#sm

When a big company lays you off, they often give you a year's salary to 'go pursue a dream.' If you're stupid, you panic and get another job. If you're smart, you take the money and use the time to figure out what you want to do next. ↗

— Bruce Schneier

#big #company #dream #figure #get

Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#domain #doors #fellow #felt #itself

Many people think excitement is happiness.... But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace. ↗

— Thich Nhat Hanh

#happiness #peace #art

In small towns people scent the wind with noses of uncommon keenness. ↗

— Stephen King

#people #scent #small #small towns #towns

Look back, and smile on perils past. ↗

— Walter Scott

#back #look #past #perils

More humane societies are usually smaller, like the Scandinavian countries and Holland, where it is much easier to reach consensus and cooperation. ↗

— David Korten

#cooperation #countries #easier #holland #humane