JONATHAN SWIFT

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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!

JOHN RUSKIN

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

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

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

AMY CARMICHAEL

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

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.

DENG MING-DAO

seek silence
gladden silence
adore silence

HENRY DAVID THOREAU

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

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.

GEORGE SAND

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

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.

THOMAS FULLER

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

BEN HOGAN

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

CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

First thought, best thought.

WINSTON CHURCHILL

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

ANON

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

PLATO

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

PETER USTINOV

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

Chinese Proverb

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

ALAN PATON

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

ANTONIO MACHADO

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

CHARLOTTE GRAY

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

ARNOLD BENNETT

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

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.

ANON

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

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.

WILLIAM BLAKE

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