Wisdom
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Oscar Wilde Quote
“Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.” – Oscar Wilde http://www.bquot.es/s/469 Continue reading
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Rain Is Grace
John Updike Novelist Born: March 18, 1932 – Died: January 27, 2009 Continue reading
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Creation
“The intention that man should be happy is not in the plan of Creation.” – Sigmund Freud ——- Maybe he’s right, maybe not. http://www.bquot.es/s/755 Continue reading
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Humor Quote By Stan Laurel
“If you had a face like mine, you’d punch me right on the nose, and I’m just the fella to do it.” – Stan Laurel http://www.bquot.es/s/2401 Continue reading
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John Stuart Mill Quote
“Life has a certain flavor for those who have fought and risked all that the sheltered and protected can never experience.” John Stuart Mill Continue reading
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Talkers
People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little. Continue reading
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Steven Wright Quote
“The best kind of friend is the kind you sit with, never say a word and walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you ever had.” – Steven Wright http://www.bquot.es/s/1819 Continue reading
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Socrates Quote
“Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writing so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.” -Socrates Continue reading
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Swedish Proverb
Fear less, hope more Whine less, breathe more – Swedish Proverb Continue reading
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Wisdom
“When playing board-games which involve quizzes etc, you will always know the answers to everyone else’s set of questions but never your own.” – Edward Murphy http://www.bquot.es/s/2381 Continue reading
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Georg C. Lichtenberg Quote
Born: July 1, 1742 – Died: February 24, 1799 German scientist, satirist and Anglophile. Continue reading
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Abraham H. Maslow Quote
“If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.” -Abraham H. Maslow April 1, 1908 – June 8, 1970 Professor of psychology Continue reading
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Blaise Pascal Quote
“Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back” – Blaise Pascal http://www.bquot.es/s/2495 Continue reading
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Stephen Fry Quote
“Moving from chair to chair, from coffee machine to coffee machine is the limit of my action in most films. But I enjoy being cast in them because I love watching them.” – Stephen Fry http://www.bquot.es/s/2152 Continue reading
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Friedrich Nietzsche Quote
“A politician divides mankind into two classes: tools and enemies.” – Friedrich Nietzsche http://www.bquot.es/s/128 Continue reading
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Chinua Achebe Quote
“The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have Continue reading
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George Santayana Quote
“To be interested in the changing seasons is . . . a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.” – George Santayana http://www.bquot.es/s/3435 Continue reading
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Muhammad Ali Quote
“I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion’.” – Muhammad Ali http://www.bquot.es/s/364 Continue reading
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Truth
“You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you mad.” – Aldous Huxley http://www.bquot.es/s/3156 Continue reading
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Masashi Kishimoto Quote
“There’s no advantage to hurrying through life.” -Masashi Kishimoto Continue reading
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Arthur Williams Quote
“I don’t believe people die from hard work. They die from stress and worry and fear — the negative emotions. Those are the killers, not hard work. The fact is, in our society today, most people don’t understand what hard work is all about.” – Arthur Williams http://www.bquot.es/s/2708 Continue reading
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Joseph Addison Quote
“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” – Joseph Addison http://www.bquot.es/s/2451 Continue reading
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Sleep
“Sleep is the best meditation.” Dalai Lama Continue reading
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Time
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Aesop Quote
“A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the truth.” Aesop http://www.bquot.es/s/3714 Continue reading
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Peace
“Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.” – Albert Einstein http://www.bquot.es/s/39 Continue reading
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Jim Morrison Quote
“I think of myself as an intelligent, sensitive human being with the soul of a clown which always forces me to blow it at the most important moments” – Jim Morrison Continue reading
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Margot Asquith Quote
“From the happy expression on their faces you might have supposed that they welcomed the war. I have met with men who loved stamps, and stones, and snakes, but I could not imagine any man loving war.” – Margot Asquith http://www.bquot.es/s/2015 Continue reading
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Henry Ford Quote
“Coming together is the beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” -Henry Ford Continue reading
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Quote
“Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler.” -Albert Einstein Continue reading
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Wisdom
“There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.” – Friedrich Nietzsche, http://www.bquot.es/s/140 Continue reading
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Quote
“Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.” Dalai Lama Continue reading
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An Escalator Can Never ……
February 24, 1968 – March 30, 2005 Continue reading
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Music
Born: February 23, 1940 Continue reading
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Anxiety
Nothing in the affairs of humanity is worthy of great anxiety. Plato Continue reading
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Living
“Living is Easy with Eyes Closed.” – John Lennon, http://www.bquot.es/s/183 Continue reading
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Think
One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane. Nikola Tesla Continue reading
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George Orwell Quote
“All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.” -George Orwell, http://www.bquot.es/s/2742 Continue reading
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Friend
“A good friend will always stab you in the front.” Oscar Wilde Continue reading
