111. Quotes of the Week

Of all afflictions, the worst is self-contempt.
- Berthold Auerbach (1812 - 1882)

Basic research is what I am doing when I don't know what I am doing.
- Wernher von Braun (1912 - 1977)

Never take the advice of someone who has not had your kind of trouble.
- Sidney J. Harris

Holding onto anger is like grasping onto a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else. You are the one who gets burned.
- Gotama Buddha

We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess.
- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Mark Twain's Autobiography