SPAM: A Tad More Sophisticated?

This morning, I had eight SPAM messages waiting for me on SLTW.  Two are worthy of sharing, in pertinent part:

1.  From gwhapokdl (not a typo):

* We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.

Amy (Souldipper) shared just that thought with me yesterday on Getting A Return On Your Investement:

Ben Graham’s quote makes me think of one of Buffet’s favourites:

“Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful.”

On first reading, I thought Amy meant Jimmy Buffett.

I racked my brain to think of a song containing those lyrics before realizing Amy meant Jimmy’s older brother Warren.

* America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

I agree.  It’s time for politicians to climb out of Big Oil’s back pocket.  PLANET before PROFIT.  GREEN before GREED.

2.  From gwfokslpq (not a typo):

* War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

So true.  When we take an eye for an eye, we don’t right a wrong, we just become increasing blind and short-sighted.

* He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.

By far, my favorite of the four . . . and just the reminder I needed today.

My mind is filled with prejudices.

I pre-judge people, places and things based on my past experiences with them, instead of observing them with alert curiosity right here, right now.

Phase One:  Recognize the habit.
Phase Two:  Develop selective amnesia

An open mind learns more in an hour than a closed mind learns in a year.

No rules.  Just write!

What about you?  Any adages, aphorisms, quotes, or pithy SPAM messages which you’d like to share with us today?