"To be innocent is to be not guilty; but to be virtuous is to overcome our evil inclinations" – William Penn
“To be innocent is to be not guilty; but to be virtuous is to overcome our evil inclinations” – William Penn
Month: May 2010
"The profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until an equal mind and heart finds and publishes it." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until an equal mind and heart finds and publishes it.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
"He said it looked like a huge flaming ball that went off into the horizon." – Daniel Yates
“He said it looked like a huge flaming ball that went off into the horizon.” – Daniel Yates
"Fidelity is seven-tenths of business success" – James Parton
“Fidelity is seven-tenths of business success” – James Parton
"Console yourself by remembering that the world doesn’t deserve your affection" – Arthur Schopenhauer
“Console yourself by remembering that the world doesn’t deserve your affection” – Arthur Schopenhauer
"You know it’s love when all you want is that person to be happy, even if you’re not part of their happiness." – Julia Roberts
“You know it’s love when all you want is that person to be happy, even if you’re not part of their happiness.” – Julia Roberts
"In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play." – Friedrich Nietzsche
“In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
"Virtue has never been as respectable as money" – Mark Twain
“Virtue has never been as respectable as money” – Mark Twain
"Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without" – Confucius
“Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without” – Confucius
"School is practice for future life, practice makes perfect and nobodys perfect, so why practice?" – Billie Joe Armstrong
“School is practice for future life, practice makes perfect and nobodys perfect, so why practice?” – Billie Joe Armstrong
"I wasn’t a great communicator, but I communicated great things, and they didn’t spring full-bloom from my brow — they came from the heart of a great nation." – Ronald Reagan
“I wasn’t a great communicator, but I communicated great things, and they didn’t spring full-bloom from my brow — they came from the heart of …
"No nation ever had two better friends than we have. You know who they are? The Atlantic and Pacific oceans." – Will Rogers
“No nation ever had two better friends than we have. You know who they are? The Atlantic and Pacific oceans.” – Will Rogers
"I never go outside unless I look like Joan Crawford the movie star. If you want to see the girl next door, go next door." – Joan Crawford
“I never go outside unless I look like Joan Crawford the movie star. If you want to see the girl next door, go next door.” …
"I’m afraid to be alone, I’m afraid not to be alone. I’m afraid of what I am, what I’m not, what I might become, what I might never become. I don’t want to stay at my job for the rest of my life, but I’m afraid to leave. And I’m just tired, you know? I’m just so tired of being afraid." – Michelle Pfeiffer
“I’m afraid to be alone, I’m afraid not to be alone. I’m afraid of what I am, what I’m not, what I might become, what …
"God makes three requests of his children: Do the best you can, where you are, with what you have, now" – African-American Proverb
“God makes three requests of his children: Do the best you can, where you are, with what you have, now” – African-American Proverb
"We raise the prospect here that New Zealand has already fallen into a recession." – Brent Layton
“We raise the prospect here that New Zealand has already fallen into a recession.” – Brent Layton
"Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn’t it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, so that nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life…You give them a piece of you. They didn’t ask for it. They did something dumb one day, like kiss you or smile at you, and then your life isn’t your own anymore. Love takes hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness, so simple a phrase like ‘maybe we should be just friends’ turns into a glass splinter working its way into your heart. It hurts. Not just in the imagination. Not just in the mind. It’s a soul-hurt, a real gets-inside-you-and-rips-you-apart pain. I hate love." – Neil Gaiman
“Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn’t it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and …
"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly." – Buddha
“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to …
"Nothing can bring you happiness but yourself." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Nothing can bring you happiness but yourself.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
"My philosophy of leadership is to surround myself with good people who have ability, judgment and knowledge, but above all, a passion for service." – Sonny Perdue
