Thursday, December 31, 2009

VERN McLELLAN

What the New Year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring to the New Year.

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

ALBERT EINSTEIN

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

ANON

A new year’s resolution is something that goes in one ear and out the other.

Monday, December 28, 2009

WILLIAM LOUDEN

To be sure of good health - eat lightly, breathe deeply, live moderately, cultivate cheerfulness, and maintain an interest in life.

Sunday, December 27, 2009

ANON

Every day must come to you as -
a new hope
a new promise
a new aspiration
a new energy
a new thrill and
a new delight.

Saturday, December 26, 2009

RABINDRANATH TAGORE

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.

Friday, December 25, 2009

CHARLES DICKENS

I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys.

Thursday, December 24, 2009

WASHINGTON IRVING

Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

BUDDHA

Do not pursue the past - the past no longer is.
Do not lose yourself in the future - the future has not yet come.
Looking deeply at life as it is in the very here and now, the practitioner dwells in stability and freedom.

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

ANON

Don't cry because it's over.
Smile because it happened.

Monday, December 21, 2009

SIR FRANCIS DRAKE

There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end until it be thoroughly finished yields the true glory.

Sunday, December 20, 2009

KITARO NISHIDA

If my heart can become pure and simple like that of a child, I think there probably can be no greater happiness than this.

Saturday, December 19, 2009

JOHN LENNON

We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it.

Friday, December 18, 2009

KAREN KENYON

Life need not just happen to us.
We can choose.
We are choosing every moment which direction to turn, towards the light or towards the dark.

Thursday, December 17, 2009

CHRISTOPHER MORLEY

Read every day something no one else is reading.
Think every day something no one else is thinking.
Do every day something no one else would be silly enough to do.
It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

FRIDTJOF NANSEN

The difficult is what takes a little time.
The impossible is what takes a little longer.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

ANON

To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.

Monday, December 14, 2009

VINCE LOMBARDI

Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is.

Sunday, December 13, 2009

RICHARD BRAUNSTEIN

It is possible to give without loving, but it is impossible to love without giving.

Saturday, December 12, 2009

SALVADOR de MADARIAGA

Considering how bad men are, it is wonderful how well they behave.

Friday, December 11, 2009

THEODORE ROOSEVELT

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never have tried to succeed.

Thursday, December 10, 2009

GOETHE

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.

Wednesday, December 09, 2009

Chinese Saying

Begin with an error of an inch and end by being a thousand miles off the mark.

Tuesday, December 08, 2009

SOPHOCLES

Look and you will find it.
What is unsought will go undetected.

Monday, December 07, 2009

HELEN KELLER

The best and the most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart

Sunday, December 06, 2009

ROBERT LOUIS STEPHENSON

No man is useless while he has a friend.



HAIKU HOMESTEAD has now resumed and will be updated every Wednesday
http://haikuhomestead.blogspot.com

Saturday, December 05, 2009

Arabian Proverb

Four things come not back: the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life and the neglected opportunity.



HAIKU HOMESTEAD has now resumed and will be updated every Wednesday
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Friday, December 04, 2009

MALCOLM FORBES

It's a very short trip. While alive, live.



HAIKU HOMESTEAD has now resumed and will be updated every Wednesday
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Thursday, December 03, 2009

ANON

Live for today,
Forget tomorrow,
Think of your hopes
And not your sorrow.



HAIKU HOMESTEAD has now resumed and will be updated every Wednesday
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Wednesday, December 02, 2009

BUDDHA

Look within, be still, free from fear and attachment.
Know the sweet joy of living in the Way.

Tuesday, December 01, 2009

GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE

Now and then its good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.

Monday, November 30, 2009

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

This above all - to thine own self be true;
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not be false to any man.

Sunday, November 29, 2009

SIVANANDA

Love expects no reward.
Love knows no fear.
Love gives - does not demand.
Love thinks no evil - imputes no motive.
To Love is to share and serve.

Saturday, November 28, 2009

WINSTON CHURCHILL

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

Friday, November 27, 2009

ANON

If you are waiting for someone to come along and save you from yourself, you have a long wait.

Thursday, November 26, 2009

ENID BLYTON

Growing old is compulsory, but growing up is optional.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

DALE CARNEGIE

All life is a chance. So take it! The person who goes furthest is the one who is willing to do and dare.

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Chinese Saying

A rumour goes in one ear and out many mouths.

Monday, November 23, 2009

ARISTOTLE

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way. You become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.

Sunday, November 22, 2009

DOUG McLEOD

I still say a church steeple with a lightning rod on top shows a lack of confidence.

Saturday, November 21, 2009

From the Dhammapada

Hold not a sin of little worth, thinking "This is little to me."
The falling drops of water will in time fill a water-jar.
Even so the foolish man becomes full of evil, although he gather it little by little.

Hold not a deed of little worth, thinking "This is little to me."
The falling drops of water will in time fill a water-jar.
Even so the wise man becomes full of good, although he gather it little by little.

Friday, November 20, 2009

HUMPHRY DAVY

Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations, given habitually, are what win and preserve the heart, and secure comfort.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

HELEN KELLER

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

SAMUEL JOHNSON

The happiest conversation is where there is no competition, no vanity, but a calm quiet interchange of sentiments.