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Journey
“Life is a journey, not a destination.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Continue reading
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Hard Work
“I don’t believe people die from hard work. They die from stress and worry and fear — the negative emotions. Those are the killers, not hard work. The fact is, in our society today, most people don’t understand what hard work is all about.” – Arthur Williams Continue reading
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Quote
“No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.” – Isaac Newton , http://www.bquot.es/s/3210 Continue reading
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Music & Art
“I can’t listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the urge to conquer Poland.” – Woody Allen Continue reading
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Kindness
“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.” – Dalai Lama http://www.bquot.es/s/90 Continue reading
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Doug Larson Quote
Brainy Quote Continue reading
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Douglas Adams Quote
“He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher… or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.” – Douglas Adams, http://www.bquot.es/s/2136 Continue reading
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Comedy
Born: February 8, 1925 – Died: June 27, 2001 Continue reading
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Humor Quote
“I got a king-sized bed. I don’t know any kings, but if one came over, I guess he’d be comfortable.” – Mitch Hedberg, http://www.bquot.es/s/1772 Continue reading
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George Carlin Quote
I do this real moron thing, it’s called thinking, and I’m not a very good American because I like to form my own opinion. George Carlin Continue reading
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Dreams
Born: February 6, 1939 Continue reading
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Humor Quote
“Monday is an awful way to spend 1/7 of your life.” Steven Wright http://www.bquot.es/s/1822 Continue reading
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Literature
“Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.” – Anton Chekhov http://www.bquot.es/s/3706 Continue reading
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George Carlin Quote
“I’m completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.” –George Carlin Sent Via: http://tinyurl.com/wizquotes Continue reading
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Chinese Proverb
Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. Chinese Proverb Continue reading
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Libraries
“There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.” -Andrew Carnegie Continue reading
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Quote
“Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.” – Aristotle, http://www.bquot.es/s/1503 Continue reading
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Wisdom
“There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.” – John Adams, http://www.bquot.es/s/2235 Continue reading
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Paul Newman Quote
January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008 Continue reading
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Humanity
The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection. -George Orwell Continue reading
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Literature Quote by Paul Auster
You see, the interesting thing about books, as opposed, say to films, is that it’s always just one person encountering the book, it’s not an audience, it’s one to one. -Paul Auster http://en.proverbia.net Continue reading
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Quote
Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of unhappiness. -Lao Tzu Continue reading
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Greek Proverb
If you steal something small you are a petty thief, but if you steal millions you are a gentleman of society. -Greek Proverb http://en.proverbia.net Continue reading
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Chinese Proverb
Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. -Chinese Proverb http://en.proverbia.net Continue reading
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Age Quote by Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon, Philosopher – Born: January 21, 1561. Continue reading
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Intelligence
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent full of doubt. -Bertrand Russell Continue reading
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Quote by Will Rogers
When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds. Will Rogers Continue reading
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Winter
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Thoughts On A Paper Napkin 4
This work A Pondering Mind is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Continue reading
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Quote by Dogen
Dogen: born January 19, 1200. Brainy Quote Continue reading
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Think
What we think, we become. Buddha Continue reading
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Quote – Alan Watts
This is the real secret of life – to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play. -Alan Watts Continue reading
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Quote
I hate quotations. Tell me what you know Ralph Waldo Emerson Continue reading
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Italian Proverb
He who knows little knows enough if he knows how to hold his tongue. -Italian Proverb en.proverbia.net Continue reading
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Wisdom
“When playing board-games which involve quizzes etc, you will always know the answers to everyone else’s set of questions but never your own.” – Edward Murphy Continue reading
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Friendship
Muhammad Ali: born January 17, 1942. Continue reading
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Quote
“A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.” – Winston Churchill Continue reading
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Education
A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad. -Theodore Roosevelt Continue reading
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Dream – Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. born: January 15, 1929. Continue reading
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Leadership
Whoever controls the media, controls the mind. Jim Morrison Continue reading
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Change
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain.” – Maya Angelou Continue reading
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Quote
Faith is the bird that sings when the dawn is still dark. -Rabindranath Tagore Continue reading
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Past
The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion. -Albert Einstein Continue reading
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