#defect

To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#realize #understand #virtue #you

At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures - be what he is. And, above all, accept these things. ↗

— Albert Camus

#accept #defects #exact #failures #far

I'm used to always deciding everything myself. It's a blessing, but also a terrible defect. ↗

— Roberto Cavalli

#always #blessing #deciding #defect #everything

たとえば、「あるボタンを押すと今の自分にとって必要な教育的なコンテンツしか出てこない」というようなフィルターがかかればいいのかもしれませんが、ウェブだといつのまにか、自分が勉強しようと思っていたこととは違う、全然関係ないことに辿りついてしまい、そのまま流されていってしまうということがよくあります。こんな現象を、イスラエルの教育メディア学者ガブリエル・サロモンは、「バタフライ・ディフェクト」と呼びました。つまりウェブのようなメディアだと、誰もがフラフラと飛び回ってしまうだけで、落ち着いて深い思考や学びができなくなる危険性がある。[185〜186ページ] ↗

— 飯吉透

#open-education #education

We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#also #defects #demand #enterprises #excel

I mean, I get letters in the mail because I had a heart defect when I was one, I had surgeries and stuff. And so you get these letters in the mail that just, they are crazy, they are just like, yes, well our son is dealing with the same thing and we saw you on TV and I mean it is such a cool thing to inspire and kind of give hope. ↗

— Shaun White

#cool #cool thing #crazy #dealing #defect

I never yet heard man or woman much abused that I was not inclined to think the better of them, and to transfer the suspicion or dislike to the one who found pleasure in pointing out the defects of another. ↗

— Jane Porter

#better #defects #dislike #found #heard

It is easier to confess a defect than to claim a quality. ↗

— Max Beerbohm

#confess #defect #easier #quality #than

The fundamental problem with program maintenance is that fixing a defect has a substantial chance of introducing another. ↗

— Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.

#chance #defect #fixing #fundamental #fundamental problem

That friend a great man's ruin strongly checks, who rails into his belief all his defects. ↗

— John Webster

#checks #defects #friend #great #his