Thursday, March 31, 2011

Turkish Proverb

Things never go so well that one should have no fear, and never so ill that one should have no hope.

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

MATTHEW PARRIS

The commonest big mistake the individual outside politics makes about the people inside is to suppose that they have a plan

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

ELBERT HUBBARD

There is no failure except in no longer trying.

Monday, March 28, 2011

JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU

It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.

Sunday, March 27, 2011

St TERESA of AVILA

The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved.

Saturday, March 26, 2011

ORISON S. MARDEN

Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before
them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.




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Friday, March 25, 2011

The Talmud

For the unlearned, old age is winter; for the learned it is the season of the harvest.



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Thursday, March 24, 2011

ALBERT SCHWEITZER

Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to make you wonder in the shape of a tree, the trembling of a leaf.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

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 make me laugh.



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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

CONFUCIUS

The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.



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Monday, March 21, 2011

HENRY FORD

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.



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Sunday, March 20, 2011

DEEPEK CHOPRA

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



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Saturday, March 19, 2011

LILY TOMLIN

The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.

Friday, March 18, 2011

ANON

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away.

Thursday, March 17, 2011

MAHATMA GANDHI

Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

THOMAS CARLYLE

The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

ROBERT SOUTHEY

Home - there is a magic in that little word, it is a mystic circle that surrounds comforts and virtues never known beyond its hallowed limits.

Monday, March 14, 2011

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.

Sunday, March 13, 2011

OSHO

Love is not a passion, love is not an emotion.
Love is a very deep understanding that somebody somehow completes you.
The presence of the other enhances your presence.
Love gives freedom to be yourself; it is not possessiveness.

Saturday, March 12, 2011

SAM LEVENSON

Somewhere on this globe every 10 seconds, there is a woman giving birth to a child. She must be found and stopped.

Friday, March 11, 2011

Latin Proverb

Possessions dwindle. I mourn their loss. But I mourn the loss of time much more, for everyone can save his purse, but none can win back lost time.

Thursday, March 10, 2011

THOMAS H. HUXLEY

Much can be done to change the nature of man himself. The intelligence which has converted the brother of the wolf into the guardian of the flock ought to be able to do something toward curbing the instinct of savaging in civilised man.

Wednesday, March 09, 2011

THEODORE ROOSEVELT

The man who makes no mistakes usually does not make anything

Tuesday, March 08, 2011

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

We are all travellers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.

Monday, March 07, 2011

JAMES ALLEN

The greatest achievements were at first and for a time dreams. The oak sleeps in the acorn.

Sunday, March 06, 2011

LAO TSU

Knowing others is wisdom,
Knowing the self is enlightenment.
Mastering others requires force,
Mastering the self needs strength.

Saturday, March 05, 2011

CHARLOTTE WHITTON

Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily this is not difficult.

Friday, March 04, 2011

PUBLILIUS SYRUS

To do two things at once is to do neither.

Thursday, March 03, 2011

DALE CARNEGIE

One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon, instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.

Wednesday, March 02, 2011

From the Dhammapada

Better than a thousand
Hollow words
Is one word that brings peace.

Tuesday, March 01, 2011

CHARLES DICKENS

Reflect on your present blessings, of which every man has many, not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.