Thursday, January 28, 2010

MOTHER TERESA

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

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

ANON

The only way to have a friend is to be one.
The only way to get a friend is to be one.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

THOMAS a KEMPIS

First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.

Monday, January 25, 2010

CHARLES READER

Sow a thought, and you reap an act.
Sow an act, and you reap a habit.
Sow a habit, and you reap a character.
Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.

Sunday, January 24, 2010

FRIEDRICH von SCHILLER

Keep true to the dreams of thy youth.

Saturday, January 23, 2010

from Monty Python "The Meaning of Life"

The meaning of life is nothing very special. Try to be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations.

Friday, January 22, 2010

HERODOTUS

If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.

Thursday, January 21, 2010

JOHN BERRY

The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

ELISABETH KUBLER-ROSS

There is no need to go to India or anywhere else to find peace. You will find that deep place of silence right in your room, your garden or even your bathtub.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

Content makes poor men rich. Discontentment makes rich men poor.

Monday, January 18, 2010

LAO-TZU

Manifest plainness,
Embrace simplicity,
Reduce selfishness,
Have few desires.

Sunday, January 17, 2010

ANATOLE FRANCE

To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.

Saturday, January 16, 2010

HENRY MILLER

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

Friday, January 15, 2010

MARTIN FARQUAR TUPPER

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Chinese Saying

A hundred men may make an encampment, but it takes a woman to make a home.

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

ANON

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

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

G.K. CHESTERTON

Don’t ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up.

Monday, January 11, 2010

ANNE DILLARD

How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives.

Sunday, January 10, 2010

PIET HEIN

He that lets the small things bind him
Leaves the great undone behind him.

Saturday, January 09, 2010

RAINER MARIA RILKE

This is the miracle that happens every time - to those who really love - the more they give, the more they possess.

Friday, January 08, 2010

DEEPEK CHOPRA

In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside you.

Thursday, January 07, 2010

ANON

If at the end of the day you feel dog-tired, maybe it's because you growled all day.

Wednesday, January 06, 2010

SAMUEL JOHNSON

Resolve not to be poor.
Whatever you have, spend less.

Tuesday, January 05, 2010

The DALAI LAMA

We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.

Monday, January 04, 2010

HENRY VAN DYKE

Time is
Too slow for those who wait
Too swift for those who fear
Too long for those who grieve
Too short for those who rejoice
But for those who love
Time is eternity

Sunday, January 03, 2010

KATHERINE NORRIS

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

Saturday, January 02, 2010

Arabic Saying

Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble.

Friday, January 01, 2010

HENRY WARD BEECHER

Every man should be born again on the first day of January.
Start with a fresh page.
Take up one hole more in the buckle if necessary, or let down one, according to circumstances.
But on the first of January let every man gird himself once more, with his face to the front, and take no interest in the things that were and are past.