August 2007

Jean Houston

We all have the extraordinary coded within us, waiting to be released. Jean Houston

Joan Baez Quotations

-The easiest kind of relationship for me is with ten thousand people. The hardest is with one. -Non-violence is a flop. The only bigger flop is violence. Joan Baez

-When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it. -An education isn’t how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It’s being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don’t. -Man is so made that he can only find [...]

Arab Proverbs

-Make your bargain before beginning to plow. -Examine what is said, not him who speaks. Arabian Proverbs

Henry J. Kaiser Quotations

When your work speaks for itself, don’t interrupt. Henry J. Kaiser

Robert Lindner

Non-conformity has become the major if not only sin we know today. Robert Lindner

Samuel Beckett Quotations

-Ever tried? Ever failed? No Matter, try again, fail again, Fail better. Samuel Beckett

Joan Didion Quotations

-To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self. -Character – the willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life – is the source from which self respect springs. -I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means. [...]

George Orwell Quotations

-The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it. -On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time. -It is not possible for any thinking person to live in such a society as our own without wanting to change it. -Society has always [...]

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller Quotations

-Jealousy is the great exaggerator. -Keep true to the dreams of thy youth. -Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain. Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller

Charles Kingsley Quotations

If you want to be miserable, think about yourself, about what you want, what you like, what respect people ought to pay you and what people think of you. Charles Kingsley

Jefferson Davis Quotations

Never be haughty to the humble; never be humble to the haughty. Jefferson Davis

Richard Armour

A rumor is one thing that gets thicker instead of thinner as it is spread. Richard Armour

Robin Morgan Quotations

Don’t accept rides from strange men, and remember that all men are strange. Robin Morgan

Marie Corelli Quotations

I never married because there was no need. I have three pets at home which answer the same purpose as a husband. I have a dog which growls every morning, a parrot which swears all afternoon and a cat that comes home late at night. Marie Corelli

Pico Iyer

Comedy is nothing more than tragedy deferred. Pico Iyer

Jill Churchill Quotations

The most important thing she’d learned over the years was that there was no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one. Jill Churchill

Betty Friedan Quotations

When she stopped conforming to the conventional picture of femininity she finally began to enjoy being a woman. -Aging is not ‘lost youth’ but a new stage of opportunity and strength. Betty Friedan

Bill Gates

-Never before in history has innovation offered promise of so much to so many in so short a time. -Who in their right mind would ever need more than 640K of RAM? -Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose. Bill Gates

Arthur Koestler Quotations

-The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards. Arthur Koestler

Henry Miller Quotations

-What does it matter how one comes by the truth so long as one pounces upon it and lives by it? -Living apart and at peace with myself, I came to realize more vividly the meaning of the doctrine of acceptance. To refrain from giving advice, to refrain from meddling in the affairs of others, [...]

Jerome Blattner

A person who trusts no one can’t be trusted. Jerome Blattner

Sam Levenson

If you die in an elevator, be sure to push the Up button. Sam Levenson

Saint Augustine of Hippo Quotations

-A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently. -Resentment is like taking poison and hoping the other person dies. -People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the seas, at the long course of the rivers, at the vast compass of the [...]

Thomas Browne Quotations

-Be substantially great in thyself, and more than thou appearest unto others. -There is surely a piece of divinity in us, something that was before the elements, and owes no homage unto the sun. -Be charitable before wealth makes thee covetous. Sir Thomas Browne

Kathleen Norris Quotations

-If we are lucky, we can give in and rest without feeling guilty. We can stop doing and concentrate on being. -Intimacy is what makes a marriage, not a ceremony, not a piece of paper from the state. Kathleen Norris

Eldridge Cleaver

The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less. Eldridge Cleaver

Olin Miller Quotations

You probably wouldn’t worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do. Olin Miller

Ralph W. Sockman Quotations

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority. Ralph W. Sockman

Bryan Adams Quotations

Never gonna break my faith My Lord I have read this book so many times But nowhere can i find the page that change what i experience today Now i Know that life is ment to be hard thats how I learn to appreciate my God Though my courage made me try I can tell [...]

Joe Paterno

Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy. Joe Paterno

Susan Ertz

Millions long for immortality who don’t know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon. Susan Ertz

Gotthold Lessing Quotations

The true value of a man is not determined by his possession, supposed or real, of the truth, but rather by his sincere exertion to get to the truth. It is not possession of truth but rather the pursuit of truth by which he extends his powers and in which his ever growing perfectibility is [...]

Josh Billings

Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does. Josh Billings

Ludwig van Beethoven Quotations

-Recommend to your children virtue; that alone can make them happy, not gold. Ludwig van Beethoven

Peace Pilgrim

You are now in control of your life. You see, the ego is never in control. The ego is controlled by wishes for comfort and convenience on the part of the body, by demands of the mind, and by outbursts of the emotions. But the higher nature controls the body and the mind and the [...]

Will Schmidt

Advice should always be consumed between two thick slices of doubt. Will Schmidt

Jimmy Buffett Quotations

If the phone doesn’t ring, it’s me Jimmy Buffett

Chris Messina Quotations

Look at what your idea of success would be. The more that you take in external motivators, the more it reduces your ultimate satisfaction because it doesn’t come from inside. Chris Messina

Andre Maurois Quotations

-Above all things, never be afraid. The enemy who forces you to retreat is himself afraid of you at that very moment. -In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others. Andre Maurois

Stephen Nachmanovitch Quotations

-The noun of self becomes a verb. This flashpoint of creation in the present moment is where work and play merge. -The most potent muse of all is our own inner child. -Creative work is play. It is free speculation using materials of one’s chosen form. Stephen Nachmanovitch

David Starr Jordan Quotations

-Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it. -The world stands aside to let anyone pass who knows where he is going. David Starr Jordan

Margaret Thatcher Quotations

-A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us. -Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country. -Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t. -Being [...]

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