Knowledge

All things are difficult, before they are easy. adage, quoted by Thomas Fuller – English writer (1654-1734) in “Gnomologia: Adagies and Proverbs; wise sentences and witty sayings, ancient and modern, foreign and British” (1732)

Great minds do not think alike. Prof. Adam Grant – American organizational psychologist, bestselling author and podcast host (b. 1981)

Information is the oil of the 21st century, and analytics is the combustion engine. Peter Sondergaard – American keynote speaker and entrepreneur (b. 1965), from his speech at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo (2011)

The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence, it is to act with yesterday’s logic. Peter F. Drucker – Austrian-born American management expert (1909-2005), from “Managing in Turbulent Times” (1980)

The kind of attention we bring to bear on the world changes the nature of the world we attend to. Dr. Iain McGilchrist – British psychiatrist and philosopher (b. 1953), in ” The master and his emissary: The divided brain and the making of the Western world” (2009)

Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification. Martin H. Fischer – German-born American physiologist and author (1879-1962), from his article “Fischerisms” in “‪Encore : A Continuing Anthology” (March 1945)

Perhaps imagination is only intelligence having fun. George Scialabba – American essayist and critic (b. 1948), from “The Browser: Mindplay by George Scialabba”, pubished in “Harvard magazine”, volume 86, number 4 (March-April 1984)

Φύσις δύο ὦτα παρέσχεν ἀνθρώπῳ, στόμα δὲ ἕν, ἵνα διπλάσια τῶν λεγομένων ἀκούῃ. Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak. Epictetus – Greek philosopher (c. 50 – 138), from his fragment...

Mistakes are opportunities to learn. Harvey Mackay – American entrepreneur and author of the 2005 New York Times N° 1 bestseller “Swim With The Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive” (b. 1932), from his blog

Mountains are silent masters and make silent students. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe – German poet (1749-1832), from “Wilhelm Meister’s Travels”, book 2, chapter 9 (“Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre”, 1821)

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. attributed to Mahatma Gandhi – Indian politician (1868-1948)