Category Archives: Quotes

RIP: Aaron Swartz
Think deeply about things. Don’t just go along because that’s the way things are or that’s what your friends say. Consider the effects, consider the alternatives, but most importantly, just think. — Aaron Swartz Just remembering Aaron Swartz who died on this day 9 years ago. He was a true activist for digital rights who…

devil shall never …
The devil shall never lift his head higher than the saint’s heel

Aristotle
Frequently misquoted, but still relevant: It Is the Mark of an Educated Mind to Entertain a Thought Without Accepting It Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, 1 1094a24-1095a “It is right that we ask [people] to accept each of the things which are said in the same way: for it is the mark of an educated person to search for…