August 2011
29 posts
You climb to reach the summit, but once there, discover that all roads lead...
– Stanislaw Lem, “The Cyberiad”
The only limits in your life are those that you set yourself.
– Anonymous
It takes a real storm in the average person’s life to make him realize how...
– Bruce Barton
God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must...
– Henry Ward Beecher
If things start happening, don’t worry, don’t stew, just go right...
– Dr. Seuss
I am a part of all that I have met.
– Lord Alfred Tennyson
For every effect there is a root cause. Find and address the root cause rather...
– Author unknown
Don’t worry about life, you’re not going to survive it anyway.
– Anonymous
When I hear somebody sigh, ‘Life is hard,’ I am always tempted to...
– Sydney Harris
Never waste a minute of your precious life by squandering it thinking about...
– Anonymous
Beware of a man of one book.
– Anonymous
He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they...
– Oscar Wilde
Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.
– Anonymous
The difference between school and life? In school, you’re taught a lesson...
– Tom Bodett
If you are not part of the cure, then you are part of the problem.
– Anonymous
Not to care for philosophy is to be a true philospher.
– Anonymous
If you wait to do everything until you’re sure it’s right,...
– Win Borden quotes
Don’t let your victories go to your head, or your failures go to your heart.
– Anonymous
By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll be happy; if you get a...
– Socrates
Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it’s dark.
– Zen proverb
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.
– Mark Twain
If you want a certain thing, you must first be a certain person. Once you are...
– Zen proverb
God gave us a penis and a brain, but not enough blood to use both at the same...
– Robin Williams
A woman never forgets the men she could have had; a man, the women he...
– Anonymous
Do not seek the truth, only cease to cherish your opinions.
– Zen proverb
Day and night cannot dwell together.
– Duwamish proverb
The caribou feeds the wolf, but it is the wolf who keeps the caribou strong.
– Eskimo proverb
Before Enlightenment: chop wood, carry water, after Enlightenment: chop wood,...
– Zen proverb
A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.
– Chinese Proverb