If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner – Nelson Mandela
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If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner – Nelson Mandela
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Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.
Philip K. Dick, I hope I shall arrive soon (1980)
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The Diplo calendar 2015 realized by Stefano Baldi and Ed Gelbstein presents a selection of the wisdom accumulated by humanity over the centuries that has stood the test of time and remains as valid as ever. The hope is that it will inspire you and lead you to explore the thoughts of the people who in one way or another have changed human history for the better .
For the month of October the selected quotation is by Alvin Toffler (b. 1928) – American writer and futurist known for his works discussing the digital, communications and corporate revolutions arising from technological innovation.
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Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. Hannah Arendt
If you judge people, you have no time to love them – Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)
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Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory and the second philosophy – Alexandre Dumas (1844)
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Talent is made up for a third of instinct, a third of memory, and the last third of will – Carlo Alberto Pisani Dossi, Italian writer and diplomat (1849 – 1910)
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The Diplo calendar 2015 realized by Stefano Baldi and Ed Gelbstein presents a selection of the wisdom accumulated by humanity over the centuries that has stood the test of time and remains as valid as ever. The hope is that it will inspire you and lead you to explore the thoughts of the people who in one way or another have changed human history for the better.
For the month of September the selected quotation is by Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)- the French chemist and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization.
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The word utopia is often used to label what we don’t want, can’t, or aren’t brave enough to do – Adriano Olivetti
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I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work – Thomas Edison
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