Monday, November 16, 2009

LAMA SURYA DAS

Truth is everywhere.
It knows no religious, cultural, temporal or ethnic bounds.
Truth is the perfect circle.
Its centre is everywhere.
Its circumference stretches into infinite space.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

BERNARD MELTZER

A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.


SCOTTISH TALES FROM THE OTHER WORLD
“The Tailor who minded the Bairn” at -
http://scottishtalesfromtheotherworld.blogspot.com

Saturday, November 14, 2009

African Proverb

I pointed out to you the stars and all you saw was the tip of my finger.



SCOTTISH TALES FROM THE OTHER WORLD
“The Tailor who minded the Bairn” at -
http://scottishtalesfromtheotherworld.blogspot.com

Friday, November 13, 2009

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but playing a poor hand well.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

RUMER GODDEN

There is an Indian belief that everyone is in a house of four rooms - a physical, a mental, an emotional and a spiritual. Most of us tend to live in one room most of the time, but unless we go into every room everyday, even if only to keep it aired, we are not complete.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

MARY ANNE RADMACHER

Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Appreciate your friends. Continue to learn. Do what you love. Live as if this is all that there is.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

ALBERT SCHWEITZER

In the hope of reaching the moon, men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.

Monday, November 09, 2009

LAYMAN P'ANG

The past is already past.
Don't try to regain it.
The present does not stay.
Don't try to touch it.

From moment to moment.
The future has not come;
Don't think about it beforehand.

Sunday, November 08, 2009

ANON

You cannot plough a field by turning it over in your mind.

Saturday, November 07, 2009

DAVID RUSSELL

The hardest thing in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.

Friday, November 06, 2009

Ven. K. Sri. DHAMMANANDA

Happy is he who has lofty and noble aspirations.
Happy is he who enriches the lives of others.
Happy is he who allows others to live in peace.
Happy is he who makes this world a better place to live in.
Happy is he whose work, chores and daily tasks are labours of love.
Happy is he who loves love.

Thursday, November 05, 2009

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

True friendship is like sound health.
The value of it is seldom known until it be lost.



NEW…4-minute stories online…NEW
SCOTTISH TALES FROM THE OTHER WORLD
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Wednesday, November 04, 2009

GANDHI

We must not, like the frog in the well who imagines that the universe ends with the wall surrounding his well, think that our religion alone represents the whole truth and all others are false.


NEW...4-minute stories online...NEW
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Tuesday, November 03, 2009

GEORGE ASAF

What’s the use of worrying? It never was worth while.
[from the song “Pack up your troubles”]



NEW...4-minute stories online...NEW
SCOTTISH TALES FROM THE OTHER WORLD
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Monday, November 02, 2009

CARL SCHURZ

Ideals are like stars. You will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but, like the seafaring man on the ocean desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them reach your destination.


NEW...4-minute stories online...NEW
SCOTTISH TALES FROM THE OTHER WORLD
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Sunday, November 01, 2009

The DALAI LAMA

My religion is very simple.
My religion is kindness.


NEW...4-minute stories online...NEW
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Saturday, October 31, 2009

ANON

Blessed are those that can give without remembering and receive without forgetting.

Friday, October 30, 2009

BUDDHA

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

JOHN DRYDEN

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

ALFRED D. SOUZA

For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin--real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Chinese Saying

A rumour goes in one ear and out many mouths

Monday, October 26, 2009

LILLIAN DICKSON

Life is like a coin - you can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once.

Sunday, October 25, 2009

MARK TWAIN

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

Saturday, October 24, 2009

EURIPIDES

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

Friday, October 23, 2009

HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW

Look not mournfully into the past.
It comes not back again.
Wisely improve the present.
It is thine.
Go forth to meet the future without fear and with a manly heart.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

WINSTON CHURCHILL

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

CATHERINE PULSIFER

When you find yourself stressed, ask yourself one question - will this matter in five years from now?
If yes, then do something about the situation.
If not, then let it go.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

ANON

When someone allows you to bear his burdens, you have found deep friendship.

Monday, October 19, 2009

NORMAN VINCENT PEALE

Believe in yourself!
Have faith in your abilities!
Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

ECCLESIASTES

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow. But woe unto him that is alone when he falleth, for he hath not another to help him up.

Saturday, October 17, 2009

OSCAR WILDE

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that nothing else can bring.

Friday, October 16, 2009

INDIRA GANDHI

Where there’s love, there’s life.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Chinese Saying

A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives you roses

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

WILL ROGERS

If you want to be successful, it's just this simple.
Know what you're doing.
Love what you're doing.
Believe in what you're doing.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

RABINRANATH TAGORE

I slept and dreamt that life was Joy.
I woke and saw that life was Duty.
I acted, and behold, Duty was Joy.

Monday, October 12, 2009

THOMAS SOWELL

There is only a limited amount of damage that can be done by dull or stupid people. For creating a truly monumental disaster, you need people with high IQs.

Sunday, October 11, 2009

ANON

Watch your thoughts - they become your words.
Watch your words - they become your actions.
Watch your actions - they become your habits.
Watch your habits - they become your character.
Watch your character - it becomes your destiny.

