Quotes April 25, 2019

We have seen what we thought was unseeable.
Sheperd Doeleman,
astrophysicist and director of the Event Horizon Telescope project, when unveiling the first picture of a black hole on April 10
 
 
 
 
Some of the secret joys of living are not found by rushing from point A to point B, but by inventing some imaginary letters along the way.
Douglas Pagels,
writer
 
 
 
 
The tragedy of a thoughtless man is not that he doesn’t think, but that he thinks that he’s thinking.
Andrzej Majewski,
writer and photographer
 
 
 
 
The difference between death and taxes is death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.
Will Rogers,
actor, humorist, social commentator
 
 
 
 
[Human evolution] just got even messier, more complicated and a whole lot more interesting.
Matt Tocheri,
anthropologist, about the recent discovery of a previously unknown human species
 
 
 
 
It’s not the load that breaks you down. It’s the way you carry it.
Lou Holtz,
former football player, coach and analyst

 
 
 
 
Stress is caused by being ‘here’ but wanting to be ‘there.’
Eckhart Tolle,
spiritual teacher
 
 
 
 
There cannot be a stressful crisis next week. My schedule is already full.
Henry Kissinger,
former US secretary of state
 
 
 
 
Our nation will succeed or fail to the degree that all of us — citizens and businesses alike — are active participants in building strong, sustainable and enriching communities.
Arnold Hiatt,
corporate executive
 
 
 
 
Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.
H. Jackson Brown Jr.,
author
 
 
 
 
Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.
Desmond Tutu,

 
 
 
 
Happiest are the people who give most happiness to others.
Denis Diderot,
philosopher
 
 
 
 
Every attempt to reach new milestones holds opportunities for us to learn, adjust and progress.
Jim Bridenstine,
NASA administrator, after Israel’s Beresheet spacecraft crashed on the moon
 
 
 
 
If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you’ll die a lot of times.
Dean Smith,
college basketball coach
 
 
 
 
Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.
Hans Selye,
endocrinologist and stress researcher