Compliance & Excellence

When compliance becomes
The measure of our excellence
Heroes disappear, quality declines
Efficiency, brevity, and intelligence wither
Creativity is stifled, and bureaucracy blossoms.
02.28.2015

Seeing & Hearing

We believe what is written
More than what is heard
Because we are constituted
To believe what we see
More than what we hear;
Once things are written
They become indelible.
02.27.2015

Life & Living

To feel alive
Every living moment
Is to honor life with love;
To be oblivious of moments
Is to spend life waiting for death.
02.26.2015

Country & Self

Countries decay
When their inhabitants
Begin to benefit themselves
At the expense of their countries.
02.25.2015

Truth & Popularity

When an audience hears what it wants to hear
Especially when it is not true
It applauds;
When it hears what it doesn't want to hear
Especially when it is true
It boos;
Authentication by applause or by popularity
Is detrimental to truth.
02.23.15

Intelligence & Simplicity

Brilliant minds simplify
Ordinary minds complicate;
We can measure the intelligence
Of our systems by measuring the ratio
Of their simplicity to their complexity.
02.22.15

Humanity & Home

When we do not belong to humanity
We live as global strangers;
When we espouse humanity
Planet earth becomes home.
02.21.15