Saturday, October 10, 2009

PETER USTINOV

Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.

Friday, October 09, 2009

BUDDHA

Happiness never decreases by being shared.

Thursday, October 08, 2009

MARY PICKFORD

If you have made mistakes, even serious ones, there is always another chance for you. What we call failure is not the falling down but the staying down.


This week at HAIKU HOMESTEAD -
When is a Haiku not a Haiku?

http://haikuhomestead.blogspot.com

Wednesday, October 07, 2009

Gaelic Saying

Chan ann leis a’chiad bhuille thuiteas a’chraobh.

It’s not with the first stroke that the tree is felled.

Tuesday, October 06, 2009

ALBERT EINSTEIN

A mind that has been stretched will never return to its original dimension.

Monday, October 05, 2009

LAO-TZU

Kindness in words creates confidence.
Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.
Kindness in giving creates love.

Sunday, October 04, 2009

JOHN NUNLEY

The only gracious way to accept an insult is to ignore it.
If you can't ignore it, top it.
If you can't top it, laugh at it.
If you can't laugh at it, it's probably deserved.

Saturday, October 03, 2009

THOMAS CARLYLE

Silence is more eloquent than words.

Friday, October 02, 2009

SAI BABA

Life is a song - sing it.
Life is a game - play it.
Life is a challenge - meet it.
Life is a dream - realize it.
Life is a sacrifice - offer it.
Life is love - enjoy it.

Thursday, October 01, 2009

Swedish Proverb

Worry often gives a small thing a gigantic shadow.

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

KAHLIL GIBRAN

Keep away from the wisdom that does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh, and the greatness which does not bow before children.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

SYDNEY HARRIS

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time.
It is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.

Monday, September 28, 2009

SHUNRYU SUZUKI

The most important thing is to find out
what is the most important thing.

Sunday, September 27, 2009

ANON

It costs nothing, but creates much.
It enriches those who receive without impoverishing those who give.
It happens in a flash, and the memory of it sometimes lasts forever.
It cannot be begged, borrowed, or stolen, but it is of no earthly good to anyone until it's given away.
So if in your hurry you run across someone too weary to smile, leave one of yours.

Saturday, September 26, 2009

MARY ANNE RADMACHER

Consider calling it a challenge rather than a crisis.

Friday, September 25, 2009

LORD BYRON

There is pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society where none intrudes,
By the deep sea and the music in its roar
I love not man the less, but Nature more.


There are more nature quotes today at JOHN’S QUIET CORNER
http://john-quietcorner.blogspot.com

Thursday, September 24, 2009

WINSTON CHURCHILL

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

ARISTOTLE

If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is Nature’s way.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

MARY PICKFORD

What we call failure is not the falling down but the staying down.

Monday, September 21, 2009

JOHN WESLEY

Beware you be not swallowed up in books.
An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge.

Sunday, September 20, 2009

OSCAR WILDE

The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on. It is never any use to oneself.

Saturday, September 19, 2009

JASCHA HEIFETZ

No matter what side of an argument you’re on, you always find some people on your side that you wish were on the other side.

Friday, September 18, 2009

Taoist Saying

Those who know do not speak.
Those who speak do not know.



More Taoist sayings have been posted at John’s Quiet Corner.

http://john-quietcorner.blogspot.com

Thursday, September 17, 2009

DENG MING-DAO

You may be capable of great things, but life consists of small things.



I was very pleased with the Haiku Homestead blog which re-started last week.

This Friday’s posting is already available and can be seen at -
http://haikuhomestead.blogspot.com

The theme is Autumn and I give some answers to the question “What exactly is a haiku?”

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Greek Proverb

A heart that loves is always young.

Monday, September 14, 2009

ERICA JONG

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer, but wish we didn't.

Sunday, September 13, 2009

PUBLILIUS SYRUS

Every day should be passed as if it were to be our last.

Saturday, September 12, 2009

AESOP

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.

Friday, September 11, 2009

GEORGE HERBERT

He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.

Thursday, September 10, 2009

GOETHE

Daring ideas are like chess men moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.

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Wednesday, September 09, 2009

KAHLIL GIBRAN

Keep away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh,
and the greatness which does not bow before children.

Tuesday, September 08, 2009

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

Monday, September 07, 2009

ANON

Every day is a good day.

Sunday, September 06, 2009

THOMAS MORE

Sweet is the dream, divinely sweet, when absent souls in fancy meet.

Saturday, September 05, 2009

CONFUCIUS

If one’s mind is elsewhere, one will look but not see, listen but not hear.

Friday, September 04, 2009

LEWIS CARROLL

Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it.

Thursday, September 03, 2009

BUDDHA

To meditate is to listen with a receptive heart.

Wednesday, September 02, 2009

PATRICIA NEAL

A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug.

Tuesday, September 01, 2009

PIERRE NICOLE

We need a reason to speak, but none to keep silent.

Monday, August 31, 2009

from FragrantHeart.com

Today is not just the first day of the rest of my life. It is also the first moment of the rest of my life, and every moment after that in which I am fully present.

Sunday, August 30, 2009

The DALAI LAMA

What is religion? As far as I am concerned, any deed done with good motivation is a religious act. On the other hand, a gathering of people in a temple or church who do not have good motivation are not performing a religious act when they pray together.

