Parables

"Why do you speak to the people in parables?"

"Because they'll remember it.  They can think about it, and understand it later."

- Matthew 13:10-16

Douglas Adams

"Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so."

- Douglas Adams

Last Chance to See (1990)

Working Tools

The symbolic nature of these tools work in various situations, and should be omnipresent in our minds.

This works by knowing the right time to divest a vice or superfluity.

It also helps to know that it’s difficult to “give an inch” without someone trying to “take a mile.” 

Patience

"Patience is the companion of wisdom."

- Augustine of Hippo (354 A.D. - 430 A.D.)

Top Gun Confidence

How can you tell if someone is confident, or if they are just being arrogant?

Self confidence is a feeling of trust in one's abilities, qualities, and judgment.

Arrogance is a false feeling of trust in one's abilities by putting down or belittling others.

Even More Henson

"Follow your enthusiasm.  It's something I've always believed in.  Find those parts of your life you enjoy the most.  Do what you enjoy doing."

- Jim Henson

Even More Python Humor

"They made me a Master without first finishing my Apprentice work!"

"A Master?"

"I got better."

Francis Bacon - Advancement of Learning

“For the manner of writing this history we particularly advise the material of it to be drawn, not only from histories and critical works, but also that the principal books of every century be regularly consulted downward; so far we mean, as that a taste may be had, or a judgement formed, of the subject, style, and method thereof; whence the literary genius of every age may at pleasure be raised, as it were, from the dead.”

- Francis Bacon

Advancement of Learning