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Epicurus: Folly
“It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself. ” Epicurus
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E. Stanley Jones: Prayer
“Prayer means that the total you is praying. Your whole being reaches out to God, and God reaches down to you. ” E. Stanley Jones
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Saint Francis de Sales: Patience
“Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself. ” —Saint Francis de Sales.
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St. John of the Cross: Manner
“The Lord measures out perfection neither by the multitude nor the magnitude of our deeds, but by the manner in which we perform them.” –St. John of the Cross
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Real Live Preacher: Love
“You can’t love anyone until you understand that you can’t love everyone.” —Real Live Preacher.
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American Indian Proverb: Asleep…
“You can’t wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. Navajo” —American Indian Proverb.
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Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller: Mercy
As freely as the firmament embraces the world, / or the sun pours forth impartially his beams, / so mercy must encircle both friend and foe. –Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, poet and dramatist (1759-1805)
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Johanna Olson: Running
Truly, I love running. It’s who I am. It’s a part of me. Even if I can only run for 10 minutes, I feel whole and happy. And if everything else is falling to pieces, I go for a run, and I feel like things are going to be okay. Johanna Olson, Olympic Marathon Trials…
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Pope Paul VI: Art
“The work of art, just like any fragment of human life considered in its deepest meaning, seems to me devoid of value if it does not offer the hardness, the rigidity, the regularity, the luster on every interior and exterior facet, of the crystal. ” Pope Paul VI.
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Anne Rice: Writing
I loved words. I love to sing them and speak them and even now, I must admit, I have fallen into the joy of writing them. Anne Rice
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Sophia Loren: Fountain of youth
“There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age. ” —Sophia Loren.
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Buddha: Friendship
An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind. Buddha
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German proverb: Advice
“Never give advice unless asked.” —German proverb.
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Virginia Woolf: Delicious poetry
“Yet, it is true, poetry is delicious; the best prose is that which is most full of poetry.” —Virginia Woolf
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Bruce Sterling: On Bollywood
“The Bollywood distribution system is so corrupt that they have trouble making money off movies. So they sell shoes that an actress stepped in. If they turned up the amps some, maybe they could sell the actresses. ” —Bruce Sterling.
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Pope John XXIII: Penance
“Doing penance for one’s sins is a first step towards obtaining forgiveness and winning eternal salvation. That is the clear and explicit teaching of Christ, and no one can fail to see how justified and how right the Catholic Church has always been in constantly insisting on this. She is the spokesman for her…
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Stephen Fry: Faculties
“Old Professors never die, they just lose their faculties. ”Stephen Fry
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Thomas Carlyle: Activity
“Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight. ” Thomas Carlyle
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Dick Beardsley: Running
A lot of people say they love running because of how they feel afterward. Not me. Well, I love that, too, but it’s also so much fun while I’m out there. Dick Beardsley
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Cornelia Funke: Reading
“I don’t like to eat the same dish every day, so I read very different things. ” —Cornelia Funke.
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Theodore Parker: Judgment
“Outward judgment often fails, inward judgment never. ” —Theodore Parker.
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John Gregory Dunne: Violence
“Violence is the way stupid people try to level the playing field.” John Gregory Dunne, Nothing Lost Related articles The Problem of Pricing(theonlinephotographer.typepad.com)
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William McFee: Fear
“Fear, born of that stern matron, Responsibility. ” William McFee
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Martin Luther: Obedience
There is no justification without sanctification, no forgiveness without renewal of life, no real faith from which the fruits of new obedience do not grow. – Martin Luther
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Anon: Prime numbers
“Enter any 11-digit prime number to continue…” —Anon.
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Jeff Melvoin: Possession
“What is it about possessing things Why do we feel the need to own what we love, and why do we become jerks when we do We’ve all been there– you want something, to possess it. By possessing something you lose it. You finally win the girl of your dreams, the first thing you do…
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Sophocles: Victory
“You win the victory when you yield to friends. ”—Sophocles.
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Kahlil Gibran: The just and the merciful
“The just is close to the people’s heart, but the merciful is close to the heart of God. ” —Kahlil Gibran.
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Daniel T. Hendrix: Reinvent yourself
You have to keep reinventing yourself in this world.” — Daniel T. Hendrix, president and CEO of Interface, as quoted in the New York Times
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Thomas Fuller: Friends
“No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend until he is unhappy.” —Thomas Fuller.
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Eric Lindros: Practice
“It’s not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it’s what you put into the practice.” —Eric Lindros.
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Charles M. Allen: Friends
“You can make more friends in a month by being interested in them than in ten years by trying to get them interested in you. ” —Charles M. Allen
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English Proverb: Confession
“Confession is the first step to repentance.” —English Proverb.
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Shinichi Suzuki: Smile
“Children learn to smile from their parents. ” —Shinichi Suzuki.
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Unknown: Practice random kindness
“Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.” Unknown
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Georgia O'Keefe: Flowers and friends
“Nobody sees a flower – really – it is so small it takes time – we haven’t time – and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time. ” —Georgia O’Keefe.
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Charley Reese: Boomerang
“If malice or envy were tangible and had a shape, it would be the shape of a boomerang. ” Charley Reese
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Jean P.F Richter: Humanity
Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another. – Jean P.F Richter
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Alfred North Whitehead: Acts
“Speak out in acts; the time for words has passed, and only deeds will suffice. ” Alfred North Whitehead
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Lillian Hellman: Cynicism
“Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth. ” Lillian Hellman
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Wilma Rudolph: Human spirit
Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. Wilma Rudolph, track athlete Related articles Three sportspersons who battled health issues to become the best in the world(sportskeeda.com)
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Abraham Lincoln: Cowards
“To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.” —Abraham Lincoln.
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Clive Staples Lewis: Friendship
“Friendship is not necessary, like philosophy, like art…. It has no survival value rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.” —Clive Staples Lewis.
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Thomas Berger: Arguments and sides
“No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other. ” Thomas Berger Related articles What Are Animals For?(urchinmovement.com)
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Proverbs 3:7: Wisdom
Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil. – Proverbs 3:7
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Demosthenes: Man, his own dupe, easily
“A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true. ” —Demosthenes.
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Blaise Pascal: Reasonable
“There are two kinds of people one can call reasonable: those who serve God with all their heart because they know him, and those who seek him with all their heart because they do not know him. ” —Blaise Pascal.
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May Sarton: Friendship
“Though friendship is not quick to burn, It is explosive stuff.” May Sarton
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Miguel Angel Ruiz: Don't Take Anything Personally
“Don’t Take Anything Personally. Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering. ” Miguel Angel Ruiz