Saturday, August 29, 2009

ANON

Do not pretend you know.
Start the day fresh and new.
The only thing you know is that you do not know.

Friday, August 28, 2009

MARY KAY ASH

Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as the mind lets you. What you believe, you can achieve.



This week John’s Quiet Corner includes a painting by the Australian artist Frederick McGubbin, a poem by the Ettrick Shepherd (James Hogg) and a slide show of pictures of roses accompanied by the panpipes of Gheorghe Zamfir

http://john-quietcorner.blogspot.com

Thursday, August 27, 2009

DALE CARNEGIE

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Cherokee Saying

When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

BERTRAND RUSSELL

The fundamental cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.

Monday, August 24, 2009

FRANCIS GRAY

Look well to this day.
Yesterday is but a dream and tomorrow is only a vision. But today well-lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well therefore to this day.

Sunday, August 16, 2009

The next posting here will be on
MONDAY 24TH AUGUST

Saturday, August 15, 2009

JAMES OPPENHEIM

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance.
The wise man grows it under his feet.

Friday, August 14, 2009

ANON

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Thursday, August 13, 2009

NISARGADATTA

Wisdom tells me I'm Nothing.
Love tells me I'm Everything.
Between the two my life flows.

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

MOTHER TERESA

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.

Monday, August 10, 2009

CHARLES LAMB

The greatest pleasure in life is to do good by stealth
and be found out by accident

Sunday, August 09, 2009

King James Bible - Proverbs

A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger.

Saturday, August 08, 2009

RUMI

I have lived on the lip of insanity, wanting to know reasons.
Knocking on a door, it opens -
I've been knocking from the inside.

Friday, August 07, 2009

LAURENS van der POST

Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right

JOHN’S QUIET CORNER today includes a poem by Robert Browning, a painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, the Romance from the Gadfly Suite by Shostakovich, plus something to think about...
http://john-quietcorner.blogspot.com

Thursday, August 06, 2009

GEORGE ASAF

What's the use of worrying? It never was worthwhile.

[from the song “Pack up your troubles”]

JOHN’S QUIET CORNER tomorrow will include a poem by Robert Browning, a painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, the Romance from the Gadfly Suite by Shostakovich, plus something to think about…….
http://john-quietcorner.blogspot.com

Wednesday, August 05, 2009

LAO TSU

The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

Tuesday, August 04, 2009

GOETHE

If you treat a man as he is, he will stay as he is. However, if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be, and could be, he will become that bigger and better man.

Monday, August 03, 2009

ANON

Stop struggling for perfection, and recognise the perfection you already are.

Sunday, August 02, 2009

CAROL BURNETT

Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.

Saturday, August 01, 2009

SAMUEL JOHNSON

A man had rather have a hundred lies told of him, than one truth which he does not wish should be told.

Friday, July 31, 2009

A Gaelic blessing

Deep peace of the running wave to you,
Deep peace of the flowing air to you,
Deep peace of the shining stars to you,
Deep peace of the quiet earth to you.


http://john-quietcorner.blogspot.com

Thursday, July 30, 2009

OSCAR WILDE

Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

BUDDHA

Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Spanish Proverb

He who knows nothing, doubts nothing.

Monday, July 27, 2009

FRANCIS BACON

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties.

Sunday, July 26, 2009

CONFUCIUS

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.

Saturday, July 25, 2009

CHARLES BUXTON

You will never find time for anything. If you want the time, you must take it.

Friday, July 24, 2009

MOTHER TERESA

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But if that drop was not in the ocean, I think
the ocean would be less, because of that missing drop.


This week John’s Quiet Corner includes a Chinese poem, a Turner painting, a 1940s love song and Clair de Lune (Debussy)
http://john-quietcorner.blogspot.com

Thursday, July 23, 2009

WINSTON CHURCHILL

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.

Friday, July 17, 2009

LANGSTON HUGHES

Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow

Thursday, July 16, 2009

GEORGE MOORE

There is always a right way and a wrong way,
and the wrong way always seems the more reasonable.

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

MARIA ROBINSON

Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

from the Tao Te Ching

There is no greater sin than desire,
No greater curse than discontent,
No greater misfortune than wanting something for oneself.
Therefore he who knows that enough is enough
Will always have enough.

Monday, July 13, 2009

BERTRAND RUSSELL

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.

Sunday, July 12, 2009

ANON

Nothing lasts for ever, not even your troubles.

Saturday, July 11, 2009

FRANCIS BACON

Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.

Friday, July 10, 2009

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

If music be the food of love, play on;
Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken, and so die.
That strain again! it had a dying fall:
O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound
That breathes upon a bank of violets,
Stealing and giving odour!


There are more famous music quotes today on John’s Quiet Corner.
http://john-quietcorner.blogspot.com

Thursday, July 09, 2009

CONFUCIUS

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

Wednesday, July 08, 2009

IVAN TURGENEV

If you wait for the moment when absolutely everything is ready, you will never begin.

Tuesday, July 07, 2009

KATHLEEN NORRIS

Life is easier than you think. All that is necessary is to accept the impossible, do without the indispensable and bear the intolerable.

Monday, July 06, 2009

XENOCRATES

I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.

