Apparent Quotes

“The Apparent is the Bridge to the Real”
― Idries Shah, The Sufis

“At first, it seemed to me that I faced an all-or-nothing choice: I could either take on a lot of risk in pursuit of high returns (and occasionally find myself ruined) or I could lower my risk and settle for lower returns. But I needed to have both low risk and high returns, and by setting out on a mission to discover how I could, I learned to go slowly when faced with the choice between two things that you need that are seemingly at odds. That way you can figure out how to have as much of both as possible. There is almost always a good path that you just haven’t discovered yet, so look for it until you find it rather than settle for the choice that is then apparent to you.”
― Ray Dalio, Principles: Life and Work

“This looked to me like another one of those fork-in-the-road cases in which I had to choose between one of two seemingly essential but mutually exclusive options: 1) being radically truthful with each other including probing to bring our problems and weaknesses to the surface so we could deal with them forthrightly and 2) having happy and satisfied employees. And it reminded me that when faced with the choice between two things you need that are seemingly at odds, go slowly to figure out how you can have as much of both as possible. There is almost always a good path that you just haven’t figured out yet, so look for it until you find it rather than settle for the choice that is then apparent to you.”
― Ray Dalio, Principles: Life and Work

“There is an apparent need to save the earth and the means God chose to do this is not by sending POWER but by sending his Son”
― Sunday Adelaja

“The astounding natural beauty of the USA is offset by its extremely poor social security system that is clearly apparent when driving around the country.”
― Steven Magee

“The engineering mountain managers went to the summit of Mauna Kea two to three days per week, whereas the technicians went there four days per week. It was apparent to me that the technicians were sicker than the engineers.”
― Steven Magee

“Most people with COVID-19 pick up some damage from it. It may not be apparent, but it is there.”
― Steven Magee