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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
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Anon: Never assume
“Never assume, for it makes an ASS out of U and ME.” Anon. Related articles Assuming that I…(jestingsandthings.com)
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Anton Chekhov: What wears you out?
“Any idiot can face a crisis, it is this day-to-day living that wears you out. ” —Anton Chekhov.
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Henry Rutgers: Studies and education
“Don’t let your studies interfere with your education. ” Henry Rutgers
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Jessamyn West: Forgiveness
“It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own.” —Jessamyn West.
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Bible: Work of righteousness
“And the work of righteousness shall be peace and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.” Bible Related articles Perfect Righteousness(iaminhim.wordpress.com) The Key To Effective Prayer(bummyla.wordpress.com) The Rest of Your Life(samuelatgilgal.wordpress.com) What Creates Thirst, Evans Olang(magnifyhisword.wordpress.com) If I justify myself.(savedbygraceblogdotcom.wordpress.com) Righteousness(savedbygraceblogdotcom.wordpress.com) A Ministry of Restoration — Thoughts for Ash Wednesday(bobcornwall.com)
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Lord Byron: Words
“Words are things; and a small drop of ink / Falling like dew upon a thought, produces / That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.” —Lord Byron, (1788-1824).
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Blaise Pascal: Friendship
“Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back. ” —Blaise Pascal.
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Josephine Silva Zimmermann: Friends
“I always thought loving someone is the greatest feeling, but I realized that loving a friend is even better. We lose people we love, but i never lose true friends.” Josephine Silva Zimmermann
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Mark Strand: Poetry and life
“Usually a life turned into a poem is misrepresented. ” Mark Strand
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Rene Descartes: Joy and sorrow
“Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the self-same well from which your laughter rises was often-times filled with your tears.” Rene Descartes
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German proverb: Change
To change and to change for the better are two different things. – German proverb.
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Robert Burton: Old friends, bitter enemies
“Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses.” —Robert Burton.