Sunday, July 05, 2009

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

The morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.

Saturday, July 04, 2009

Buddhist Saying

As a single slab of rock won’t budge in the wind, so the wise are not moved by praise, by blame.

Friday, July 03, 2009

WALT WHITMAN

After you have exhausted what there is in business, politics, conviviality, and so on, and have found that none of these finally satisfy, what remains? Nature remains.


John’s Quiet Corner posted today includes a painting by Yun Shouping, a poem by Henry Austin Dobson, a poem by William Wordsworth and The Humming Chorus from Madame Butterfly.
http://john-quietcorner.blogspot.com

Thursday, July 02, 2009

MALCOLM FORBES

The dumbest people I know are those who know it all.

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

MAYA ANGELOU

Lift up your eyes
Upon this day breaking for you,
Give birth again
To the dream.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

JIMMY DEAN

I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to reach my destination.

Monday, June 29, 2009

GANDHI

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

Sunday, June 28, 2009

ANON

Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass. It's about learning how to dance in the rain.

Saturday, June 27, 2009

WILLIAM E. GLADSTONE

No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes.

Friday, June 26, 2009

MAX EHRMANN

Go placidly amid the noise and the haste,
And remember what peace there may be in silence.


Those are the first lines of Max Ehrmann’s prose poem “Desiderata.”
In my blog John’s Quiet Corner posted today I have included a visual presentation of the complete poem against a background of lovely scenery, and accompanied by the sublime music of Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings.

The whole video takes 10 minutes, but I highly recommend it.

http://john-quietcorner.blogspot.com/

Thursday, June 25, 2009

SAMUEL JOHNSON

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

REBA McENTIRE

To succeed in life you need three things - a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Hitch your wagon to a star.

Monday, June 22, 2009

BUDDHA

There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts. It is a sword that kills.

Sunday, June 21, 2009

SHANTI

You are really rich when you enjoy yourself as you are, when you are contented with what you have.

Friday, June 19, 2009

HENRY DAVID THOREAU

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.

JAMES M. BARRIE

Life is a long lesson in humility.

Thursday, June 18, 2009

The DALAI LAMA

Don’t try to use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist. Use it to be a better whatever-you-already-are.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

ANON

Fear knocked at the door.
Faith answered, and lo -
No-one was there.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

DANIEL DEFOE

The killing of time is the worst of murders.

Monday, June 15, 2009

HORACE

Learn to be wise, strain out the wine and prune lavish hopes to the quick. While we converse, envious time will have vanished. Harvest today, placing the least credence on what is to come.

Sunday, June 14, 2009

DANNY KAYE

Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.

Saturday, June 13, 2009

SENECA

We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly and without hesitation. There is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.

Friday, June 12, 2009

AMY BLOOM

Love at first sight is easy to understand; it’s when two people have been married for a lifetime that it becomes a miracle.

-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-

Since today is my 55th Wedding Anniversary, I’ve posted some of our Wedding Photographs on the EIGHTY PLUS website - http://80plus.blogspot.com/

Thursday, June 11, 2009

C.S. LEWIS

Love is unselfishly choosing for another's highest good.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

ANON

Today is the absolute day, the only day in the eternity of time.
Every day is fresh and new, just as one’s life is new every day.

Tuesday, June 09, 2009

THOMAS A KEMPIS

If we live in peace ourselves, we in turn may bring peace to others. A peaceable man does more good than a learned one.

Sunday, June 07, 2009

GOETHE

One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.

RICHARD BACH

If it's never our fault, we can't take responsibility for it. If we can't take responsibility for it, we'll always be its victim.

Saturday, June 06, 2009

ANDRE GIDE

Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.

MARY OLIVER

When it’s over, I want to say -
All my life I was a bride married to amazement.
I was the bridegroom taking the world into my arms.
When it’s over, I don’t want to wonder if I have made of my life something particular and real.
I don’t want to find myself sighing and frightened, or full of argument.
I don’t want to end up simply having visited this world.

Friday, June 05, 2009

HENRY DAVID THOREAU

Be resolutely and faithfully what you are. Be humbly what you aspire to be.

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My EIGHTY PLUS blog today includes two paintings by Abraham Solomon, a poem by William Makepeace Thackeray, an unusual aspect of Scottish life in the 18th century, and a real treat for octogenarians who are still kids at heart!!!

http://80plus.blogspot.com

Thursday, June 04, 2009

WINSTON CHURCHILL

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

Wednesday, June 03, 2009

LOU HOLTZ

Ability is what you're capable of doing.
Motivation determines what you do.
Attitude determines how well you do it.

Tuesday, June 02, 2009

JIM BEGGS

Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available.

Monday, June 01, 2009

Ancient Egyptian Saying

Silence is more profitable than abundance of speech.

Sunday, May 31, 2009

JONATHAN SWIFT

We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to
make us love one another.

Saturday, May 30, 2009

BUDDHA

Believe nothing because a wise man said it.
Believe nothing because it is generally held true.
Believe nothing because it is written.
Believe nothing because it is said to be divine.
Believe nothing because someone else believes it.
But believe only what you yourself judge to be true.

