Play, Patriotism, Genius

It is becoming increasingly clear through research on the brain as well as in other areas of study, that childhood needs play. Play acts as a forward feed mechanism into courageous, creative, rigorous thinking in adulthood.
~ Tina Bruce, Professor, London Metropolitan University

You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.
~ George Bernard Shaw

Talent does what it can; genius does what it must.
~ Robert Bulwer-Lytton

Man enough, Unreasonable, Depression

My old man says when it's time to be counted, the important thing is
to be man enough to stand up.
~ Robert A. Heinlein (Between Planets)

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all
progress depends on the unreasonable man.
~ George Bernard Shaw

A new study shows that licking the sweat off a frog can cure
depression. The down side is, the minute you stop licking, the frog
gets depressed again.
~ Jay Leno

Disagreements, Altitude, Patriotism

We need not all agree, but if we disagree, let us not be disagreeable in our disagreements.
~ Martin R. DeHaan

It's your attitude not your aptitude that creates your altitude.
~ Nithyajeejo

Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.
~ George Bernard Shaw

Good idea, Arguments, False Knowledge

If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It is much easier to apologize than it is to get permission.
~ Admiral Grace Hopper

The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a good discussion.
~ G.K. Chesterton

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.
~ George Bernard Shaw

Laughter, sorrow, knowledge

Smile and laugh more. It will keep the energy vampires away.
~Advice

Sorrow is knowledge, those that know the most must mourn the deepest, the tree of knowledge is not the tree of life.
~ Lord Byron

What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.
~ George Bernard Shaw

Dreaming, Logic and Saying the Right Thing

Dream more while you are awake.
~ Advice

Against logic there is no armor like ignorance.
~ Laurence J. Peter

My method is to take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to say, and then to say it with the utmost levity.
~ George Bernard Shaw

and relating to playing...

What if this weren't a hypothetical question?

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

~ George Bernard Shaw quotes (Irish literary Critic, Playwright and Essayist. 1925 Nobel Prize for Literature, 1856-1950)

Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. Don't over-analyse your relationships. Stop playing games. A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness.

~ Leo F. Buscaglia quotes (American guru, tireless advocate of the power of love, 1924-1998)

Press On

Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
~ Al Franken

We cannot fail to win unless we fail to try.
~ Tom Clancy

Some men see things as they are and say "Why?" I dream things that never were, and say, "Why not?"
~ George Bernard Shaw

Security and certainty

Security is mostly superstition. It does not exist in nature. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.

~ Helen Keller

Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.

~ George Bernard Shaw

As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.

~ Albert Einstein