Voltaire? Henry Wadsworth Longfellow? Apocryphal? Question for Quote Investigator: The philosopher and historian Voltaire (penname of François-Marie Arouet) wrote about metaphorically dying twice. One dies when one can no longer form a bond of love. One dies again when the physical body expires. I do not know the precise phrases Voltaire used to express this … Continue reading "Quote Origin: One Dies Twice. To Cease To Love Is an Unbearable Death. To Cease To Live Is Nothing"| Quote Investigator®
In your organization, are there ways to share negative viewpoints or emotions, and is it helpful to do so? On this show Carrie Rogers-Whitehead—author, library consultant, and Founder of Digital Responsibility, talks about The Glass Half Empty: the Positives of Negative Emotions. She shares how not allowing for negative emotions can hold back our teams and what we can do about it.| Library Leadership Podcast
One day Cunégonde was walking near the house in a little copice, called “the park,” when she saw Dr. Pangloss behind some bushes giving a lesson in experimental philosophy to her mother's waiting-woman, a pretty little brunette who seemed eminently teachable. Since Lady Cunégonde took a great interest in science, she watched the experiments being repeated with breathless fascination. She saw clearly the Doctor's “sufficient reason,” and took note of cause and effect. Then, in a d...| yirt