Tuesday, October 6, 2009
For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains,
but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. Nelson Mandela Will we ever accept that a piece of the truth lies deep with in each and everyone of us and ultimate truth can only be realized when we honor the truth in each other. Carol Ann Conner Regret for time wasted can...
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Friday, September 25, 2009
Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things,
man will not himself find peace -- Albert Schweitzer Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things. Once you perceive it, you will begin to comprehend it better every day. And you will come at last to love the whole world...
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Thursday, September 24, 2009
Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is
more powerful in the mature than in the young -- Paul McCartney Don't discard your fantasies as merely wishful thinking. Honor them as messages from the deepest part of your being about what you can do and directions you can choose. Sanaya Roman and Duane Packer There is one purpose to life and one...
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Love one another and you will be happy. It is as simple and as
difficult as that -- Michael Leunig The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses. Napoleon Hill I would say that I'm a nonviolent soldier. In place of weapons of violence, you have to use your mind, your heart, your sense of humor, every...
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
By the fear of the unknown are the masses restrained — James Arthur Ray
Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime Ernest Hemingway We can't fear the past. Fear is a future thing. And since the future’s all in our heads, fear must be a head thing. Tom Payne The spiritual life is a call to action. But it is a call to... action...
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Monday, September 21, 2009
We understand the worth of blessings only when we have lost them.
Plautus It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed. Kin Hubbard Most people don't know there are angels whose only job is to make sure you don't get too comfortable & fall asleep & miss your life. Brian Andreas If humanity is to progress, Gandhi is...
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Friday, September 18, 2009
If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.
Many of our fears are tissue-paper-thin, and a single courageous step would carry us clear through them. Brendan Francis Give people a fact or an idea and you enlighten their minds; tell them a story and you touch their souls. Hasidic proverb It is simple. We are where we should be, doing what we...
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Thursday, September 17, 2009
I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what
I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man. George Washington We've all heard that we have to learn from our mistakes, but I think it's more important to learn from successes. If you learn only from your mistakes, you are inclined to learn only errors. Norman Vincent...
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence -- Henry Louis Mencken
I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it. Dwight D. Eisenhower Four short words sum up what has lifted...
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and
just be happy -- Guillaume Apollinaire When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world. John Muir Your fears are not walls, but hurdles. Courage is not the absence of fear, but the conquering of it. Dan Millman How hard it is, sometimes, to trust the evidence...
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