Tony's Garden

“Assume that the person you are listening to might know something you don’t.” ― Jordan Peterson Birthdays: 1547 Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian organist and composer of the late Renaissance. Canzona 1560, and Fuga Secunda, and Sinfonia from “La Pellegrina” & “Coppia gentil” 1577 Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish Baroque painter. 1586 Paul Siefert, German composer and organist…

“Code has the tendency to rise from servant to master to sole proprietor. The first autopilot kept a plane cruising at steady speed and altitude; the cockpit of the future, it is said, will have a pilot, a computer, and a dog. The dog there to bite the pilot if he touches the computer. Much…

“It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.” ― Thomas Sowell Birthdays: 1582 Johannes Schultz, German composer. Canzona 4 – strings, cembalo, Canzona 5 – strings, cembalo 1730 Charles Messier, French astronomer.…

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” ― George Orwell, 1984 Birthdays: 1709 Francesco Araja, Italian composer. “Cephal and Prokris” Aria of Aurora. 1860 Gustave Charpentier, French composer. Depuis le Jour de la Opera Louise. 1903 George Orwell, English novelist, essayist, journalist,…

“A man who chooses between drinking a glass of milk and a glass of a solution of potassium cyanide does not choose between two beverages; he chooses between life and death. A society that chooses between capitalism and socialism does not choose between two social systems; it chooses between social cooperation and the disintegration of…

“the most improper job of any man, even saints (who at any rate were at least unwilling to take it on), is bossing other men. Not one in a million is fit for it, and least of all those who seek the opportunity.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien Birthdays: 1852 Carl Reinecke, German composer, conductor, and pianist.…

“Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century:Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others;Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected;Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it;Refusing to set aside trivial preferences;Neglecting development and refinement of the mind;Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do.”…

“I make a point to appreciate all the little things in my life. I go out and smell the air after a good, hard rain. I re-read passages from my favorite books. I hold the little treasures that somebody special gave me. These small actions help remind me that there are so many great, glorious…

“A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy. While the people are virtuous they cannot be subdued; but when once they lose their virtue then will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader.” ―…

“The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.” ― Elbert Hubbard Birthdays: 1623 Blaise Pascal, Mathematician, Physicist and Philosopher. 1708 Johann Gottlieb Janitsch, German Baroque composer. Sonata in G minor 1783 Thomas Sully, American portrait painter. 1790 John Gibson, British sculptor. 1856 Elbert Hubbard, American writer and philosopher.…