Friday, May 29, 2009

ANON

A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top
JOHN'S QUIET CORNER is a new blog which started today.
I'm hoping that it will provide a few relaxing minutes.
The address is -
http://john-quietcorner.blogspot.com

WISE MEN SAY will continue daily and EIGHTY PLUS every Friday.

Thursday, May 28, 2009

JEAN KERR

If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, it is possible you haven’t grasped the gravity of the situation.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

GANDHI

Seven Blunders of the World -

1. Wealth without work
2. Pleasure without conscience
3. Knowledge without character
4. Commerce without morality
5. Science without humanity
6. Worship without sacrifice
7. Politics without principle

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

ANON

Be content with what you have,
Rejoice in the way things are,
When you realise there is nothing lacking -
The World belongs to You!

Monday, May 25, 2009

JOHN RUSKIN

It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated.

Sunday, May 24, 2009

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

Vessels large may venture more,
But little boats should keep near shore.

Saturday, May 23, 2009

AMY CARMICHAEL

You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.

Friday, May 22, 2009

HILAIRE BELLOC

Before the curse of statistics fell upon mankind we lived a happy innocent life, full of merriment and go, and informed by fairly good judgment.

Thursday, May 21, 2009

DENG MING-DAO

seek silence
gladden silence
adore silence

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

HENRY DAVID THOREAU

It is not enough to be busy - so are the ants. The question is - what are we busy about?

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

PLUTARCH

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man, but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

Monday, May 18, 2009

GEORGE SAND

Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.

Sunday, May 17, 2009

BUDDHA

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

Saturday, May 16, 2009

THOMAS FULLER

That which is bitter to endure may be sweet to remember.

Friday, May 15, 2009

BEN HOGAN

As you walk down the fairway of life, you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.

Thursday, May 14, 2009

CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

First thought, best thought.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

WINSTON CHURCHILL

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

ANON

Speak well of your enemies.
After all, you made them.

Monday, May 11, 2009

PLATO

Let me make the songs of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws.

Sunday, May 10, 2009

PETER USTINOV

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.

Saturday, May 09, 2009

Chinese Proverb

Those who drink the water should remember with gratitude those who dug the well.

Friday, May 08, 2009

ALAN PATON

When a deep injury is done us, we can never recover until we forgive.

Thursday, May 07, 2009

ANTONIO MACHADO

Traveller, there is no path,
Paths are made by walking.

Wednesday, May 06, 2009

CHARLOTTE GRAY

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

Tuesday, May 05, 2009

ARNOLD BENNETT

It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is from the top.

Monday, May 04, 2009

BUDDHA

He who experiences the unity of life sees his own self in all beings, and all beings in his own self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye.

Sunday, May 03, 2009

ANON

Smiling is infectious,
You can catch it like the flu.
Someone smiled at me today,
And I started smiling too.

Saturday, May 02, 2009

KIN HUBBARD

Don’t knock the weather. Nine-tenths of people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while.

Friday, May 01, 2009

WILLIAM BLAKE

No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Spanish Proverb

The door to the human heart can be opened only from the inside.

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

HELEN KELLER

When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

THOMAS CARLYLE

Oh, give us the man who sings at his work.

Monday, April 27, 2009

EDMUND HILLARY

It is not the mountain that we conquer but ourselves.

Sunday, April 26, 2009

LAO-TZU

At the centre of your being you have the answer. You know who you are and you know what you want.

Saturday, April 25, 2009

DR.SEUSS

You have brains in your head, You have feet in your shoes,
You can steer yourself, any direction you choose.

Friday, April 24, 2009

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

He that waits upon fortune is never sure of a dinner.

Thursday, April 23, 2009

BUDDHA

Teach this triple truth to all:- A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

THOMAS PARNELL

Let those love now who never loved before. Let those who always loved now love the more.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

ANON

No one needs a smile as much as he who has none to give.

Monday, April 20, 2009

WILLIAM BLAKE

Can I see another's woe,
And not be in sorrow too?
Can I see another's grief,
And not seek for kind relief?

Sunday, April 19, 2009

from Fragrantheart.com

Nature is always giving and from her comes the richness of life. I too find my life a lot richer when I give.

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Attrib. WILDE, TWAIN, WC FIELDS etc.

Whenever I feel like exercise, I lie down till the feeling passes.

Friday, April 17, 2009

IKKYU

Many paths lead from
The foot of the mountain,
But at the peak
We all gaze at the
Single bright moon

Thursday, April 16, 2009

WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD

A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

The DALAI LAMA

Chairman Mao once said that political power comes from the barrel of a gun. Of course it is true that violence can achieve certain short-term objectives. But it cannot obtain long-lasting ends. If we look at history, we find that in time humanity’s love of peace, justice and freedom triumphs over cruelty and oppression. That is why I am a fervent believer in non-violence.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

ARTHUR ASHE

From what we get, we can make a living. What we give, however, makes a life.

Monday, April 13, 2009

ANON

Cease wretch to mourn to weep -
Sip up the sun,
We dance along death's icy rim,
But is the dance less fun?

Sunday, April 12, 2009

ANTON CHEKHOV

A good upbringing means not that you won’t spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won’t notice it when someone else does.

Saturday, April 11, 2009

ANNE FRANK

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

Friday, April 10, 2009

JOHN RUSKIN

What we think or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only thing of consequence is what we do.

