Reflections

Regarding listening only the echo of our own voice

The real dialogue is not about talking with people who thinks the same as you do. Social networks do not teach how to dialogue as it is very easy to avoid controversy … Many people use social networks not to unite, not to widen their horizons, on the contrary to withdraw to what I call comfort zones, where the only sound they hear is the echo of their voices.

Zygmunt Bauman

 

Regarding philanthropists that create their own poor people

El señor don Juan de Robres,

con caridad sin igual,

hizo este santo hospital…

y también hizo los pobres.

Mr. Don Juan de Robres,

With unparalleled charity,

Made this holy hospital …

And he also created the poor people.

Juan de Iriarte y Cisneros

 

Regarding going fast or further

If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.

African proverb