#erin

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#characters #emerged #massive #most #out

It's only very recently that women have succeeded in entering those professions which, as Muses, they typified for the Greeks. ↗

— Miriam Beard

#greeks #muses #only #professions #recently

It is a revolution, and it can no more be checked by human effort... than a prarie fire by a gardener's watering pot. ↗

— Judah Philip Benjamin

#effort #fire #gardener #human #human effort

Tinkering is something we need to know how to do in order to keep something like the space station running. I am a tinkerer by nature. ↗

— Leroy Chiao

#how #i #i am #keep #know

Few can believe that suffering, especially by others, is in vain. Anything that is disagreeable must surely have beneficial economic effects. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

#believe #beneficial #disagreeable #economic #effects

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#avoid #best #best way #die #follow

When it was my turn, I just skated out and heard this huge cheer. It was very touching considering the bad circumstances under which I had left the team and that I had been away for four years. ↗

— Ted Lindsay

#bad #been #cheer #circumstances #considering

Piecemeal social engineering resembles physical engineering in regarding the ends as beyond the province of technology. ↗

— Karl Popper

#ends #engineering #physical #piecemeal #province