Failure saves lives. In the airline industry, every time a plane crashes the probability of the next crash is lowered by that. The Titanic saved lives because we’re building bigger and bigger ships. So these people died, but we have effectively improved the...
People have the problem of denial. This is one of the things I learned in Lebanon. Everybody who left Beirut when the war started, including my parents, said, ‘Oh, its temporary.’ It lasted 17 years! People tend to underestimate the gravity of these...
When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy. When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight....
Time has been transformed, and we have changed; it has advanced and set us in motion; it has unveiled its face, inspiring us with bewilderment and exhilaration. — Khalil Gibran Tags: #Face, #Changed, #Motion, #KhalilGibran, #Lebanese, #PoetMini who’s who:...
Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes. — Khalil Gibran Tags: #Love, #Poverty, #Learn, #KhalilGibran, #Lebanese, #PoetMini who’s who: Khalil Gibran : Lebanese Poet Born: January 6, 1883 Died: April 10,...