“My philosophy of leadership is to surround myself with good people who have ability, judgment and knowledge, but above all, a passion for service.” – …
"I pay no attention whatever to anybody’s praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings." – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
“I pay no attention whatever to anybody’s praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
"Humanity I love you because when you’re hard up you pawn your intelligence to buy a drink" – E. E. Cummings
“Humanity I love you because when you’re hard up you pawn your intelligence to buy a drink” – E. E. Cummings
"Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts." – Margaret Lee Runbeck
“Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.” – Margaret Lee Runbeck
"I took it all for granted, I’m sorry to say." – Dorothy McGuire
“I took it all for granted, I’m sorry to say.” – Dorothy McGuire
"The economic leg is much longer than the social leg in China. That’s why the big new motto of the government is ‘harmonious society’." – Dominic Barton
“The economic leg is much longer than the social leg in China. That’s why the big new motto of the government is ‘harmonious society’.” – …
"Staffs in CPA firms are often so busy that they don’t have time to prepare and sit for the exam." – Dave Donnelly
“Staffs in CPA firms are often so busy that they don’t have time to prepare and sit for the exam.” – Dave Donnelly
"An invitation to a wedding invokes more trouble than a summons to a police court." – William Feather
“An invitation to a wedding invokes more trouble than a summons to a police court.” – William Feather
"The only true retirement is that of the heart; the only true leisure is the repose of the passions. To such persons it makes little difference whether they are young or old; and they die as they have lived, with graceful resignation." – William Hazlitt
“The only true retirement is that of the heart; the only true leisure is the repose of the passions. To such persons it makes little …
"Who takes the child by the hand takes the mother by the heart" – Danish Proverb
“Who takes the child by the hand takes the mother by the heart” – Danish Proverb
"The punctuation of anniversaries is terrible, like the closing of doors, one after another between you and what you want to hold on to." – Anne Morrow Lindbergh
“The punctuation of anniversaries is terrible, like the closing of doors, one after another between you and what you want to hold on to.” – …
God will certainly reward virtue and punish vice, either here or hereafter. -Franklin, Benjamin
God will certainly reward virtue and punish vice, either here or hereafter. -Franklin, Benjamin
Wem der Himmel eine große Aufgabe zugedacht hat, dessen Herz und Willen zermürbt er erst durch Leid. ~~~ Mengzi
Wem der Himmel eine große Aufgabe zugedacht hat, dessen Herz und Willen zermürbt er erst durch Leid. Mengzi
"I claim there ain’t Another Saint As great as Valentine." – Ogden Nash
“I claim there ain’t Another Saint As great as Valentine.” – Ogden Nash
"Humility is not cowardice. Meekness is not weakness. Humility and meekness are indeed spiritual powers." – Swami Sivananda
“Humility is not cowardice. Meekness is not weakness. Humility and meekness are indeed spiritual powers.” – Swami Sivananda
"So great moreover is the regard of the law for private property, that it will not authorize the least violation of it; no, not even for the general good of the whole community" – William Blackstone
“So great moreover is the regard of the law for private property, that it will not authorize the least violation of it; no, not even …
"Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart." – Washington Irving
“Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.” – Washington Irving
"Incredibly, inordinately, devastatingly, immortally, calamitously, hearteningly, adorably beautiful." – Rupert Brooke
“Incredibly, inordinately, devastatingly, immortally, calamitously, hearteningly, adorably beautiful.” – Rupert Brooke
"I was adored once too." – William Shakespeare
“I was adored once too.” – William Shakespeare
"The dogma of science is that the will cannot possibly affect external forces, and I think that’s just ridiculous. It’s as bad as the church. My viewpoint is the exact contrary of the scientific viewpoint. I believe that if you run into somebody in the street it’s for a reason. Among primitive people they say if someone was bitten by a snake he was murdered. I believe that." – William S. Burroughs
“The dogma of science is that the will cannot possibly affect external forces, and I think that’s just ridiculous. It’s as bad as the church. …
"You can’t stop loving or wanting to love because when its right, it’s the best thing in the world. When you’re in a relationship and it’s good, even if nothing else in your life is right, you feel like your whole world is complete." – Keith Sweat
“You can’t stop loving or wanting to love because when its right, it’s the best thing in the world. When you’re in a relationship and …