Second Opinion

I was having a drink with a couple of friends last night and we were talking about irreverent re-evaluation of some of our most cherished adages. So here are some of which we've shared and laughed about. "easy come, easy go." this doesn't apply to houseguest. "Money can't buy happiness." Nothing... Sign in to see full entry.

A book is the only place in which y ou can examine a fragile thought without breaking it or explore a dangerous idea without fearing it will go off in your face. It is one of the few sources left where information is served up without the silent black noise of a headline or the hullabaloo of a... Sign in to see full entry.

Parting is inevitably painful. It is like an amputation. A limb is being torn off, without which I shall be unable to function. And yet, once it is done, I find there is a quality to being alone that is incredibly precious. Life rushes back into the void, richer, more vivid, fuller than before. It... Sign in to see full entry.

According to Sam Marx, Hollywood producer, has spent a good many sleepless nights trying to figure out how much wisdom can be crammed into four words. Here are his list of the following, each one neither more nor less than four words: In God we trust. This, too shall pass. Live and let live. Still... Sign in to see full entry.

It's no accident that people have twisted the Biblical saying into " $$$$ Money $$$$ is the root of all evil," when it reads " Love of money is the root of all evil ", thus transferring the blame from their own greed to the coinage itself. $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ now... Sign in to see full entry.

So many of us take it for granted when we see weak, neurotic, helpless, drifting or unhappy people that the gods have given us an advantage over such persons by reason of some special merit in us. But the more deeply sophisticated our culture, the more fully are we aware that it is luck, luck in our... Sign in to see full entry.

It is a common place how easily a child of three or four picks up a foreign language if exposed to it without any formal teaching. Yet we are unwilling to admit that a child of the same age picks up our unconscious attitudes and prejudices without being taught and often retains these longer than any... Sign in to see full entry.

Why do we need to ' blame'? All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another and regardless of how much you blame him/her, it will not change you. The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for external reasons to explain your unhappiness... Sign in to see full entry.

A smile cost nothing but creates much. It enriches those who receive without impoverish in those who give. It happens in a flash and the memory of it sometimes last forever. None are so rich they can get along without it and none so poor but both are richer for its benefits. It creates happiness in... Sign in to see full entry.

Be a spendthrift in love! Love is the one treasure that multiplies by division. It is the one gift that grows bigger the more you take from it. It is the one business in which it pays to be an absolute spendthrift. Give it away, throw it away, splash it over, empty your pockets, shake the basket,... Sign in to see full entry.