Zolder Circuit Quotes & Sayings

True learning must not be content with ideas, which are, in fact, signs, but must discover things in their individual truth. — Umberto Eco

Effective education is not adding a program or a set of programs to a school. Rather, it is a transformation of the culture and life of the school. — David Berkowitz

I believe that Plato was correct in saying that our souls long for the Good, and that nobody chooses evil for themselves while recognizing that it is evil, though some may do it in ignorance. — Jo Walton

And the memory made her humble; for we should not forget what it is to be young and to have ideas and attitudes that may later seem so fanciful. — Alexander McCall Smith

We don't have a Steve Jobs here. I'm sorry, but we don't. — Steve Yegge

Freedom without opportunity is a devil's gift, and the refusal to provide such opportunities is criminal — Noam Chomsky

Writing does produce a very unique satisfaction. There are times when I'm writing that it's frustrating or appalling or difficult, but when it goes well, it goes really well, and there is a feeling of rightness, like I'm doing the thing I was meant to do, almost in a mystical way, like I'm at an appropriate angle to the world. — Rachel Kushner

Neuere Poeten tun viel Wasser in die Tinte. (More recent poets put a lot of water in the ink.)
Goethe: Aus Makariens Archiv. Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre. III 18 — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Boredom can be a very good thing for someone in a creative jam. — Stephen King

A man who leaves his wife is also a kind of immigrant. He rejects the home he's always known for another. Is it a surprise that Americans have the highest divorce rate in the world? If ditched lovers are also counted, then our rate of betrayal becomes truly stratospheric. To start over and advance or save ourselves, if only in our minds, we're willing to destroy everything. Soaked in a depthless, sampling culture, we're also expert at forgetting. Not only do we have no historical memory, but our personal past can be willfully and instantly erased, with hardly a ripple in its wake, and there's no one around, no community, to remind us of our shames. Extreme narcissists, we cling to bizarre narratives that allow us to make the most preposterous statements without flinching, or indulge in the most perverse and damaging behaviors. — Linh Dinh

It is part of the cure to wish to be cured. — Seneca The Younger

I guess growing up I realized that there is really this huge epidemic in a city like Los Angeles, and many other cities, where they put down thousands upon thousands of animals every day. — Will Estes