"You only lose what you cling to." – Buddha
“You only lose what you cling to.” – Buddha
Month: May 2010
"It is with trifles and when he is off guard that a man best reveals his character." – Arthur Schopenhauer
“It is with trifles and when he is off guard that a man best reveals his character.” – Arthur Schopenhauer
"saw an ill-dressed vagabond in the lane yesterday evening" – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
“saw an ill-dressed vagabond in the lane yesterday evening” – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"Justice does not help those who slumber but helps only those who are vigilant." – Mahatma Gandhi
“Justice does not help those who slumber but helps only those who are vigilant.” – Mahatma Gandhi
"We must respect the other fellow’s religion,but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart." – Henry Louis Mencken
“We must respect the other fellow’s religion,but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful …
"Yesterday is but today’s memory, tomorrow is today’s dream." – Kahlil Gibran
“Yesterday is but today’s memory, tomorrow is today’s dream.” – Kahlil Gibran
"We must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy" – George Bernard Shaw
“We must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy” – George Bernard Shaw
"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage." – Anais Nin
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” – Anais Nin
"Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being understood — never." – Albert Camus
“Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being understood — never.” – Albert Camus
"Woman once made equal to man becomes his superior" – Socrates
“Woman once made equal to man becomes his superior” – Socrates
"The world does not need tourists who ride by in a bus clucking their tongues. The world as it is needs those who will love it enough to change it, with what they have, where they are." – Robert Fulghum
“The world does not need tourists who ride by in a bus clucking their tongues. The world as it is needs those who will love …
"I’m the stuff men are made of" – John Wayne
“I’m the stuff men are made of” – John Wayne
"If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent" – Isaac Newton
“If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent” – Isaac Newton
"I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can’t be done." – Henry Ford
“I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can’t be done.” – Henry Ford
"We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far." – H. P Lovecraft
“We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage …
"Nothing physical which sense-experience sets before our eyes, or which necessary demonstrations prove to us, ought to be called into question (much less condemned) upon the testimony of biblical passages." – Galileo Galilei
“Nothing physical which sense-experience sets before our eyes, or which necessary demonstrations prove to us, ought to be called into question (much less condemned) upon …
"Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse." – Francis Bacon Sr.
“Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.” – Francis Bacon Sr.
"The asked me to dress as Edgar Cayce would have dressed and I followed instructions," – Edgar Cayce
“The asked me to dress as Edgar Cayce would have dressed and I followed instructions,” – Edgar Cayce
"There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm" – Edgar Allan Poe
“There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm” – Edgar Allan Poe
"It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper; so cry away." – Charles Dickens
“It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper; so cry away.” – Charles Dickens
"I stand here knowing that my story is part of the larger American story, that I owe a debt to all of those who came before me, and that in no other country on Earth is my story even possible," – Barack Obama
“I stand here knowing that my story is part of the larger American story, that I owe a debt to all of those who came …
"There is no absurdity so obvious that it cannot be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to impose it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity" – Arthur Schopenhauer
“There is no absurdity so obvious that it cannot be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to impose it before the …
"a courteous red-faced old gentleman" – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
“a courteous red-faced old gentleman” – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to be more themselves." – Aldous Huxley
“Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to be more themselves.” – Aldous Huxley
"What is the source of sadness, but feebleness of the mind? What giveth it power but the want of reason? Rouse thyself to the combat, and she quitteth the field before thou strikest." – Akhenaton
“What is the source of sadness, but feebleness of the mind? What giveth it power but the want of reason? Rouse thyself to the combat, …
"We may not pay Satan reverence, for that would be indiscreet, but we can at least respect his talent" – Mark Twain
“We may not pay Satan reverence, for that would be indiscreet, but we can at least respect his talent” – Mark Twain
"Only the shallow know themselves." – Oscar Wilde
“Only the shallow know themselves.” – Oscar Wilde
"Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all." – Aristotle
“Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all.” – Aristotle
"All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure." – Mark Twain
“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.” – Mark Twain
"Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting." – William Arthur Ward
“Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.” – William Arthur Ward
"My peace is gone, my heart is heavy." – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“My peace is gone, my heart is heavy.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"The man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface and made known, but tries to hide them, is unfit to walk the highway of truth." – James Allen
“The man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface and made known, but tries to hide them, is unfit …
"Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around." – Henry David Thoreau
“Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.” – Henry David Thoreau
"Information is not knowledge." – Albert Einstein
“Information is not knowledge.” – Albert Einstein
"True love doesn’t come to you, it has to be inside you." – Julia Roberts
“True love doesn’t come to you, it has to be inside you.” – Julia Roberts
Liebe ist stets der Anfang des Wissens, so wie Feuer der Anfang des Lichtes ist. ~~~ Thomas Carlyle
Liebe ist stets der Anfang des Wissens, so wie Feuer der Anfang des Lichtes ist. Thomas Carlyle
"It will be a great day when our schools have all the money they need, and our air force has to have a bake-sale to buy a bomber." – Robert Fulghum
“It will be a great day when our schools have all the money they need, and our air force has to have a bake-sale to …
"Begin thus from the first act, and proceed; and, in conclusion, at the ill which thou hast done, be troubled, and rejoice for the good." – Pythagoras
“Begin thus from the first act, and proceed; and, in conclusion, at the ill which thou hast done, be troubled, and rejoice for the good.” …
"I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment" – Nelson Mandela
“I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered …
"Without the heart, there can be no understanding between the hand and the mind." – Madonna
“Without the heart, there can be no understanding between the hand and the mind.” – Madonna