"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love." – Sophocles
“One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love.” – Sophocles
Month: May 2010
"Growth begins when we begin to accept our own weakness" – Jean Vanier
“Growth begins when we begin to accept our own weakness” – Jean Vanier
"Is love a tender thing? It is too rough, too rude, too boisterous; and it pricks like thorn." – William Shakespeare
“Is love a tender thing? It is too rough, too rude, too boisterous; and it pricks like thorn.” – William Shakespeare
"It is strange how the memory of a man may float to posterity on what he would have himself regarded as the most trifling of his works." – William Osler
“It is strange how the memory of a man may float to posterity on what he would have himself regarded as the most trifling of …
"Love to faults is always blind, always is to joy inclined. Lawless, winged, and unconfined, and breaks all chains from every mind." – William Shakespeare
“Love to faults is always blind, always is to joy inclined. Lawless, winged, and unconfined, and breaks all chains from every mind.” – William Shakespeare
"Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you’ve got to say, and say it hot." – D.H. Lawrence
“Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you’ve got to say, and say it hot.” – D.H. …
"Your idea of fidelity is not having more than one man in bed at the same time" – Frederic Raphael
“Your idea of fidelity is not having more than one man in bed at the same time” – Frederic Raphael
"The ignorant man always adores what he cannot understand." – Cesare Lombroso
“The ignorant man always adores what he cannot understand.” – Cesare Lombroso
"Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable." – Bruce Lee
“Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. …
"The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is." – Oscar Wilde
“The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is.” – Oscar Wilde
"Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit" – George Carlin
“Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit” – George Carlin
"Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together" – Anais Nin
“Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together” – Anais Nin
"True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country." – Kurt Vonnegut
“True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.” – Kurt Vonnegut
"Man wishes woman to be peaceable, but in fact she is essentially warlike, like the cat." – Friedrich Nietzsche
“Man wishes woman to be peaceable, but in fact she is essentially warlike, like the cat.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
"Watching the sun rise over the ocean is making it easy for me to wake up and get out of bed. I’m not jumping up to take a shower or go to work. I’m jumping up to greet the majesty of the day, of God, of me. The majesty reminds me that God’s in his heaven … and so am I. And, heaven is a lovely place to start the day, a lovely place to live." – Jan Denise
“Watching the sun rise over the ocean is making it easy for me to wake up and get out of bed. I’m not jumping up …
"I was born by Caesarean section, but you can’t really tell… except that when I leave my house, I always go out the window." – Stephen Wright
“I was born by Caesarean section, but you can’t really tell… except that when I leave my house, I always go out the window.” – …
"Men kick friendship around like a football but it doesn’t seem to break. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces." – Anne Morrow Lindbergh
“Men kick friendship around like a football but it doesn’t seem to break. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.” – Anne …
"The appropriate age for marriage is around eighteen for girls and thirty-seven for men." – Aristotle
“The appropriate age for marriage is around eighteen for girls and thirty-seven for men.” – Aristotle
"Children will not remember you for the material things you provided but for the feeling that you cherished them." – Richard L. Evans
“Children will not remember you for the material things you provided but for the feeling that you cherished them.” – Richard L. Evans
"The recession started upon my arrival. It could have been—some say February, some say March, some speculate maybe earlier it started—but nevertheless, it happened as we showed up here. The attacks on our country affected our economy. Corporate scandals affected the confidence of people and therefore affected the economy. My decision on Iraq, this kind of march to war, affected the economy." – George W. Bush
“The recession started upon my arrival. It could have been—some say February, some say March, some speculate maybe earlier it started—but nevertheless, it happened as …
"We are injured and hurt emotionally, Not so much by other people or what they say and don’t say, But by our own attitude and our own response." – Maxwell Maltz
“We are injured and hurt emotionally, Not so much by other people or what they say and don’t say, But by our own attitude and …
"If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things." – Albert Einstein
“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” – Albert Einstein
"My grandfather had a very nice phrase about your grandfather," – Winston Churchill
“My grandfather had a very nice phrase about your grandfather,” – Winston Churchill
"Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past." – Tryon Edwards
“Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.” – Tryon Edwards
"All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope" – Winston Churchill
“All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope” – Winston Churchill
"You are about to begin the hero’s journey. Travel well on the quest. A life of More is your birthright. Know the vast resource that reside in you and are provided for you in the world. You have raised the battle cry of There Must Be More Than This." – Judith Wright
“You are about to begin the hero’s journey. Travel well on the quest. A life of More is your birthright. Know the vast resource that …
"It takes a thousand voices to tell a single story" – Native American Proverb
“It takes a thousand voices to tell a single story” – Native American Proverb
"Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do… but how much love we put in that action." – Mother Teresa of Calcutta
“Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do… but how much love we put in that action.” – Mother Teresa of …
"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change." – Charles Darwin
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable …
"Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing" – Aristotle
“Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing” – Aristotle
"Everlasting farewells! and again, and yet again reverberated – everlasting farewells!" – Thomas De Quincey
“Everlasting farewells! and again, and yet again reverberated – everlasting farewells!” – Thomas De Quincey
"I feel sorry for the ’90s, because it was never able to be anything much more than the hangover to the party that was the ’80s." – Simon LeBon
“I feel sorry for the ’90s, because it was never able to be anything much more than the hangover to the party that was the …
"For myself I am an optimist – it does not seem to be much use being anything else" – Winston Churchill
“For myself I am an optimist – it does not seem to be much use being anything else” – Winston Churchill
"The best and fastest way to learn a sport is to watch and imitate a champion." – Jean Claude Killy
“The best and fastest way to learn a sport is to watch and imitate a champion.” – Jean Claude Killy
"Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel" – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Retirement – Because you’ve given so much of yourself to the company that you don’t have anything left we can use." – Larry Kersten
“Retirement – Because you’ve given so much of yourself to the company that you don’t have anything left we can use.” – Larry Kersten
"Make no mistake about why these babies are here – they are here to replace us." – Jerry Seinfeld
“Make no mistake about why these babies are here – they are here to replace us.” – Jerry Seinfeld
"They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad that I’m going to miss mine by just a few days." – Garrison Keillor
“They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad that I’m going to miss mine by just a few …
"Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age." – Victor Hugo
“Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age.” – Victor Hugo