No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for anyone else. -Charles Dickens, novelist (1812-1870)
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
He that uses many words for explaining any subject, doth, like the cuttlefish, hide himself for the most part in his own ink.
-John Ray, naturalist (1627-1705)
-John Ray, naturalist (1627-1705)
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
One cannot do right in one department of life whilst he is occupied in doing wrong in any other department. Life is one indivisible whole.
-Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948)
-Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948)
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
To write that essential book, a great writer does not need to invent it but merely to translate it, since it already exists in each one of us. The duty and task of a writer are those of translator.
-Marcel Proust, novelist (1871-1922)
-Marcel Proust, novelist (1871-1922)
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.
-James Albert Michener, novelist (1907-1997)
-James Albert Michener, novelist (1907-1997)
Thought for the Day - TIMING?
"This time, like all other times, is a very good time, if we but know what to do with it."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Thought for the Day - FUTURE
The future is not some place we are going to but one we are creating. The paths to it are not found but made.
John Schaar
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Success Formula:
I have never gone to sleep with a grievance against anyone. And, as far as I could, I have never let anyone go to sleep with a grievance against me.
-Abba Agathon, monk (4th/5th century)
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Every one of us is precious in the cosmic perspective. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.
-Carl Sagan, astronomer and writer (1934-1996)
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.
-Khalil Gibran, mystic, poet, and artist (1883-1931)
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