Quotes April 01, 2023

When you choose to collect experiences rather than things, you never ever run out of storage space.
Joshua Becker – Author-Writer-Philanthropist-Pastor
 
 
 
 
When you focus on problems, you’ll have more problems. When you focus on possibilities, you’ll have more opportunities.
Zig Ziglar – 1926-2012 – Author-Salesman-Motivational Speaker
 
 
 
 
“The most fundamental principle of all in gambling is simply equal conditions, e.g. of opponents, of bystanders, of money, of situation, of the dice box, and of the die itself. To the extent to which you depart from that equality, if it is in your opponent’s favor, you are a fool, and if in your own, you are unjust.”
Girolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician, in 1564
 
 
 
 
“The problem is not the mistake per se, but all the algorithms and stops that were triggered. It shows the market is always vulnerable to human error and that algorithms and various [systematic traders] are far too present in markets.”
John Plassard, director, Mirabaud & Cie, after a Citigroup banker’s fat-finger error caused European markets to crash in 2022.
 
 
 
 
The spirit of an artist’s gifts can wake our own.
Lewis Hyde
 
 
 
 
On the last day of the world I would want to plant a tree.
W.S. Merwin
 
 
 
 
We bring forth our worlds through the networks of conversation within which we participate.
Humberto Maturana
 
 
 
 
The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you can alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can change the world.
James Baldwin
 
 
 
 
“You are walking this life. Make sure you leave beautiful steps behind.”
Morne Pretorius