May 5, 2014

Good Morning!

Today is the birthday of Søren Kierkegaard (1813 – 1855) who said:

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”

and

“Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.”

and

“There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.”

It is also the birthday of Karl Marx (1818 – 1883) who said:

“The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways: the point, however, is to change it.”

and

“Question everything.”

Happy Birthday to Michael Palin (1943 - ) who said:

“Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the end of my life”

and

“I am very cautious of people who are absolutely right, especially when they are vehemently so.”

and

“Armageddon is not around the corner. This is only what the people of violence want us to believe. The complexity and diversity of the world is the hope for the future.”

Birthday greetings to Scott Westerfeld (1963 - ) who said:

“What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful.”

Finally, it is the birthday of Hank Green (1980 - ) who said:

“Read Books. Care about things. Get Excited. Try not to be too down on yourself. Enjoy the ever present game of knowing”