"This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness."
~ Dalai Lama
Text & Commentary
The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.
- Arthur Schopenhauer, philosopher (1788-1860)
Always two people...
To the complaint, "There are no people in these photographs," I respond, "There are always two people: the photographer and the viewer."
-Ansel Adams, photographer (1902-1984)
False standards
If we would only give, just once, the same amount of reflection to what we want to get out of life that we give to the question of what to do with a two weeks' vacation, we would be startled at our false standards and the aimless procession of our busy days.
-Dorothy Canfield Fisher, author, reformer, and activist (1879-1958)
Courtesy and kindness
"The true greatness of a person, in my view, is evident in the way he or she treats those with whom courtesy and kindness are not required."
~ Joseph B. Wirthlin
Longer than expected..
Hofstadter's Law:
It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.
-Douglas Hofstadter, professor of cognitive science (b. 15 Feb 1945)
It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.
-Douglas Hofstadter, professor of cognitive science (b. 15 Feb 1945)
How to learn
They know enough who know how to learn.
-Henry Adams, historian and teacher (1838-1918)
-Henry Adams, historian and teacher (1838-1918)
Most difficult task...
For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.
-Rainer Maria Rilke, poet and novelist (1875-1926)
-Rainer Maria Rilke, poet and novelist (1875-1926)
...deal of rubbish
The price of freedom of religion or of speech or of the press is that we must put up with, and even pay for, a good deal of rubbish.
-Robert H. Jackson, US Supreme Court justice (1892-1954)
into the impossible
The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.
- Arthur C. Clarke
- Arthur C. Clarke
Spiritual life..
Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.
- Buddha
- Buddha
think of this energy
We are like tenant farmers chopping down the fence around our house for fuel when we should be using Nature's inexhaustible sources of energy -- sun, wind, and tide. ... I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.
-Thomas Edison, inventor (1847-1931)
-Thomas Edison, inventor (1847-1931)
the most inexpensive
"A smile remains the most inexpensive gift I can bestow on anyone and yet its powers can vanquish kingdoms."
~ Og Mandino
..hating another person
"No one is born hating another person…People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite."
~ Nelson Mandela
..is honesty
Kindness in ourselves is the honey that blunts the sting of unkindness in another.
-Walter Savage Landor, writer and activist (1775-1864)
Books to read
Every increased possession loads us with new weariness.
-John Ruskin, author, art critic, and social reformer (1819-1900)
-John Ruskin, author, art critic, and social reformer (1819-1900)
Lighten the..
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for anyone else.
-Charles Dickens, novelist (1812-1870)
what you become...
"What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals."
~ Zig Ziglar
True Investor
Rich dad often said, "If you are a true investor, it does not matter if the markets are going up or coming down. A true investor does well in any market condition."
In other words, your success is not dependent on the market, but on YOU.
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