Thursday, April 09, 2009

LAO-TZU

Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.

Wednesday, April 08, 2009

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher.

Tuesday, April 07, 2009

SOCRATES

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

Monday, April 06, 2009

GROUCHO MARX

I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.

Sunday, April 05, 2009

MARY ANNE RADMACHER

May your walls know joy. May every room hold laughter and every window open to great possibility.

Saturday, April 04, 2009

VICTOR HUGO

Adversity makes men and prosperity makes monsters.

Friday, April 03, 2009

ANON

The Meaning of Life is to give life Meaning.

Thursday, April 02, 2009

MOTHER TERESA

Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.

Wednesday, April 01, 2009

GEOFFREY SMITH

If I am depressed or if I think the world’s a filthy place, I just go and look at a flower.

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

WILLIAM BLAKE

He who binds himself to joy
Doth the winged life destroy,
But he who kisses the joy as it flies
Lives in eternity’s sunrise.

Monday, March 30, 2009

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Sunday, March 29, 2009

JESUS of NAZARETH

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

Saturday, March 28, 2009

MARK TWAIN

It's noble to be good. It's still nobler to teach others to be good - and less trouble.

Friday, March 27, 2009

from FragrantHeart.com

This day I awaken to joy, to love, to life, for that is who I truly am. I am joy, I am love, I am life.

Thursday, March 26, 2009

BUDDHA

Cease to do evil, start to do good……work out your own salvation with diligence.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

ZADOK RABINWITZ

A man's dreams are an index to his greatness.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

RICHARD LOVELACE

Stone wall do not a prison make,
Nor iron bars a cage;
Minds innocent and quiet take
That for an hermitage;
If I have freedom in my love,
And in my soul am free,
Angels alone that soar above
Enjoy such liberty.

Monday, March 23, 2009

CONFUCIUS

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.

Sunday, March 22, 2009

ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

The truest greatness lies in being kind,
The truest wisdom in a happy mind.

Saturday, March 21, 2009

ANON

If you don't have a smile, I'll give you one of mine.

Friday, March 20, 2009

HENRY MILLER

Develop an interest in life as you see it - the people, things, literature , music. The world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

LOU HOLTZ

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER Jr.

Giving is the secret of a healthy life - not necessarily money, but whatever a person has of encouragement, sympathy and understanding.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

MIGUEL DE CERVANTES

Tell me what company thou keepst, and I'll tell thee what thou art.

Monday, March 16, 2009

ANON

You can complain that the roses have thorns, or you can rejoice that the thorns have roses.

Sunday, March 15, 2009

RABINDRANATH TAGORE

The same stream of life, that runs through my veins night and day, runs through the world and dances in rhythmic measures. My pride is from the life-throb of ages dancing in my blood this moment.

Saturday, March 14, 2009

THOMAS CARLYLE

The block of granite, which was an obstacle in the path of the weak, becomes a stepping stone in the path of the strong.

Friday, March 13, 2009

PHYLLIS DILLER

A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.

Thursday, March 12, 2009

THEODORE ROOSEVELT

It is better to be faithful than famous.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

JOHN BURROUGHS

I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Ancient Chinese Proverb

A single conversation across a table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books.

Monday, March 09, 2009

DEEPAK CHOPRA

Giving connects two people, the giver and the receiver, and this connection gives birth to a new sense of belonging.

Sunday, March 08, 2009

MARK TWAIN

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.

Saturday, March 07, 2009

BLAISE PASCAL

All the good maxims have been written. It only remains to put them into practice.

Friday, March 06, 2009

W.E.HENLEY

I am the master of my fate. I am the captain of my soul.

Thursday, March 05, 2009

ANON

Laundry is the only thing that should be separated by colour.

Wednesday, March 04, 2009

BUDDHA

He who receives kindness should never forget it, but he who performs it should never remember it.

Tuesday, March 03, 2009

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Allow yourself to trust joy and embrace it. You will find you dance with everything.

Monday, March 02, 2009

DR.SEUSS

Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting! So - get on your way!

Sunday, March 01, 2009

JOHN RUSKIN

Life is a magic vase filled to the brim, so made that you cannot dip into it nor draw from it, but it overflows into the hand that drops treasures into it. Drop malice into it and it overflows hate. Drop in charity and it overflows love.

Saturday, February 28, 2009

ARISTOTLE

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way. You become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.

Friday, February 27, 2009

ANON

A little bit of help is better than a great deal of pity.

Thursday, February 26, 2009

ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

‘Tis easy enough to be pleasant when life flows along like a song; But the man worth while is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

GANDHI

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

DAVID GRAYSON

Adventure is not outside man; it is within.

Monday, February 23, 2009

WILLIAM FAULKNER

The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

Sunday, February 22, 2009

RABINDRANATH TAGORE

Faith is the bird that sings when the dawn is still dark.

Saturday, February 21, 2009

ALFRED ADLER

The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.

Friday, February 20, 2009

ANON

There is so much bad in the best of us, and so much good in the worst of us, that it ill behoves the best of us to say any ill of the worst of us.

