Too Much of a Good Thing

The multitude of books is making us ignorant.
:: Voltaire

So, Which One is It?

When everyone is against you, it means that you are absolutely wrong-- or absolutely right.
:: Albert Guinon

Good All the Way Around

The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then having the two as close together as possible. :: George Burns

Time Tested Beauty Tips

For attractive lips,
speak words of kindness.

For lovely eyes,
seek out the good in people.

For a slim figure,
share your food with the hungry.

For beautiful hair,
let a child run his fingers through it once a day.

For poise,
walk with the knowledge you'll never walk alone...

People, even more than things,
have to be restored, renewed, revived,
reclaimed and redeemed and redeemed ...

Never throw out anybody. Remember, if you ever need a
helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.

As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands.
One for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

:: Sam Levenson

Help Yourself

It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'
:: Sam Levenson

We are the night ocean filled
with glints of light. We are the
space
between the fish and the moon,
while we sit here together.
:: Rumi

How Hard Could It Be?

The most difficult thing to endure is the manifestations of others.
:: G.I. Gurdjieff

Lazy Good for Something!

Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.
:: Robert Heinlein

No, I Insist!

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
:: Confucius

Nothing Stays the Same

When you're through changing, you're through.
:: Bruce Barton

When All Else Fails

If at first you don't succeed, find out if the loser gets anything.
:: Bill Lyon

Think About It

Learning without thought is labor lost.
:: Confucius

Touche!

I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
:: Will Rogers

The One Comes Before the Other

Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, see to the worth of being known.
:: Confucius

Tao Teh Ching

The highest type of ruler is one of whose existence the people are barely aware.
Next comes one whom they love and praise.
Next comes one whom they fear.
Next comes one whom they despise and defy.
When you are lacking in faith,
Others will be unfaithful to you.
The Sage is self-effacing and scanty of words.
When his task is accomplished and things have been completed,
All the people say, "We ourselves have achieved it!"
:: Lao Tzu

Building Trust

The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action.
:: Frank Herbert

Quote of the Day

Some things have to be believed to be seen.
:: Ralph Hodgson

Are You Ready?

Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
:: Sir Winston Churchill

No Questions Asked

A man can sleep around, no questions asked, but if a woman makes nineteen or twenty mistakes she's a tramp.
:: Joan Rivers

Keep 'er Tidy

Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.
:: Kurt Vonnegut

Quote of the Day

Anything too stupid to be said is sung.
:: Voltaire

I'm so Witty, I'm so Witty..

If you want to be witty, work on your character and say what you think on every occasion.
:: Stendahl

Quote of the Day

A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece.
:: Ludwig Erhard

How Absurd

There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.
:: Cicero

Why Not Try This on For Easter?

I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.
:: Henry David Thoreau

The Root of the Problem

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
:: Sophocles

I Feel Like an Alien

Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian.
:: Robert Orben

Quote of the Day

If they are far down, it is because you are high up.
:: G.I. Gurdjieff

You Go Girl!

Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels.
:: Bob Thaves

Quote of the Day

Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
:: Confucius

For None Are So Blind...

I have often depended on the blindness of strangers.
:: Adrienne E. Gusoff

There is no reciprocity. Men love women, women love children, children love hamsters.
:: Alice Thomas Ellis

Busy, Busy, Busy

None are so busy as the fool and knave.
:: John Dryden

Quote of the Day

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
:: Albert Einstein