I like Mamading's quotes website Quotessence. I've already pointed him at Dancing with Systems and Permaculture Principles, encouraging him to include the wisdom they contain. Now I want to share Dee Hock's MiniMaxims from his great book, Birth of the Chaordic Age. [amtap book:isbn=1576750744] "Particularity and serparability are infirmities of the mind, not characteristics of the universe" "Desire to command and control is a death wish. Absolute control is in the coffin" "Only fools … [Read more...]
Quotes of the day
Treacle on relationships, and why Internet news is better. "Wool sweaters are so warm and comfortable, but itchy. Relationships are wool sweaters. That or hair shirts, I haven't decided." "Newspapers are dull, lifeless things that always seem to leave my fingers ink stained and my face smudged. I think I prefer the internet; it's a much cleaner news source." … [Read more...]