"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions." – Dalai Lama
“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama
Month: May 2010
"A merry Christmas to everybody! A happy New Year to all the world!" – Charles Dickens
“A merry Christmas to everybody! A happy New Year to all the world!” – Charles Dickens
"A religion old or new, that stressed the magnificence of the universe as revealed by modern science, might be able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe hardly tapped by the conventional faiths. Sooner or later, such a religion will emerge." – Dr. Carl Sagan
“A religion old or new, that stressed the magnificence of the universe as revealed by modern science, might be able to draw forth reserves of …
"If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress." – Barack Obama
“If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.” – Barack Obama
"To marry is to halve your rights and double your duties." – Arthur Schopenhauer
“To marry is to halve your rights and double your duties.” – Arthur Schopenhauer
"the drifting and friendless woman" – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
“the drifting and friendless woman” – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"As a rock on the seashore he standeth firm, and the dashing of the waves disturbeth him not. He raiseth his head like a tower on a hill, and the arrows of fortune drop at his feet. In the instant of danger, the courage of his heart sustaineth him; and the steadiness of his mind beareth him out." – Akhenaton
“As a rock on the seashore he standeth firm, and the dashing of the waves disturbeth him not. He raiseth his head like a tower …
"’How do you know so much about everything?’ was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer was ‘By never being afraid or ashamed to ask questions as to anything of which I was ignorant" – John Abbott
“‘How do you know so much about everything?’ was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer was ‘By never being afraid …
"Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself." – William Shakespeare
“Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.” – William Shakespeare
"The opinion prevailed among advanced minds that it was time that belief should be replaced increasingly by knowledge; belief that did not itself rest on knowledge was superstition, and as such had to be opposed." – Albert Einstein
“The opinion prevailed among advanced minds that it was time that belief should be replaced increasingly by knowledge; belief that did not itself rest on …
"There are no extra pieces in the universe. Everyone is here because he or she has a place to fill, and every piece must fit itself into the big jigsaw puzzle." – Deepak Chopra
“There are no extra pieces in the universe. Everyone is here because he or she has a place to fill, and every piece must fit …
"Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances." – Mahatma Gandhi
“Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.” – Mahatma Gandhi
"Yesterday’s just a memory, tomorrow is never what it’s supposed to be." – Bob Dylan
“Yesterday’s just a memory, tomorrow is never what it’s supposed to be.” – Bob Dylan
"Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind" – John Tillotson
“Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind” – John Tillotson
"When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you." – Lao Tzu
“When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you.” – Lao Tzu
"The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong." – Winston Churchill
“The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they …
"If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it." – Marcus Aurelius
“If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.” – Marcus Aurelius
"Forgiveness is the economy of the heart… forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits." – Hannah Moore
“Forgiveness is the economy of the heart… forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.” – Hannah Moore
"We have no reliable guarantee that the afterlife will be any less exasperating than this one, have we?" – Noel Coward
“We have no reliable guarantee that the afterlife will be any less exasperating than this one, have we?” – Noel Coward
"An education obtained with money is worse than no education at all" – Socrates
“An education obtained with money is worse than no education at all” – Socrates
"In this theater of man’s life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers-on." – Pythagoras
“In this theater of man’s life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers-on.” – Pythagoras
"Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another." – Madonna
“Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.” – Madonna
"I don’t feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves." – John Wayne
“I don’t feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and …
"Sure it’s a big job; but I don’t know anyone who can do it better than I can." – John Fitzgerald Kennedy
“Sure it’s a big job; but I don’t know anyone who can do it better than I can.” – John Fitzgerald Kennedy
"A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government." – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." – Isaac Asimov
“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.” – Isaac Asimov
"Life is a series of experiences, each of which makes us bigger, even though it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward." – Henry Ford
“Life is a series of experiences, each of which makes us bigger, even though it is hard to realize this. For the world was built …
"That is not dead which can eternal lie, yet with stranger aeons, even Death may die." – H. P Lovecraft
“That is not dead which can eternal lie, yet with stranger aeons, even Death may die.” – H. P Lovecraft
"Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested." – Francis Bacon Sr.
“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.” – Francis Bacon Sr.
"Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are on the ground" – Dante Alighieri
“Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are on the ground” – Dante Alighieri
"There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast." – Charles Dickens
“There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.” – Charles Dickens
"That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every ‘superstar,’ every ‘supreme leader,’ every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there – on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam." – Dr. Carl Sagan
“That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, …
"couldn’t find anyone out of the 12 million people in Illinois to run against me." – Barack Obama
“couldn’t find anyone out of the 12 million people in Illinois to run against me.” – Barack Obama
"Every parting is a foretaste of death, and every reunion a foretaste of resurrection." – Arthur Schopenhauer
“Every parting is a foretaste of death, and every reunion a foretaste of resurrection.” – Arthur Schopenhauer
"His love of danger, his intense appreciation of the drama of an adventure–all the more intense for being held tightly in–his consistent view that every peril in life is a form of sport, a fierce game betwixt you and Fate, with Death as a forfeit, made him a wonderful companion at such hours." – Arthur Conan Doyle Sr.
“His love of danger, his intense appreciation of the drama of an adventure–all the more intense for being held tightly in–his consistent view that every …
"As the ostrich when pursued hideth his head, but forgetteth his body; so the fears of a coward expose him to danger." – Akhenaton
“As the ostrich when pursued hideth his head, but forgetteth his body; so the fears of a coward expose him to danger.” – Akhenaton
"If you truly want honesty, don’t ask questions you don’t really want the answer to" – Proverb
“If you truly want honesty, don’t ask questions you don’t really want the answer to” – Proverb
"I lose my respect for the man who can make the mystery of sex the subject of a coarse jest, yet when you speak earnestly and seriously on the subject, is silent" – Henry David Thoreau
“I lose my respect for the man who can make the mystery of sex the subject of a coarse jest, yet when you speak earnestly …
"If you want to make peace, you don’t talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies." – Mother Teresa of Calcutta
“If you want to make peace, you don’t talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.” – Mother Teresa of Calcutta
"The timeless in you is aware of life’s timelessness; and knows that yesterday is but today’s memory and tomorrow is today’s dream." – Kahlil Gibran
“The timeless in you is aware of life’s timelessness; and knows that yesterday is but today’s memory and tomorrow is today’s dream.” – Kahlil Gibran