Editormum's Inspirations

Monday, November 14, 2005

On Giving Advice

... advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise.... J.R.R. Tolkien Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, November 12, 2005

Religious Principles Vital to National Security

Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle. George Washington Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, November 11, 2005

Ray Charles on Living Right

Live every day like it's going to be your last, because one day you're going to be right. Ray Charles Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, November 10, 2005

On Forgiveness

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. Mahatma Ghandi Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, November 3, 2005

On Equality

Equality...is the result of human organization. We are not born equal. Hannah Arendt Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, November 1, 2005

On Managing Insomnia --- In Honour of the Time Change

If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep. Dale Carnegie Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, October 30, 2005

On Children and Obedience

There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything of them but obedience. Anatole Broyard Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, October 28, 2005

Really Think About This One...

the following observation is very true, and very scary. It is not true that equality is a law of nature. Nature has no equality. [Nature's] sovereign law is subordination and dependence. Marquis de Varvenargues Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 27, 2005

Moments of Growth

In every department of life, [a sense of disappointment or anticlimax] marks the transition from dreaming aspiration to laborious doing. C.S. Lewis The Screwtape Letters Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Willpower? Or Readiness?

It's not that some people have willpower and some don't. It's that some people are ready to change and others are not. James Gordon, M.D. Sign in to see full entry.

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