; each man should live for all men's betterment. — Alice Cary

When was the last time you read a book? The truth now. And picture books don't count-I mean something with print in it. — William Goldman