Your mother really did know the secret to a better world: "Play nicely together. Don't fight." Compromise is the worst way to address human differences, except for all the others. (modeled on Churchill's quote, "Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.") The alternative... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Monday, January 27, 2025
Truly, I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me. - Jesus (Matthew 25:40) Do to others as you would have them do to you. - Luke 6:31 (the "Golden Rule") Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, January 26, 2025
Habit and routine have an unbelievable power to waste and destroy. - Henri de Lubac Life is defined more by its risks than by its samenesses. - Mary Anne Radmacher Neither a wise nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him. - Dwight D.... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, January 25, 2025
The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude. - William James Change your thoughts, and you change your world. - Norman Vincent Peale Attitude is Everything. - Charles Swindoll Whatever happens to you, your attitude determines the quality... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, January 24, 2025
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. - Helen Keller There are no guarantees. From the viewpoint of fear,... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, January 23, 2025
You can't know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.- Bodhidharma He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.- Lao Tzu Find out what you don't want to know about yourself, what you're afraid of. - Linda Evans How strange that, although we dwell within ourselves, we... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality. - Arthur Schopenhauer Love is the foundation from which your decisions about your life should be made. - Darren L. Johnson I can do nothing but be reverent before everything called life. I can do no other than to have compassion for all that is... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
There are trivial truths, and there are great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true.- Niels Bohr No statement should be believed because an authority makes it. - Robert A. Heinlein Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, January 20, 2025
Anger is a killing thing: it kills the man who angers, for each rage leaves him less than he had been before - it takes something from him. - Louis L'Amour. Anger is like a thorn in the heart. - Yiddish Proverb When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings.... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, January 19, 2025
Never lose an opportunity to see anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting. - Ralph Waldo Emerson Forests, lakes, rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes - every form of animate or inanimate existence impression the soul of man.- Orison Swett... Sign in to see full entry.