Thoughts
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It is not who is …..
It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance. — Thomas Huxley Continue reading
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Create
Sadly, it’s much easier to create a desert than a forest. — James Lovelock Continue reading
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Your mind will answer ….
Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer. — William S. Burroughs Continue reading
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Art produces ….
Art produces ugly things which frequently become beautiful things with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time. — Jean Cocteau Continue reading
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People who say, …
People who say, ‘Let the chips fall where they may,’ usually figure they will not be hit by a chip. — Bernard Williams Continue reading
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Self-Knowledge
I knew what my job was; it was to go out and meet the people and love them. — Diana, Princess of Wales Continue reading
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A good marriage …
A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband. — Michel de Montaigne Continue reading
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I can’t believe …
I can’t believe that out of a hundred thousand sperm, you were the quickest. — Steven Pearl Continue reading
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Change
I’m not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I’ve always been a freak. So I’ve been a freak all my life and I have to live with that, you know. I’m one of those people. — John Lennon Continue reading
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When in …
When in doubt, do it. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Continue reading
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Better a witty …
Better a witty fool than a foolish wit. — William Shakespeare Continue reading
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We are tied …
We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch – we are going back from whence we came. — John F. Kennedy Continue reading
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Think
A man who dies not think for himself does not think at all. — Oscar Wilde Continue reading
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Music doesn’t lie. …
Music doesn’t lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music. — Jimi Hendrix Continue reading
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A sign of things to come …
A sign of things to come. After a morning rain, now it is overcast. Looking out the window, A pondering Mind sees the various trees, slowly changing color. I guess it’s goodby to Summer and hello to Autumn, which arrives in the Eastern Time Zone at 4:44 pm. Where does the time go? Continue reading
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Simple Philosophy
I have a simple philosophy. Fill what’s empty. Empty what’s full. And scratch where it itches. — Alice Roosevelt Longworth Continue reading
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The world is full of …
The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. — Bertrand Russell Continue reading
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To advise …
To advise is not to compel. — Anton Chekhov Continue reading
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Kissing
I wasn’t kissing her. I was whispering in her mouth. — Chico Marx Continue reading
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Wrinkles
Wrinkles — the service stripes of life. — Anonymous Continue reading
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Stupidity
There is more stupidity around than hydrogen and it has longer shelf life. — Frank Zappa Continue reading
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Half the world is composed …
Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can’t and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it. — Robert Frost Continue reading
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Baldness
There’s one thing about baldness, It’s neat. — Don Herold Continue reading
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Hesitates
He who hesitates is a damned fool. — Mae West Continue reading
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A forest bird …
A forest bird never wants a cage. — Henrik Ibsen Continue reading
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The sun is …
The sun is new each day. — Heraclitus Continue reading
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Beauty
Beauty is whatever gives joy. — Edna St. Vincent Millay Continue reading
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Silence
Silence is a source of great strength. — Lao Tzu Continue reading
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All things …
All things are only transitory. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Continue reading
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Pictures
Pictures must not be too picturesque. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Continue reading
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Illusion
Illusion is the first of all pleasures. — Voltaire Continue reading
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I wish they would …
I wish they would only take me as I am. — Vincent Van Gogh Continue reading
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Too much of a …
Too much of a good thing can be taxing. — Mae West Continue reading
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A will …
A will finds a way. — Orison Swett Marden Continue reading
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Words are …..
Words are but the signs of ideas. — Samuel Johnson Continue reading
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If music be …
If music be the food of love, play on. — William Shakespeare Continue reading
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See-Saw
The world is but a perpetual see-saw. — Michel de Montaigne Continue reading
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He is who cruel…
He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealing with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals. — Immanuel Kant Continue reading
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Integrity
Integrity has no need of rules. — Albert Camus Continue reading
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When you arise in the morning,…
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. — Marcus Aurelius Continue reading
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There are many ways…
There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Continue reading
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Hesitate
The time to hesitate is through. — Robby Krieger (guitarist who played in the band: ‘The Doors’) Continue reading
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Artist
Every artist was first an amateur. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Continue reading
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Count your joys….
Count your joys instead of your woes. Count your friends instead of your foes. — Irish Proverb Continue reading
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It is better to light one candle….
It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness. — Chinese Proverb Continue reading
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Work
I work to stay alive. – Bette Davis Continue reading
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Bluebird
The bluebird carries the sky on his back. – Henry David Thoreau Continue reading
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Democracy
Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage. – H.L. Mencken Continue reading
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To live…
To live is to think. – Marcus Tullius Cicero Continue reading
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Sex
Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature. – Marilyn Monroe Continue reading
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Time
Time is the longest distance between two places. – Tennessee Williams Continue reading
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True knowledge…
True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. – Socrates Continue reading
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Courage
You can’t test courage cautiously. – Annie Dillard Continue reading
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Hating
Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn’t matter which color does the hating. It’s just plain wrong. – Muhammad Ali Continue reading
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Bladder
I don’t need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to do that for me. – Stephen Fry Continue reading
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Hell
Hell is a half-filled auditorium. – Robert Frost Continue reading
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Answer
There ain’t no answer. There ain’t gonna be any answer. There never has been an answer. That’s the answer. – Gertrude Srein Continue reading
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Zen lives in the present
Zen lives in the present. The whole teaching is: how to be in the present; how to get out of the past which is no more and how not to get involved in the future which is not yet, and just to be rooted, centered, in that which is. – Osho Continue reading
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Alone
If you are lonely when you are alone, you are in bad company. – Jean-Paul Sartre Continue reading
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Experience
You cannot create experience. You must undergo it. – Albert Camus Continue reading
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Conversation
“A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a month’s study of books.” – Chinese Proverb Continue reading
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Music
Music is everybody’s possession. It’s only publishers who think that people own it. – John Lennon Continue reading
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Being
Being is. Being is in-itself. Being is what it is. – Jean-Paul Sartre Continue reading
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Intelligence
Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. – Stephen Hawking Continue reading
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Stupidity
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. – Martin Luther King, Jr. Continue reading
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Punctuality
Punctuality is the virtue of the bored. – Evelyn Waugh Continue reading
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I believe that a simple… – Albert Einstein
I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind. – Albert Einstein Continue reading
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“That all men are equal…” – Aldous Huxley
“That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent.” – Aldous Huxley Continue reading
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Change / Improve
“To change and to improve are two different things.” – German Proverb Continue reading
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Everything
“People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.” – Isaac Asimov Continue reading
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Autumn
“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” – Albert Camus Continue reading
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