GOETHE

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.

[Goethe 1749-1832, German philosopher, author, poet and dramatist]

LUCILLE BALL

One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.

[Lucille Ball 1911-1989, American comedienne and actress, star of the long-running "I Love Lucy"]

WARREN BUFFETT

Someone is sitting in the shade today, because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

[Warren Buffett 1930- , American business man and philanthropist, possibly the richest man in the world]

SPINOZA

Peace is not the absence of war. It is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence and justice.

[Baruch Spinoza 1632-1677, Dutch philosopher]

CHARLOTTE GRAY

Human beings who leave behind them no great achievements, but only a sequence of small kindnesses, have not had wasted lives.

Swedish Saying

You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from passing over your head, but you can prevent them from nesting in your hair.

BUDDHA

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.

SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Listen to the mustn'ts, child.
Listen to the don'ts.
Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts.
Listen to the never haves,
Then listen close to me,
Anything can happen, child, anything can be.

[Shel Silverstein 1930-1999, American songwriter, composer, musician, poet, cartoonist, author. He wrote the words and music of "A Boy Named Sue" which was a hit for Johnny Cash.]

ANTOINE de SAINT EXUPERY

Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.

[Antoine de Saint Exupery 1900-1944, French aviator and writer. His most famous work was the children's classic "The Little Prince" which he also illustrated.]

MARY OLIVER

Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
The world offers itself to your imagination,
Calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exacting -
Over and over, announcing your place
In the family of things.

THOMAS ALVA EDISON

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

LAO-TZU

Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill.
Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.
Chase after money and security and your heart will never unclench.
Care about other people's approval and you will be their prisoner.
Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.

ANDREW CARNEGIE

He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.

THE DALAI LAMA

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others, and if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.

JOHN A. SHEDD

A ship on harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are made for.

YISRAEL BEN ELIEZAR

Think first before you blame someone for making a mistake. If you had done this, what excuse would you find for yourself to justify yourself? Then give the other person the benefit of your excuse. This is the ultimate in love.

JENNIFER EDWARDS

The beauty of life is, while we cannot undo what is done, we can see it, understand it, learn from it and change.
So that every new moment is spent not in regret, guilt, fear or anger, but in wisdom, understanding and love.

ZENRIN KUSHU

Sitting quietly, doing nothing,
Spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.

DAVID BOHM

The great strength of science is that it is rooted in actual experience. The great weakness of contemporary science is that it admits only certain types of experience as legitimate.

Old Gypsy Saying

Gypsy gold does not chink or glitter,
It gleams in the sun and neighs.

W. H. AUDEN

Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can - all of them can make me laugh.

MOTHER TERESA

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Confucian Saying

If thy strength will serve, go forward in the ranks. If not, stand still.

PIET HEIN

Whenever you're called on to make up your mind, and you're hampered by not having any, The best way to solve the dilemma, you'll find, is simply by spinning a penny. No, not so that chance shall decide the affair while you're passively standing there moping, But the moment the penny is up in the air, you suddenly know what you're hoping.

SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE

I have often thought what a melancholy world this would be without children, and what an inhuman world without the aged.

Native American Saying

A bowl belongs to whoever needs it.

BERNARD EDMONDS

To dream anything that you want to dream, that is the beauty of the human mind.
To do anything that you want to do, that is the strength of the human will.
To trust yourself, to test your limits, that is the courage to succeed.

BUDDHA

If you find a good companion, who is following the same spiritual path, travel together, overcoming obstacles as they arise.

ALBERT EINSTEIN

Only two things are infinite - the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

DAVID CARRADINE

If you cannot be a poet, be the poem.

Gaelic Saying

Some people make things happen, some watch things happen, while others wonder what has happened.