#nat

This is not about going back. This is about life being ahead of you and you run at it! Because you never know how far you can run unless you run. ↗

— Penny Chenery Secretariat

#inspirational #life #strength #inspirational

I'm a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy. ↗

— Howard Gordon

#i #international #member #national policy #pacific

Senses of humor define people, as factions, deeper rooted than religious or political opinions. When carrying out everyday tasks, opinions are rather easy to set aside, but those whom a person shares a sense of humor with are his closest friends. They are always there to make the biggest influence. ↗

— Criss Jami

#beliefs #best-friends #brain #daily #daily-life

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#imagination #knowledge #sign #true

If we surrendered to earth's intelligence we could rise up rooted, like trees. ↗

— Rainer Maria Rilke

#nature #intelligence

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence ↗

— H.L. Mencken

#love #imagination

Reading fiction is important. It is a vital means of imagining a life other than our own, which in turn makes us more empathetic beings. Following complex story lines stretches our brains beyond the 140 characters of sound-bite thinking, and staying within the world of a novel gives us the ability to be quiet and alone, two skills that are disappearing faster than the polar icecaps. ↗

— Ann Patchett

#reading #imagination

I think genetic research is a fascinating and fertile area. ↗

— Katherine Dunn

#fascinating #fertile #genetic #i #i think

Vivid simplicity is the articulation, the nature of genius. Wisdom is greater than intelligence; intelligence is greater than philosobabble. ↗

— Criss Jami

#articulation #babble #babbling #cleverness #comprehension

If you were smart," Genghis said, "you would have borrowed the silverware of one of your friends." "We never thought of that," Klaus said. When one is forced to tell atrocious lies, one often feels a guilty flutter in one's stomach, and Klaus felt such a flutter now. "You certainly are an intelligent man." "Not only am I intelligent," Genghis agreed, "but I'm also very smart. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#clever #count-olaf #funny-humor #intelligent #lemony-snicket