Complexes

Aphorisms collection at  http://turing.iimas.unam.mx/~cgg/aforismos.html “Reality: always one step ahead of my most imaginative sarcasms” “The more I travel, the more borders become artificial” *“In science, there are no finished problems, only narrow-minded scientists” “The fact that it has always been that way does not mean that it cannot change” “Since I am finite, I tend to be biased towards speaking only about those things which I have experience with.” “If I say: "I might be wrong", I cannot be wrong” *“If you do not have the right perspective to see the rainbow, it does not imply that the rainbow is not there.” *“One can warmonger interpreting a religious or a scientific text.  One can peacemonger interpreting a religious or a scientific text.  What is more important: the text or the purpose of the interpretation?” “It is difficult to gain new knowledge without first questioning current knowledge” “Remember that you are always setting an example. Do things as yo...

“Sciences, not even the hardest ones, are not purely objective, nor arts are purely subjective...” “We can access reality only through models/metaphors” “The more you scream, the less I'll hear” “So few intelligent people, so many wise guys...” “Belief in an absolute truth leads to intolerance” “Is it me, or is it the context?” “Nature brings us closer to ourselves” “To fool others, you need to fool yourself first, thus becoming a fool” *“The easiest way to cope with complexity is not having it” “A failure is not that awful if you learn something from it” *“People fear/hate other nations only when they don't know them” *“If only cars were fueled by road rage...” “The first step to understand people is to accept them as they are” “Everybody is special. You just need to observe carefully...” You can find more aphorisms here .

*“If we could achieve all that we wanted, there would not be anything left to enjoy” *“It's much easier to take a woman into your bed than into your life” *“Winning or losing does not matter as much as what you learn from it” “For most things, you need to give in more than what you get out. (2nd law of homodynamics?)” *“Do not suffer for what you lack, enjoy what you have” “Those who have less usually give more” “If you care too much about your goals, you will never reach them.” “Using time for yourself does not mean losing it” - Nadia “(...) our brains are only minuscule fragments of the universe, much too small to hold all the facts of the world but not too idle to speculate about them” - Valentino Braitenberg , Vehicles , p. 1. More Aphorisms here .

“There is nothing completely new because everything is related to something else. But there is always novelty in anything, since contexts change constantly” “Life is a game complex enough not to be able to always win” “ Life is not meant to be perfect ” “The problem of being unaware is that you are unaware of being unaware” “ Tendencies tend to change ” You can find many more at http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~cgershen/jlagunez/aforismos.html (since 1997)

“A happy life is full of sufferings” “Only misery is for free” “Even if you do everything a woman wants, it will not be enough. But of course, this is no reason for not doing it” “Understanding is but the sum of our misunderstndings” -Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart, Ch. 11, p. 146 You can find many more at http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~cgershen/jlagunez/aforismos.html (since 1997)