"Love the world as you love yourself."
~ Lao Tzu
...felt with the heart
"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched—they must be felt with the heart."
~ Helen Keller
by catchwords...
Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords.
- Robert Louis Stevenson
serve as well as
Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.
- Edwin Markham
- Edwin Markham
Inside stuff
We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours.
- Dag Hammarskjold
- Dag Hammarskjold
Tolerate intolerance?
Don't get so tolerant that you tolerate intolerance.
-Bill Maher, comedian, actor, and writer (b. 20 Jan 1956)
Great work is...
A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.
- Nadia Boulanger
- Nadia Boulanger
Be Kind
Be kind to thy father, for when thou wert young,
Who loved thee so fondly as he?
He caught the first accents that fell from thy tongue,
And joined in thy innocent glee.
-Margaret Courtney, poet (1822-1862)
Who loved thee so fondly as he?
He caught the first accents that fell from thy tongue,
And joined in thy innocent glee.
-Margaret Courtney, poet (1822-1862)
Need to...
All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other people.
- Alexis Carrel
- Alexis Carrel
True humality
We must fight against the spirit of unconscious cruelty with which we treat the animals. Animals suffer as much as we do. True humanity does not allow us to impose such sufferings on them.
-Albert Schweitzer, philosopher, physician, musician, Nobel laureate (1875-1965)
Prisioner of...
An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc.
-Henri Matisse, artist (1869-1954)
-Henri Matisse, artist (1869-1954)
Live near
It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
-J.R.R. Tolkien, novelist and philologist (1892-1973)
different horizons
We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon.
-Konrad Adenauer, statesman (1876-1967)
makes a difference
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
-William James, psychologist (1842-1910)
Fuel they burn...
People's memories are maybe the fuel they burn to stay alive.
-Haruki Murakami, writer (b. 12 Jan 1949)
KIND than...
"Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am what of what is true."
~ Robert Brault
Taking & Making
It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor.
-Max Eastman, journalist and poet (1883-1969)
History of the Truth
Truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history.
-Lord Acton (John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton), historian (1834-1902)
-Lord Acton (John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton), historian (1834-1902)
...murders the passions
The lust for comfort murders the passions of the soul.
-Kahlil Gibran, mystic, poet, and artist (1883-1931)
to care for...
If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.
- Maya Angelou
- Maya Angelou
Easiest & the Hardest
The easiest kind of relationship for me is with ten thousand people. The hardest is with one.
-Joan Baez, musician (b. 9 Jan 1941)
-Joan Baez, musician (b. 9 Jan 1941)
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