http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/01/your-money/01money.html?emc=tnt&tntemail1=y
“He advised Hopkins that if he wanted to become familiar with the nature of Christian
belief, to begin by giving alms and giving to the point of personal inconvenience, so that
something that you wanted to do, you wouldn’t be able to do because you had given goods
to the poor,” Mr. Anderson said. “It’s not giving to the point of utter impoverishment, but
it’s not just giving pocket change either.”
i think this is a pretty fine answer: "to the point of personal inconvenience"
a false prophet...
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/23/nyregion/23hire.html?emc=tnt&tntemail1=y
“What makes the people vulnerable are their hopes for a miracle.
They are hoping a pastor will come and rescue them.”
- Rev. Dale T. Irvin, president of New York Theological Seminary
“What makes the people vulnerable are their hopes for a miracle.
They are hoping a pastor will come and rescue them.”
- Rev. Dale T. Irvin, president of New York Theological Seminary
Prayer of Saint Francis
"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace;
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon:
where there is doubt, faith ;
where there is despair, hope
where there is darkness, light
where there is sadness, joy
O divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.
Amen."
- St. Francis of Assisi
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_of_Saint_Francis
this is the song we are going to sing this Sunday.
you can listen to the song at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI1Gst7pEqc
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon:
where there is doubt, faith ;
where there is despair, hope
where there is darkness, light
where there is sadness, joy
O divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.
Amen."
- St. Francis of Assisi
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_of_Saint_Francis
this is the song we are going to sing this Sunday.
you can listen to the song at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI1Gst7pEqc
it's all relative...
"In our heads, speed is not always the most important thing.
Sometimes what really matters is timing."
from http://discovermagazine.com/2009/dec/16-the-brain-what-is-speed-of-thought
yeap! it's all relative...
Sometimes what really matters is timing."
from http://discovermagazine.com/2009/dec/16-the-brain-what-is-speed-of-thought
yeap! it's all relative...
we are arrogant... yes we are...
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/04/02/pigeons-outperform-humans-at-the-monty-hall-dilemma/
in some tasks pigeons are better than humans. obviously they can fly better than us. :(
but sometimes even in probability problem... take a look at the article linked above...
the reason why we are worse than pigeons in Monty Hall problem might be
we are too arrogant to switch from our pre-calculated understanding... which might be
not perfect but which we stick to...
in some tasks pigeons are better than humans. obviously they can fly better than us. :(
but sometimes even in probability problem... take a look at the article linked above...
the reason why we are worse than pigeons in Monty Hall problem might be
we are too arrogant to switch from our pre-calculated understanding... which might be
not perfect but which we stick to...
Paul Erdos...
the followings are copied from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Erdős
Other idiosyncratic elements of Erdős' vocabulary include:
- children were referred to as "epsilons";
- women were "bosses";
- men were "slaves";
- people who stopped doing math had "died";
- people who physically died had "left";
- alcoholic drinks were "poison";
- music was "noise";
- people who had married were "captured";
- people who had divorced were "liberated";
- to give a mathematical lecture was "to preach" and
- to give an oral exam to a student was "to torture" him/her.
faith is...
"Faith is not knowing what the future holds,
but knowing who holds the future."
- from I don't know....
