Been there, done that ?

Now man can be opposed to himself in a twofold manner;
either as a savage, when his feelings rule over his principles;
or as a barbarian, when his principles destroy his feelings.
...
The cultivated man makes of nature his friend, and honors its friendship, while only
bridling its caprice.

Friedrich Schiller; Letters on the Aesthetical Education of Man

On crisis

The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis'.

One brush stroke stands for 'danger', the other for 'opportunity'.

John F. Kennedy, Speech in Indianapolis, April 12, 1959

Dangerous waste (copy and paste)

When I went out the other day,
something strange caught my eye-
-three brand new dustbins along the way
welcoming passers by
with words in fresh paint on three fields of the familiar fence:


WASTE OF TIME
and
WASTE OF LOVE
and
WASTE OF CONFIDENCE
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