Thursday, August 31, 2017

hold





Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die life is broken-winged bird that cannot fly.

Langston Hughes

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

truth





Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.

Mark Twain

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

stumble





Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.

Winston S. Churchill

Monday, August 28, 2017

understood






Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.

George Orwell, 1984

Sunday, August 27, 2017

anger





Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned.

teachings of the Buddha

Saturday, August 26, 2017

prejudices






Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

Voltaire

Friday, August 25, 2017

within





What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matter compared to what lies within us. And when we bring what is within us out into the world, miracles happen.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thursday, August 24, 2017

hope






Hope is the last to abandon the unhappy.

Italian proverb

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

love






Love conceals ugliness, and hate sees many faults.

Irish proverb

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

withholding





Withholding information is the essence of tyranny. Control of the flow of information is the tool of the dictatorship.

Bruce Coville

Monday, August 21, 2017

honeyed words





When  one with honeyed words but evil mind persuades the mob, great woes befall the state.

Euripides, Orestes

Sunday, August 20, 2017

fooled





There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.

Søren Kierkegaard

Saturday, August 19, 2017

dream





A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.

Yoko Ono

Friday, August 18, 2017

present





Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

Lord Buddha

Thursday, August 17, 2017

optimism





Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.

Voltaire

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

good life





The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

Bertrand Russell

Tuesday, August 15, 2017

sees






Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Monday, August 14, 2017

anonymity






Anonymity breeds meanness.

Sam Atlman

Sunday, August 13, 2017

peace





Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

Gautama Buddha

Saturday, August 12, 2017

difficult






It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

Voltaire

Friday, August 11, 2017

cure





Strange as it seems, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and higher education positively fortifies it.

Stephen Vizinczey

Thursday, August 10, 2017

hope





Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.

English Proverb

Wednesday, August 9, 2017

common






The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.

Harlan Ellison

Tuesday, August 8, 2017

memory






No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

Abraham Lincoln

Monday, August 7, 2017

we





We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make our world.

Buddhist quote

Sunday, August 6, 2017

wisest





I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.

Plato

Saturday, August 5, 2017

must





Knowing is not enough; we must apply.
Willing is not enough: we must do.

Bruce Lee

Friday, August 4, 2017

joy




We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.

Lord Buddha

Thursday, August 3, 2017

touch





By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.

Oscar Wilde

Wednesday, August 2, 2017

stop





Stop the habit of wishful thinking and start the habit of thoughtful wishes.

Mary Martin

Tuesday, August 1, 2017

wall





When you hit a wall – of your own imagined limitations – just kick it in.

 Sam Shepard