Oggi non viviamo un’epoca di cambiamento quanto un cambiamento d’epoca. Papa Francesco – al secolo Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Santo Padre dal 2013 al 2025 (1936-2025), in un discorso tenuto al 5° Congresso Nazionale della Chiesa in Italia nella Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore a Firenze, Italia (10 novembre 2015) Today we are not living an epoch of change so much as an epochal change....
To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you. Lewis B. Smedes – American christian author and theologean (1921-2002), from “Forgive and Forget: Healing the Hurts We Don’t Deserve” (1984)
Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny. wisdom, falsely attributed to C. S. Lewis – British writer (1898-1963)
Problem talk creates problems, solution talk creates solutions. Steve de Shazer – American psychotherapist, developer and pioneer of solution focused brief therapy (1940-2005), from “Putting Difference to Work” (1991)
If you don’t take risks, you will always work for someone who does. Warren Buffett – American value investor, long-time Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930)
The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves. attributed to George Bernard Shaw – Irish writer, Nobel Prize in literature 1925 (1856-1950), quoted in “The Dictionary of Humorous Quotations” (1949)
The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. free by Epictetus – Greek philosopher (c.50 – c. 138), from a passage in “Discourses”, book I, chapter 24 („διατριβαί“, c. 108)
When written in Chinese, the word “crisis” is composed of two characters – one represents danger and one represents opportunity. John F. Kennedy – American politician, 1961-63 35th president (1917-1963), from his speech at the Convocation of the “UNCF”, Indianapolis, Indiana, April 12, 1959
A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. wisdom, often attributed to Franklin D. Roosevelt – American politician, 1933-45 32nd president (1882-1945), could not be verified by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library
There is much wanting both to discipline and to compassion, if one be had without the other. Disciplina vel misericordia multum destituitur, si una sine altera teneatur. Pope Gregory I – aka Gregory the Great, Roman theologian, , 590-604 Holy Father, one of the four Latin doctors of the Church(etwa 540-604), from “The Book of Pastoral Rule”, chapter VI “Ut sit rector...
Is what you’re holding onto worth the space it’s taking up? Sophia Short – American writer, author, yoga teacher, and social media strategist (b. 1996)
Everything in life has some risk. What you have to actually learn to do is how to navigate it. Reid Hoffman – American internet entrepreneur (Co-founder LinkedIn) and author (b. 1967), from an interview with Charlie Rose (techcrunch.com, March 5, 2009), Quotations book 2026
All misery comes from dependency. If you weren’t dependent on income, people, or technology, you would be truly free. The only way to be deeply happy is to break all dependencies. Derek Sivers – American writer (b. 1969), from “How to Live – 27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion” (2022)
By finally understanding the problem and calling it by the right name, we will be able to pave a better route forward. Prof. Claudia Goldin – Professor of Economics at Harvard University and economic historian, Nobel Memorial Prize in economic sciences 2023 (b. 1946), from “Career and Family: Women’s Century-Long Journey toward Equity” (2021)
There are things to be frightened of. But what you have to do is put that fear into a little box and put it in the corner of the room and then you can have your day. Sir Salman Rushdie – Indian-born British author (b. 1947), in an interview with Denis Scheck at the 75th Frankfurt book fair (“Frankfurter Buchmesse Spezial: Literaturgala”, 21. October 2023), Quotations book...
I love wealth because it gives the power of helping the miserable. Blaise Pascal – French mathematician and philosopher (1623-1662), from fragment 931/550, published in “Thoughts, fragment and letters by Blaise Pascal” (“Pensées, Fragmens et Lettres de Blaise Pascal”, 1844) J’aime les biens parce qu’ils donnent le moyen d’en assister les misérables. Blaise Pascal...
Difficulties are God’s curriculum for those who want to excel. Dr. Samuel R. “Sam” Chand – American senior pastor, college president, author, and mentor (b. 1952), from “Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth” (2015)
Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks. Warren Buffett – American value investor, long-time Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930), in his letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders (1985), Quotations book 2025
If you do not ask the right questions, you do not get the right answers. A question asked in the right way often points to its own answer. Asking questions is the ABC of diagnosis. Edward Hodnett – British writer (1901-1984), from “The Art of Problem Solving: How to Improve Your Methods” (1955)
Every problem that is interesting, is also soluble. Prof. David Deutsch – Israeli-born British physicist (b. 1953), in his response to the Edge Annual Question: “What is Your Law?”, www.edge.org. (2004)