“I believe that if, at the end of it all, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do. To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn’t always know this, and am happy I lived long enough to find it out.”….”Kindness covers all of my political beliefs,” — Roger Ebert
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“Duniaku bukan jabatan, pangkat, gaji, dan kecurangan. Duniaku bumi manusia dengan persoalannya” — Minke, Bumi Manusia
“What a terrible thing it is to wound someone you really care for and to do it so unconsciously.” — Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood (via arpeggia)
(Source: ethertune, via arpeggia)
There’s a paradox between homophily and diffusion of new knowledge. on one side homophily enables easier communciation, which is beneficial for the transfer of knowledge. On the other hand, the likelihood of obtaining new knowledge from a similar agent is smaller than from a heterophile one. “Strength of weak ties ” theory by Granovetter (1973)
#this , i think teaches us a lot of living in differences and how it affects us—in a lot of way :)
“Life has a melody, Gaius. A rhythm of notes which become your existence once played in harmony with God’s plan.” — A quote from Battlestar Galactica (a sci-fi series I had been addicted to ahhaha)..From Number Six.
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