Quotes
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Noble And Beautiful
“When you do something noble and beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad. For the sun every morning is a beautiful spectacle and yet most of the audience still sleeps.” ~ John Lennon Continue reading
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The Human Spirit
“Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.” ~ William Ellery Channing Continue reading
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Two Kinds Of Truth
There are two kinds of truths: truth of reasoning and truths of fact. Truths of reasoning are necessary and their opposite is impossible; those of fact are contingent and their opposite is possible. ~ Gottfried Leibniz Continue reading
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Common Sense
Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has. Rene Descartes Continue reading
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Life Is The Fire …..
Life is the fire that burns and the sun that gives light. Life is the wind and the rain and the thunder in the sky. Life is matter and is earth, what is and what is not, and what beyond is in Eternty. ~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca Continue reading
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Look For 3 Things In A Person
“Look for 3 things in a person. Intelligence, Energy, & Integrity. If they don’t have the last one, don’t even bother with the first two.” ~ Warren Buffett Continue reading
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The Truth Is Simple
People expect Byzantine, Machiavellian logic from politicians. But the truth is simple. Trial lawyers learn a good rule: ‘Don’t decide what you have to decide.’ That’s not evasion, it’s wisdom. Mario Cuomo Continue reading
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Cosmic Ordering
I’m into the law of attraction and quantum physics. Like cosmic ordering. It’s all about thinking lovely things that you would like in life, and feeling good about them before the manifest, so that by the time they do, you don’t want them because you’re on to your next desire. Julia Sawalha Continue reading
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Life Is Hard
When I hear somebody sigh, ‘Life is hard,’ I am always tempted to ask, ‘Compared to what?’ Sydney J. Harris Continue reading
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Human Nature
“One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.” ~ Dale Carnegie Continue reading
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Day by Day
Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes but when you look back everything is different. C. S. Lewis Continue reading
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Practice Any Art ….
“Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what’s inside you, to make your soul grow.” ~ Kurt Vonnegut ——————- “Kurt Vonnegut Once Sent This Amazing Letter To A High… Continue reading
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Separation Of Church And State
The fact that religion plays such a part in how people vote troubles me, troubles me as a minister’s daughter. Because I always felt that the separation of church and state was what our forefathers and foremothers really fought for. Tori Amos Continue reading
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Evolution Of A Pandemic In Real Time
For the first time in history we can track the evolution of a pandemic in real time. Influenza viruses are notorious for their rapid mutation and unpredictable behavior. Margaret Chan Continue reading
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Similar But Different
Science and fiction both begin with similar questions: What if? Why? How does it all work? But they focus on different areas of life on earth. Margaret Atwood Continue reading
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Dwell On The Past
What necessity is there to dwell on the Past, when the Present is so much surer-the Future so much brighter? Charlotte Bronte Continue reading
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The secret is the answer …
The secret is the answer to all that has been, all that is, and all that will ever be. Ralph Waldo Emerson Continue reading
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Problem And Soultion
If your problem has a solution then… why worry about it? If your problem doesn’t have solution then… why worry about it? Chinese Proverb Continue reading
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Big Enough
“A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.” ~ John C. Maxwell Continue reading
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A Sheet Of Paper
All I need is a sheet of paper and something to write with, and then I can turn the world upside down. Friedrich Nietzsche Continue reading
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City Life
I’m impressed with the people from Chicago. Hollywood is hype, New York is talk, Chicago is work. Michael Douglas Continue reading
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Make Coffee
I believe humans get a lot done, not because we’re smart, but because we have thumbs so we can make coffee. Flash Rosenberg Continue reading
A Pondering Mind 