Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable. - George S. Patton The contradictions are what make human behavior so maddening and yet so fascinating, all at the same time. - Joan D. Vinge The curious paradox is that when I accept... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, August 18, 2024
Tuesday, August 13, 2024
Let no one think that flexibility and a predisposition to compromise is a sign of weakness or a sell-out. - Paul Kagame The boldness of asking deep questions may require unforeseen flexibility if we are to accept the answers. - Brian Greene Those who can see value only in tradition... deny man's... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, August 12, 2024
Actions are always more complex and nuanced than they seem. We have to be willing to wrestle with paradox in pursuing understanding. - Harold Evans True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us. - Socrates For every complex... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, August 11, 2024
Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control the process of choosing, you can take control of all aspects of your life. You can find the freedom that comes from being in charge of yourself. - Robert Foster Bennett The freedom we are... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, August 10, 2024
Clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another. - Colossians 3:12 The only way you can serve God is by serving other people. - Rick Warren Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely, and the unwanted according to the... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, August 9, 2024
To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform. - Theodore H. White The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity. - Rollo May Life is a sum of all your choices. -... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, August 8, 2024
It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely cowardly. - Margaret Mead Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment, and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, August 7, 2024
When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems you cannot hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time the tide will turn. - Harriet Beecher Stowe Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, August 4, 2024
I don't need other people to have an open mind. The crucial question is, "Is my mind open?" - Byron Katie Every really new idea looks crazy at first. - Alfred North Whitehead Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are open. - James Dewar The human mind, once stretched by a new idea,... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, August 3, 2024
Thank you, God, for this good life, and forgive us if we do not love it enough. - Garrison Keillor It does no harm just once in a while to acknowledge that the whole country isn't in flames and that there are people in the country besides politicians, entertainers, and criminals. - Charles Kuralt.... Sign in to see full entry.