Saturday, June 20, 2015

Science, Kazuo INAMORI


Source:
Chemical
Heritage
Foundation
,
Photograph
by
Conrad
Erb
The advancement of science and technology alone cannot make humanity happy.

- Kazuo INAMORI (1932- )

Thursday, June 18, 2015

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

True Friendship, Sirach 6,5


TRUE FRIENDSHIP

Pleasant speech multiplies friends, and gracious lips, friendly greetings.

- Sirach 6,5

http://www.usccb.org/bible/sirach/6

Monday, June 15, 2015

Saturday, June 13, 2015

Self-introduction, Sean Connery as Patrick Hale from Wrong Is Right (1982)


I was an actor, and a coal miner, and a bartender, and a sailor, and a soldier of misfortune.

- Sean Connery as Patrick Hale from Wrong Is Right (1982)

soldier of fortune [NOUN] a man who seeks money or adventure as a soldier; mercenary

Friday, June 12, 2015

Advice, Chinese Proverb


留得青山在,不怕没柴烧。[liúdéqīngshānzài, búpàméicháishāo]

- 中國俗談

You don't have to worry about firewood in forest.

- Chinese Proverb

Where there is life, there is hope.

Thursday, June 11, 2015

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Business·Employment, Steve Jobs


The reason Apple resonates with people is that there’s a deep current of humanity in our innovation. I think great artists and great engineers are similar, in that they both have a desire to express themselves.

- Steve Jobs (1955-2011)

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Art, Iris Murdoch


All art is a struggle to be, in a particular sort of way, virtuous.

- Iris Murdoch (1919-1999)

Monday, June 8, 2015

Sunday, June 7, 2015

Food·Dieting, Groucho Marx


Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

- Groucho Marx (1890-1977)


Time flies like an arrow.

- English Proverb

Saturday, June 6, 2015

Love, Takayuki Ikkaku


Some relationships start with fights... But, usually only in romantic comedies. Life's not the movies.

- Takayuki IKKAKU

Friday, June 5, 2015

Flower, Antoine de Saint-Exupery


One should never listen to the flowers. One should simply look at them and breathe their fragrance.

- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944)

Thursday, June 4, 2015

Dokdo, Islander


If you call Dokdo Takeshima, the island must not look so beautiful.

- Islander

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Rose, Anonymous


If you call a rose a stinkweed, it might not smell as sweet.

- Anonymous

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Life, Albert Einstein


Let us not forget that knowledge and skills alone cannot lead humanity to a happy and dignified life. ... I claim credit for nothing. Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, forces over which we have no control. It is determined for the insects as well as for the stars, Human beings, vegetables or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.

- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Monday, June 1, 2015

Body, Novalis


There is but one temple in the universe and that is the body of man.

- Novalis (1772-1801)