Subject: quality life--quality service

From: "Doctor Schultz" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 18:12:32 -0800

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If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere. Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure -- that is all that agnosticism means. Be nice to people on your way up because you meet them on your way down. A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea. A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a shp, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind. A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines. The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind. Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever. Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is. You can widen your life by yourself, but to deepen it you need a friend. Each encounter that becomes a friendship turns into a lifeline. One can never have too many, only too many to properly take care of. We have art to save ourselves from the truth. Everything has been figured out, except how to live. No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom. Against that po
wer, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand. A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her. Reality is an illusion that occurs due to lack of alcohol. It was the experience of mystery -- even if mixed with fear -- that engendered religion. Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. This book fills a much-needed gap. I discovered I always have choices and sometimes it's only a choice of attitude. Luck is the residue of design. A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. I begin by taking. I shall find scholars later to demonstrate my perfect right. Solitude, if rightly used, becomes not only a privilege but a necessity. Only a superficial soul fears to fraternize with itself. Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza. Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. Love is the energy of the soul. Love is what heals the personality. There is nothing that cannot be healed by love. There is nothing but love. Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being. Autumn is the time when seasons merge because of bare necessity. Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks. Too often we give our children answers to remember rather than problems to solve. I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves. I would like to believe when I die that I have given myself away like a tree that sows seed every spring and never counts the loss, because it is not loss, it is adding to future life.  It is the tree's way 
of being.  Strongly rooted perhaps, but spilling out its treasure on the wind. I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. A book may lie dormant for fifty years or for two thousand years in a forgotten corner of a library, only to reveal, upon being opened, the marvels or the abysses that it contains, or the line that seems to have been written for me alone. In this respect the writer is not different from any other human being: whatever we say or do can have far-reaching consequences. The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad. The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them. The mistakes are all waiting to be made.  When you're in love you never really know whether your elation comes from the qualities of the one you love, or if it attributes them to her; whether the light which surrounds her like a halo comes from you, from her, or from the meeting of your sparks. Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens. Be nice to people on your way up because you meet them on your way down. From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it. Wit is educated insolence. Don't be so humble - you are not that great. A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines. I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy. Talent does what it can; genius does what it must. His ignorance is encyclopedic The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who don't have it. Wit is educated insolence. Distance between two hearts is not an obstacle; rather a great reminder of just how strong true love can be. Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you. Not because they are nice, but because you are. We have art to save ourselves from the truth. If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars. Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to
 circumstances. If you are going through hell, keep going. I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure -- that is all that agnosticism means. Reality is an illusion that occurs due to lack of alcohol. The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'. Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. Don't be so humble - you are not that great. When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it. A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems. Sometimes when reading Goethe I have the paralyzing suspicion that he is trying to be funny. Time is never wasted when you're wasted all the time. If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere. It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating. Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstances. A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her. I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a ... brain operation. Grove giveth and Gates taketh away. Thank you for sending me a copy of your book - I'll waste no time reading it. Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza. This book fills a much-needed gap. The quality of the moment is more important than the number of our days. If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars. Drinking provides a beautiful excuse to pursue the one activity that truly gives me pleasure -- hooking up with fat, hairy girls. Sleep is an excellent way
 of listening to an opera. There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life. One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important. Love is the energy of the soul. Love is what heals the personality. There is nothing that cannot be healed by love. There is nothing but love. Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves. Everything has been figured out, except how to live. I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. The man who says I told you so is making an excuse for not expressing his position clearly in the first place. The Eskimo has fifty-two names for snow because it is important to them; there ought to be as many for love. Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact. If a man does his best, what else is there? Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure -- that is all that agnosticism means.