Wisdom
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Quote
Every hero becomes a bore at last. Ralph Waldo Emerson Brainy Quote Continue reading
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Challenge
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. ” –Martin Luther King Continue reading
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Education System
Found in the email archive. Continue reading
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Knowledge
“I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion” – Alexander the Great Continue reading
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Quote
“For now is my grief heavier than the sands of the seas, she thought. This world has emptied me of all but the oldest purpose: tomorrow’s life.” –Frank Herbert Continue reading
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Flattery
Photo taken at 2:21 PM. 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
You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred. Woody Allen Continue reading
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Mature Humans
Found in the email. Mature Humans How many times is it appropriate to say “What?” before you just nod and smile because you still didn’t hear or understand a word they said? I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars team up to prevent a jerk from cutting in at the Continue reading
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Silence
“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.” –Robert Frost Continue reading
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Humanity
“Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.” – Bhimrao R. Ambedkar Continue reading
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Existence
“You aren’t thinking or really existing unless you’re willing to risk even your own sanity in the judgement of your existence.” –Frank Herbert Continue reading
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Time
“Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.” –Nathaniel Hawthorne Continue reading
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Failure
“You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down, but the staying down.” Mary Pickford Continue reading
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Opinions
“New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.” –John Locke Continue reading
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Quote
“Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.” – Stephen Fry Continue reading
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Faults
Think of your own faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and of the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep. Chinese Proverb Source: enproverbia Continue reading
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A stupid man’s report ….
“A stupid man’s report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand. ” –Bertrand Russel Continue reading
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A lie can …….
“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” – Mark Twain http://www.bq4android.com/android/quotes/getQuote.php?id=270 Continue reading
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Cowards
Cowards can never be moral. -Mahatma Gandhi. Continue reading
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Real Life
To most of us the real life is the life we do not lead. -Oscar Wilde. Continue reading
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Intellectual
“An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex.” – Aldous Huxley http://www.bq4android.com/android/quotes/getQuote.php?id=3155 Continue reading
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Friend
The only way to have a friend is to be one. Ralph Waldo Emerson Continue reading
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Death
Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there’s a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see. Helen Keller Continue reading
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Age
Old age realizes the dreams of youth: look at Dean Swift; in his youth he built an asylum for the insane, in his old age he was himself an inmate. Soren Kierkegaard Continue reading
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Quote
All movements go too far. Bertrand Russell Brainy Quote Continue reading
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A Master …..
A master, holding up his staff, says: “If you have one, I give you mine; if you have none, I will take it away from you”. Zen Koan Continue reading
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Nature
Quote source: Quotes Wave Continue reading
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Challenge
Asana: any of various yoga postures Source: Quotes Wave Continue reading
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Justice
Justice is expensive. That is why there is so little of it, and it is reserved those few with enough money and influence to afford it. Quotes Wave Continue reading
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Freedom
Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything – anger, anxiety, or possessions – we cannot be free. Thich Nhat Hanh Continue reading
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Quote
Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world. Voltaire Continue reading
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Experience
Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish – too much handling will spoil it. Lao Tzu Continue reading
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Fault
Don’t find fault, find a remedy. Henry Ford Brainy Quote Continue reading
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Life
One doesn’t recognize the really important moments in one’s life until it’s too late. Agatha Christie Continue reading
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Full Moon
Photo taken while in the parking lot on September 9, 2014 at 9:39 PM. Quote source: Quotes Wave Continue reading
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People
People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading. Continue reading
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Jeans & T-shirt
I’d love to wear jeans and t-shirts but, everybody was in the peace movement back then. And that was my ploy. I had to be careful not to say things like ‘I like meat.’ Actually I just wanted to drink beer and to screw. Quotes Wave Continue reading
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Quote
A holding company is the people you give our money to while you’re being searched. Will Rogers Continue reading
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Tree
It was a beautiful morning, and it would be nice if it stayed this way. Continue reading
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Lights
The main entranceway of the building I live in. Continue reading
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Changes
Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Continue reading
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Choice
When you have to make a choice and don’t make it, that is in itself a choice. William James Continue reading
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Quote
When you’re at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on. Theodore Roosevelt Continue reading
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Opinion
Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance. Plato Continue reading
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Mind
It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways. Buddha Continue reading
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Someone
How many times have you been on the freeway and had someone fly by you at 100 mph then end up two cars ahead of you at the off ramp? What’s the point? Source Continue reading
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Fear
The more you can increase fear of drugs, and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people. Noam Chomsky Continue reading
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Knowledge
Expect to feel pleasure. Knowledge is sexy. Expect to feel pain. Knowledge is torture. Source Continue reading
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Courage
Courage is a kind of salvation. Plato Continue reading
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Write
Source Continue reading
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Music
Music is spiritual. The music business is not. Photo & quote source: Quotes Wave Continue reading
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Quote
I do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to other things. Walt Disney Continue reading
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Wisdom
Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment Lao Tzu Continue reading
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Quote
It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit. John Wooden Continue reading
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Quote
When all is said and done, more is said than done. Lou Holtz Continue reading
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Purpose
The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself. Albert Camus Continue reading
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Free Thinking
Others indeed may talk, and write, and fight about liberty, and make outward pretense to it; but the free-thinker alone is truly free. George Berkeley Continue reading
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Walking
Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light. Helen Keller Continue reading
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Wealth
Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame. Sir Arthur Charles Clarke Continue reading
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Decisions
In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing. Theodore Roosevelt Continue reading
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Dreams
Duane Michals Continue reading
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Tolerance
In the practice of tolerance, one’s enemy is the best teacher. — Dalai Lama Continue reading
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Quote
I would rather write for the instruction or even the amusement of the poor than for the amusement of the rich. Quotes Wave Continue reading
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Problems
No problems can be solved, and all solutions lead to more problems. Source Continue reading
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The Unknown
Going after the unknown is always fascinating, I think. It becomes part of your life, this desire to know. Quotes Wave Continue reading
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Quote
Life is long to the miserable, but short to the happy. Publilius Syrus 85 BC – 43 BC Roman – Writer Continue reading
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Books
So many books, so little time. Continue reading
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Peace
Ralph Waldo Emerson Continue reading
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