Friday, January 14, 2011

The Final Form of Love

Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime; therefore, we must be saved by hope. ...
Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore, we are saved by love.
No virtuous act is quite as virtuous from the standpoint of our friend or foe as it is from our standpoint.
Therefore, we must be saved by the final form of love, which is forgiveness.”

Reinhold Niebuhr

Monday, January 3, 2011

The Union of Man and Nature

"Leda and the Swan" by Leonardo Da Vinci


"It is nobler to imitate things in nature, which are in fact the real images, than to imitate in words, the words and deeds of man."

- Leonardo Da Vinci, c. 1506-1508

Born of Failure

“It hasn’t been some kind of fairy tale for me. All of my success has been born of failure. Your childhood dreams are always tales of glory; reality is a lot messier and more dramatic.”

- Sean Parker, Founder of Napster, Former President of Facebook, Vanity Fair, October 2010

"The creation of a business from the embryo of a concept is the genius of the entrepreneur."

- Eduardo Saverin, Co-Founder, Facebook