James Michener : The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he's always doing both.
Soren Kierkegaard : What I really need is to come to terms with myself about what I am to do, not about what I am to know, except insomuch as knowledge must precede every act. It is a matter of understanding my destiny, of seeing what the Divinity actually wants me to do; what counts is to find a truth, which is true for me, to find that idea for which I will live and die.
(From Introduction to the Philosopher)
Ralph Parlette : Real birthdays are not annual affairs. Real birthdays are the days when we have a new birth.
(From The University of Hard Knocks)
Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken. — Gilbert Perreira (Get a daily wallpaper and quote from www.paperquote.com)
To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world. — Author unknown
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Paramahansa Yogananda : Everything else can wait, but your search for God cannot wait.
George Harrison : Everything else can wait but the search for God cannot wait, and love one another.
Henry David Thoreau : Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.
Jesus Senada : Educate daily to feed every friend quality kindness among the living
miscoranda: Mr. Swartz went to Washington : ...Edsger W. Dijkstra : only do what only you can do...
Anne Frank : The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely, or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere they can be quite alone with the heavens, nature and God.
Stephen Swid : Being rich is having money; being wealthy is having time.
Henry Miller : "Books are one of the few things men cherish deeply. And the better the man the more easily will he part with his most cherished possessions. A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition."
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Blaise Pascal : There are only three types of people; those who have found God and serve him; those who have not found God and seek him; and those who live not seeking, or finding him. The first are rational and happy; the second unhappy and rational; and the third foolish and unhappy.
James Thurber : All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.
Albert Einstein : "The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."
Thomas Szasz : The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.
Brave Buffalo, Brule Sioux Nation (1985) : ...The Earth People (indigenous natives) never wrote anything down, had no written language. They knew that if they wrote anything down it would be disastrous. If you write something down you don't have to remember it. And mind goes off into unconsciousness. It becomes negative, or unconscious force...
(via PaperQuote) Glenda Cloud : Change is inevitable, growth is intentional.