Month: May 2011

Thich Nhat Hanh – precious gift

”Every morning, when we wake up, we have twenty-four brand-new hours to live.  What a precious gift!  We have the capacity to live in a …

Thought for Today – The Value of Silence

“Silence means unplugging, disconnecting from the many sources that absorb our energy: problems, worry, pleasing, fear and overload. To be released quickly from all these …

H.M. Kuitert

Het woord openbaring is een zinvol woord, maar het sticht onheil – uitlopend op onverdraagzaamheid en zelfs verkettering – als we daarbij vergeten dat we …

Montesquieu – 11/5/2011

El deporte gusta porque halaga la avaricia, es decir, la esperanza de poseer más. Frases de Montesquieu – 11/5/2011

Ivan Turgenev

“We sit in the mud… and reach for the stars.” Ivan Turgenev quotes

Webster, John

We are merely the stars tennis-balls, struck and bandied which way please them. Webster, John quotes

Murphy, Eddie

I think in twenty years I’ll be looked at like Bob Hope. Doing those president jokes and golf shit. It scares me. Murphy, Eddie quotes

insights

Hamming’s Motto: The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers. – Hamming

Titus Maccius Plautus

“Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.” Titus Maccius Plautus quotes

Eden, Sir Anthony

Everyone is always in favor of general economy and particular expenditure. Eden, Sir Anthony quotes