Todays’ podcast is an easter wish from my mother. It is a poem by Langston Hughes

I dream a world where man
No other will scorn,
Where love will bless the earth
And peace its paths adorn.
I dream a world where all
Will know sweet freedom’s way,
Where greed no longer saps the soul
Nor avarice blights the day.
A world I dream where black or white,
Whatever race you be,
Will share the bounties of the earth
And everyone is free,
Where wretchedness will hang its head,
And joy, like a pearl,
Attend the needs of all mankind.
Of such I dream for our world!”

Happy Easter!

Welcome to the 100th Today’s Podcast!

I used to work at AT&T Broadband Labs and one of my favorite saying we had around the office was,“A couple of months in the laboratory can save a couple of hours in the library.”

I love this saying for two reasons one it reminds us that a lot was accomplished before you showed up. Check out the library or the Internet and you can learn a lot from others. The second reason is the statement speaks to a common truth- that people love to find things out for themselves, that many of us willing if not eager to spend in few months or years or decades learning and discovering for ourselves.

Today we have a quote. I think you, the listener prefer the words and definitions, but I like to through in a few quotes.

This quote is from Michel Eyguem de Montaigne. A French 16th century Renaissance philosopher who does not have an entry at Wikipedia. There are lots of reference materials out there for anyone who want to be the first to write the wiki entry.

The quote is:

Today we have a quote from Immanuel Kant the 18th century German philosopher noted for arguing we are all born with minds full of innate forms and concepts. And these concepts combined with our experiences form knowledge.

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

Immanuel Kant

I chose this quote because lately I have been try to get my life a little more organized. Perhaps that will imbue me with a little knowledge.

“What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined… to strengthen each other… to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.”

- George Eliot

In case you didn’t know, and I didn’t, George Eliot was woman who’s real name is Mary Ann Evans. She was a 19th century English novelist.

Happy Valentine’s Day,

Especially you, Jahnavi!