Quotes

One of the fondest memories of my Granddad Nelson was trading quotes regularly over email. Sadly I lost the email archive when I went on my mission, but it has continued to be an interest of mine. I hope you enjoy my collection of quotes. A bit of everything from religion to politics to leadership.

The three legs of the agreement-tripod are desire, data and doubt. Accuracy and honesty have little to do with it… Desire brings the participants together. Data set the limits of their dialogue. Doubt frames the questions.

The truth always carries the ambiguity of the words used to express it

An accurate, though ambiguous, answer [is] taken as confirmation of one’s deepest fears.

Argument closes off the doors of the senses, it always masks violence. Continued too long, argument always leads to violence.

That is the beginning of knowledge—the discovery of something we do not understand.

Radicals are only to be feared when you try to suppress them. You must demonstrate that you will use the best of what they offer.

Small souls who seek power over others first destroy the faith those others might have in themselves.

Wealth is a tool of freedom. But the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.