[It’s exactly 3 years since I created this blog. When I began I was uncertain in how it would progress, and on that first day I posted no fewer than 30 quotations! Since then, a routine has developed and my aim has been to publish a quote daily. There have been 1065 posts, and since last December the number of hits has averaged 70 per week. The majority of visitors to the site are from the UK and the USA, but there are a surprising number of people all over the world who access the blog.]

Thursday, February 19, 2009

THOMAS CARLYLE

Stop a moment, cease your work, and look around you.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

ALBERT SCHWEITZER

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

HECTOR BERLIOZ

Time is a great teacher. Unfortunately it kills all its pupils.

Monday, February 16, 2009

Buddhist Saying

Neither fire nor wind nor birth nor death can erase our good deeds.

Sunday, February 15, 2009

MOTHER TERESA

A joyful heart is the inevitable result of a heart burning with love.

Saturday, February 14, 2009

for St Valentine's Day

Two anonymous quotes -

What would it be like to swing on a star, or walk on a cloud? Would it be anything like what I feel whenever you are near?

Love means nothing in tennis, but it's everything in life.

Friday, February 13, 2009

VOLTAIRE

Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare the truth thou hast, that all may share. Be bold, proclaim it everywhere. They only live who dare.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

From Fragrantheart.com

When we are connected to Nature even the tiniest creature elicits our awe and reverence.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

EDWARD DE BONO

The simple process of focussing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

BUDDHA

It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

Monday, February 09, 2009

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

There are three things which are extremely hard - steel, a diamond, and to know oneself.

Sunday, February 08, 2009

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

The more I see of the moneyed classes, the more I understand the guillotine.

Saturday, February 07, 2009

MIGUEL DE CERVANTES

Time ripens all things, no man is born wise.

Friday, February 06, 2009

Indian Proverb

Every time you wake up, ask yourself, "What good things am I going to do today?" Remember that, when the sun goes down at sunset, it will take a part of your life with it.

Thursday, February 05, 2009

MALCOLM FORBES

Failure is success if we learn from it.

Wednesday, February 04, 2009

LAO-TZU

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength. Loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Tuesday, February 03, 2009

ALBERT SCHWEITZER

I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little to bring some portion of misery to an end.

Monday, February 02, 2009

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Insist on being yourself. Never imitate.

Sunday, February 01, 2009

CONFUCIUS

To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order. To put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order. To put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life. We must first set our hearts right. 

Saturday, January 31, 2009

AUGUSTE RODIN

Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.

Friday, January 30, 2009

ANNE FRANK

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

Thursday, January 29, 2009

MARK TWAIN

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

St.BASIL

He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

ANON

A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success.

Monday, January 26, 2009

MARCUS AURELIUS

I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned the hard way that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end.
Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live.

Sunday, January 25, 2009

VICTOR HUGO

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved - loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.

Saturday, January 24, 2009

MICHAEL KORDA

In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.

Friday, January 23, 2009

Zen Buddhist Saying

The finger pointing at the moon is not the moon.

Thursday, January 22, 2009

ERICA JONG

Everyone has a talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

How poor are they that have not patience.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

RABINDRANATH TAGORE

The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.

Monday, January 19, 2009

D.H. LAWRENCE

I got the blues thinking of the future, so I left off and made some marmalade. It’s amazing how it cheers one up to shred oranges and scrub the floor.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

BUDDHA

It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

Saturday, January 17, 2009

MARYANNE RADMACHER-HERSHEY

Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says, “ I'll try again tomorrow.”

Friday, January 16, 2009

ANON

Don't ever save anything for a special occasion. Being alive is that special occasion.

Thursday, January 15, 2009

T.S.ELIOT

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you.

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

JOAN MILLS

I've gone through life believing in the strength and competence of others, never in my own. Now I discover that my capacities are real - it's like finding a fortune in the lining of an old coat.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

from the Dhammapada

Conquer the angry man by love.
Conquer the ill-natured man by goodness.
Conquer the miser with generosity.
Conquer the liar with truth.

Monday, January 12, 2009

WILLIAM ARTHUR

Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I may not forget you.

Sunday, January 11, 2009

MARK TWAIN

The best way to cheer yourself is to cheer somebody else up.

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Spanish Proverb

How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards.

Friday, January 09, 2009

RABINDRANATH TAGORE

I slept and dreamt that life was Joy,
I woke and saw that life was Duty,
I acted and behold - Duty was Joy.

Thursday, January 08, 2009

MAYA ANGELOU

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

STEPHEN COVEY

Begin with the end in mind.

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

DIOGENES

We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.

Monday, January 05, 2009

Chinese proverb

Even a great feast has a last course

Sunday, January 04, 2009

ALBERT SCHWEITZER

Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few stones upon it.

Saturday, January 03, 2009

RICHARD NELSON BOLLES

One of the saddest lines in the world is - oh come now, be realistic. The best parts of this world were not fashioned by those who were realistic. They were fashioned by those who dared to look hard at their wishes and gave them horses to ride.

Friday, January 02, 2009

ANAIS NIN

I made no resolutions for the New Year. The habit of making plans, of criticizing, sanctioning and moulding my life, is too much of a daily event for me.

Thursday, January 01, 2009

OPRAH WINFREY

Cheers to a New Year and another chance for us to get it right.