"To be human is to keep rattling the bars of the cage of existence hollering, ”What’s it for?”" – Robert Fulghum
“To be human is to keep rattling the bars of the cage of existence hollering, ”What’s it for?”” – Robert Fulghum
Month: May 2010
"Does anybody really think that they didn’t get what they had because they didn’t have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?" – Nelson Mandela
“Does anybody really think that they didn’t get what they had because they didn’t have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the …
"Music! Makes the people! Come together!" – Madonna
“Music! Makes the people! Come together!” – Madonna
"Our life is made by the death of others." – Leonardo da Vinci
“Our life is made by the death of others.” – Leonardo da Vinci
"Knowledge is limitless. Therefore, there is a minuscule difference between those who know a lot and those who know very little." – Leo Tolstoy
“Knowledge is limitless. Therefore, there is a minuscule difference between those who know a lot and those who know very little.” – Leo Tolstoy
"Women have the right to work wherever they want, as long as they have the dinner ready when you get home" – John Wayne
“Women have the right to work wherever they want, as long as they have the dinner ready when you get home” – John Wayne
"Children are the world’s most valuable resource and its best hope for the future" – John Fitzgerald Kennedy
“Children are the world’s most valuable resource and its best hope for the future” – John Fitzgerald Kennedy
"He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not deserve that the world should hear of him." – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not deserve that the world should hear of him.” – Johann …
"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ (I found it!) but ‘That’s funny’" – Isaac Asimov
“The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ (I found it!) but ‘That’s funny'” – …
"We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances." – Isaac Newton
“We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances.” – Isaac Newton
"The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time." – Henry Ford
“The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time.” …
"It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved." – Galileo Galilei
“It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.” – Galileo Galilei
"It is impossible to love and to be wise." – Francis Bacon Sr.
“It is impossible to love and to be wise.” – Francis Bacon Sr.
"Know this: that whatever situation you find yourself in, it is what is necessary for your development. An entity must apply in its associations from day to day a word here and a word there, one today, another tomorrow, and the next day, with the understanding that from such activities in word and deed, self-development will come… When an entity has prepared itself through constant forward movement towards service, the necessary circumstances for change will come about so that he may see the next step, the next opportunity… Haste not and be not over-anxious; for is not the whole of the building of His making?" – Edgar Cayce
“Know this: that whatever situation you find yourself in, it is what is necessary for your development. An entity must apply in its associations from …
"Yet I am not more sure that my soul lives, than I am that perverseness is one of the primitive impulses of the human heart-one of the indivisible primary faculties, or sentiments, which give direction to the character of Man" – Edgar Allan Poe
“Yet I am not more sure that my soul lives, than I am that perverseness is one of the primitive impulses of the human heart-one …
"All hope abandon, ye who enter here!" – Dante Alighieri
“All hope abandon, ye who enter here!” – Dante Alighieri
"Credit is a system whereby a person who can’t pay gets another person who can’t pay to guarantee that he can pay" – Charles Dickens
“Credit is a system whereby a person who can’t pay gets another person who can’t pay to guarantee that he can pay” – Charles Dickens
"Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep insights can be winnowed from deep nonsense" – Dr. Carl Sagan
“Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep insights can be winnowed from deep nonsense” – Dr. Carl Sagan
"Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not you go out and look for a successfull personality an duplicate it." – Bruce Lee
“Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not you go out and look for a successfull personality an duplicate it.” – Bruce …
"John Kerry believes in America." – Barack Obama
“John Kerry believes in America.” – Barack Obama
"To find out your real opinion of someone, judge the impression you have when you first see a letter from them." – Arthur Schopenhauer
“To find out your real opinion of someone, judge the impression you have when you first see a letter from them.” – Arthur Schopenhauer
"clever, clever fiend" – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
“clever, clever fiend” – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"Be upright in thy whole life; be content in all its changes;so shalt thou make thy profit out of all occurrences; so shall everything that happeneth unto thee be the source of praise" – Akhenaton
“Be upright in thy whole life; be content in all its changes;so shalt thou make thy profit out of all occurrences; so shall everything that …
"Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth." – Albert Einstein
“Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.” – Albert Einstein
"Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace." – Buddha
“Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.” – Buddha
"The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom." – Aristotle
“The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.” – Aristotle
"Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see." – Benjamin Franklin
“Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.” – Benjamin Franklin
""It’s love," they say. You touch<br/>the right one and a whole half of the universe<br/>wakes up, a new half." – William Stafford
“”It’s love,” they say. You touchthe right one and a whole half of the universewakes up, a new half.” – William Stafford
"Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting a bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian" – Dennis Wholey
“Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting a bull not to attack you because …
"Public Opinion… an attempt to organize the ignorance of the community, and to elevate it to the dignity of physical force." – Oscar Wilde
“Public Opinion… an attempt to organize the ignorance of the community, and to elevate it to the dignity of physical force.” – Oscar Wilde
"Belief means not wanting to know what is true" – Friedrich Nietzsche
“Belief means not wanting to know what is true” – Friedrich Nietzsche
"Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
"I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war." – Albert Einstein
“I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves …
"Memories are the treasures that we keep locked deep within the storehouse of our souls, to keep our hearts warm when we are lonely." – Becky Aligada
“Memories are the treasures that we keep locked deep within the storehouse of our souls, to keep our hearts warm when we are lonely.” – …
"The final mystery is oneself." – Oscar Wilde
“The final mystery is oneself.” – Oscar Wilde
"Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can be sustained by a spirit of love which goes beyond justice." – Reinhold Niebuhr
“Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can be sustained by a spirit of love which goes beyond …
"Why waste time learning, when ignorance is instantaneous?" – Bill Watterson
“Why waste time learning, when ignorance is instantaneous?” – Bill Watterson
"Honest hearts produce honest actions." – Brigham Young
“Honest hearts produce honest actions.” – Brigham Young
"Forgiveness is not the misguided act of condoning irresponsible, hurtful behavior. Nor is it a superficial turning of the other cheek that leaves us feeling victimized and martyred. Rather it is the finishing of old business that allows us to experience the present, free of contamination from the past." – Joan Borysenko
“Forgiveness is not the misguided act of condoning irresponsible, hurtful behavior. Nor is it a superficial turning of the other cheek that leaves us feeling …
"To move ahead you need to believe in yourself…have conviction in your beliefs and the confidence to execute those beliefs." – Adlin Sinclair
“To move ahead you need to believe in yourself…have conviction in your beliefs and the confidence to execute those beliefs.” – Adlin Sinclair