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Who Do You See?

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , on April 15, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
    —     Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Click here (15 April) to see the posts of prior years.  I started this blog in late 2009.  Daily posting began in late January 2011.  Not all of the days in the early years (2009-2010) will have posts.

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Two Views On Contentment

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on November 17, 2022| Leave a Comment »

A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
    —     Joseph Addison
What I always hated and detested and cursed above all things was this contentment, this healthiness and comfort, this carefully preserved optimism of the middle classes, this fat and prosperous brood of mediocrity.
    —     Hermann Hesse
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Click here (17 November) to see the posts of prior years.  I started this blog in late 2009.  Daily posting began in late January 2011.  Not all of the days in the early years (2009-2010) will have posts.

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Implications

Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , on January 12, 2020| Leave a Comment »

The idea for which this nation stands will not survive if the highest goal free man can set themselves is an amiable mediocrity.  Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life.
   —    John W. Gardner
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Click here (12 January) to see the posts of prior years.  I started this blog in late 2009.  Daily posting began in late January 2011.  Not all of the days in the early years (2009-2010) will have posts.

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Reductionism

Posted in Leadership, Quotes, tagged , , , , , on January 28, 2015| Leave a Comment »

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.
   —    Napoléon Bonaparte
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Click here (28 January) to see the posts of prior years.  I started this blog in late 2009.  Daily posting began in late January 2011.  Not all of the days in the early years (2009-2010) will have posts.

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