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Wednesday, January 4, 2006

"It's always wise to raise questions about ....

"It's always wise to raise questions about the most obvious and simple assumptions." -- C. West Churchman Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, December 27, 2005

The civilized are those who get more out of life than the uncivilized....

The civilized are those who get more out of life than the uncivilized, and for this the uncivilized have never forgiven them. - Cyril Connolly (1903 - 1974) Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, December 20, 2005

Good breeding consists in...

Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person. - Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, December 11, 2005

"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." - Emerson

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Wednesday, November 9, 2005

Go ahead and dispel the fear of change!

"I have accepted fear as part of life -- specifically the fear of change...I have gone ahead despite the pounding in my heart that says: turn back..." Erica Jong Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, October 19, 2005

This time I'm providing a link to some beautiful thoughts of a blogger

http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/dreamonnomaerd/ Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, October 2, 2005

A Warning for Our Times - Martin Niemoller

"In Germany, the Nazis came first for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I was not a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I was not a Jew. Then they came for trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, September 11, 2005

For everything there is a season

Ecclesiastes: For everything there is a season, And a time for every matter under heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; A time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, August 28, 2005

Lives of great men all remind us

That we should make our lives sublime And departing leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Let us tell the world - and let us tell it with pride: the empowerment of

women is the empowerment of all humanity! -Boutros Boutros -Ghali, UN Secretary General at the Beijing Conference of women in 1995 Sign in to see full entry.

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