Thursday, January 29, 2009

Quote of the Day

I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.
:: Ibn El-Arabi

So Get Over It

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.
:: Confucius

Thought for the Day

With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
:: Steven Weinberg

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Quote of the Day

The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.
:: Confucius

The Mystery of It All

The creator of the universe works in mysterious ways. But he uses a base ten counting system and likes round numbers.
:: Scott Adams

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Quote of the Day

What appears to be truth is a worldly distortion of objective truth.
:: Hakim Sanai

Monday, January 26, 2009

Quote of the Day

I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beech-tree, or a yellow birch, or an old acquaintance among the pines.
:: Henry David Thoreau

Thought for the Day

A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.
:: John Ciardi

Always Been That Way

In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.
:: John Adams

Friday, January 23, 2009

Quote of the Day

It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark.
:: Howard Ruff

Thought for the Day

Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.
:: Jules Renard

Friday, January 16, 2009

Quote of the Day

All science is either physics or stamp collecting.
:: Ernest Rutherford

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Quote of the Day

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.
:: Albert Einstein

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Quote of the Day

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.
:: Confucius

There Must be a Reason

I can't understand why a person will take a year to write a novel when he can easily buy one for a few dollars.
:: Fred Allen

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Quote of the Day

In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.
:: Confucius

Sage Advice

By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
:: Socrates

Roughing It

Reminds me of my safari in Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water.
:: W.C. Fields

Monday, January 12, 2009

Get in the Game

You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.
:: Albert Einstein

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Quote of the Day

If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.
:: Dorothy Parker

Oh no, He didn't!

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.
:: Voltaire

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Quote of the Day

Knowledge can be communicated but not wisdom.
:: Herman Hesse

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Quote of the Day

People will believe anything if you whisper it.
:: Anonymous

Are You Confused?

Truth - She has confused all the learned of Islam,
Everyone who has studied the psalms,
Every Jewish Rabbi,
Every Christian Priest.
:: Ibn El-Arabi

What If ... ?

Maybe this world is another planet's hell.
:: Aldous Huxley

Thought for the Day

What luck for rulers that men do not think.
:: Adolf Hitler