P.S. A Column On Things

By PAUL E. SCHINDLER JR. I am from Portland, Oregon, Beaumont ’66, Benson High ’70, MIT ’74. Some things are impossible to know, but it is impossible to know these things.

Quotes

September 14, 2025

Einstein: Right Again
Tom Rush (fantastic folk singer, reformed Harvard Graduate) quote collection for August 2025: “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”
—Albert Einstein
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Gandhi: Advice to Our Leader
“Before you act, if you are confused, or have difficulty knowing what to do, think of the poorest person you have met and ask yourself, ‘Will this act be of any benefit to them?'”
 — Mahatma Gandhi
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Medical Advice
“Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.”
 — Dave Barry [Thank you Jim Berger!]

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