I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority, by someone recognized wiser than oneself - Marlene Dietrich
Friday, May 30, 2008
ALBERT SCHWEITZER
Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust and hostility to evaporate.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
THICH NHAT HANH
Through your love for each other, through learning the art of making one person happy,
you learn to express your love for the whole of humanity and all beings.
Please help us develop the curriculum for the Institute for the Happiness of One Person.
Don't wait until we open the school.
You can begin practicing right away.
you learn to express your love for the whole of humanity and all beings.
Please help us develop the curriculum for the Institute for the Happiness of One Person.
Don't wait until we open the school.
You can begin practicing right away.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Monday, May 26, 2008
HELEN KELLER
Avoiding danger is no safer
in the long run than outright exposure.
Life is either a daring adventure,
or nothing.
in the long run than outright exposure.
Life is either a daring adventure,
or nothing.
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Saturday, May 24, 2008
SAMUEL JOHNSON
If your determination is fixed,
I do not counsel you to despair.
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.
Great works are performed not by strength,
but by perseverance.
I do not counsel you to despair.
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.
Great works are performed not by strength,
but by perseverance.
Friday, May 23, 2008
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Gaelic Saying
Bidh an t-ubhal as fheàrr air a’mheangan as àirde. (The best apple is on the highest bough.)
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
ANON
Young men who have wives, O then,
Young men who have wives, O then,
Be kind to the first for the next may be worse,
And you'll long for the first one again.
[from a trad. song "I Married a Wife"]
Young men who have wives, O then,
Be kind to the first for the next may be worse,
And you'll long for the first one again.
[from a trad. song "I Married a Wife"]
Monday, May 19, 2008
KAHLIL GIBRAN
The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest and then becomes a host, and then a master.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Saturday, May 17, 2008
CARY GRANT
My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can.
Friday, May 16, 2008
Latin Proverb
Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled; nor can the hour, which has once fled by, return again.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively. He must put himself in the place of another and of many others. The pains and pleasures of his species must become his own.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
BUDDHA
Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care, for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Saturday, May 10, 2008
LORD CHESTERFIELD
Know the true value of time. Snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination. Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
Friday, May 09, 2008
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