Quote of the Day

Spiritual energy flows in and produces effects in the phenomenal world.
:: William James

Quote of the Day

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
:: Aristotle

Thought for the Day

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we have of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.
:: Quentin Crisp

Quote of the Day

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.
:: Plato

Thought for the Day

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.
:: Albert Einstein

Consumerism Explained

Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops.
:: Kurt Vonnegut

Quote of the Day

Silence is a true friend who never betrays.
:: Confucius

Fight for the Right to Party

Stuffed deer heads on walls are bad enough, but it's worse when they are wearing dark glasses and have streamers in their antlers because then you know they were enjoying themselves at a party when they were shot.
:: Ellen DeGeneres

Quote of the Day

Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.
:: Confucius

Thought for the Day

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
:: John F. Kennedy

Quote of the Day

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.
:: Albert Einstein

And Don't You Forget It

The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.
:: Thomas Szasz

Thought for the Day

In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
:: Dwight D. Eisenhower

Quote of the Day

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.
:: Henry David Thoreau

Quote of the Day

Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.
:: William James

I Totally Agree

It is by universal misunderstanding that all agree. For if, by ill luck, people understood each other, they would never agree.
:: Charles Baudelaire

Thought for the Day

Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.
:: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote of the Day

When Noah is captain, what is there to fear?
:: Ibn El-Arabi

Quote of the Day

After all is said and done, more is said than done.
:: Aesop

Thought for the Day

Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity.
:: Charles Mingus

Thought for the Day

Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff.
:: Frank Zappa

Quote of the Day

Self-justification is worse than the original offense.
:: Sheikh Ziaudin

Quote of the Day

He who will not economize will have to agonize. :: Confucius

Just How Common Is It?

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
:: Albert Einstein

Have You Erred Lately?

It is only those who never do anything who never make mistakes.
:: A. Favre

Thought for the Day

Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.
:: Plato

Quote of the Day

If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
:: Abraham Maslow

Thought for the Day

If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.
:: Robert X. Cringely

Quote of the Day

God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.
:: Voltaire