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In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is
so constituted as to maximize play. The best read more
In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is
so constituted as to maximize play. The best games are not those in which
all goes smoothly and steadily toward a certain conclusion, but those in
which the outcome is always in doubt. Similarly, the geometry of life is
designed to keep us at the point of maximum tension between certainty and
uncertainty, order and chaos. Every important call is a close one. We
survive and evolve by the skin of our teeth. We really wouldn't want it
any other way.
I've searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of
committees.
I've searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of
committees.
Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the read more
Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.
I know a fellow who's as broke as the Ten Commandments.
I know a fellow who's as broke as the Ten Commandments.
There isn't any luck that enters into anything, unless it's poker or shooting dice, maybe. There is no luck to read more
There isn't any luck that enters into anything, unless it's poker or shooting dice, maybe. There is no luck to merchandising. There is no luck in going out and working from early in the morning to long after dinner. That is not luck, it's work.
When a man lies, he murders some part of the world.
When a man lies, he murders some part of the world.
Be brave, young lovers, and follow your star.
Be brave, young lovers, and follow your star.
Not to alter one's faults is to be faulty indeed.
Not to alter one's faults is to be faulty indeed.
Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best.
Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best.
