I Believe in the Wisdom of Words
Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty. - Anne Herbert
There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle. - Albert Einstein
Ring the bells that still can ring,
Forget your perfect offering.
There is a crack in everything,
That's how the light gets in.
- Leonard Cohen, "Anthem"
Almost anything you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it. - Mohandas Ghandi
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. - Helen Keller
Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it. - Rumi
I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious. - Albert Einstein
I am the emperor, and I want dumplings. - Ferdinand I, Emperor of Austria
You yourself, as much as anybody in the universe, deserve your love and affection. - The Buddha
Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and blows up the bonfire. - Francois de la Rouchefoucauld
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind. - Dr. Seuss
It isn't what they say about you, it's what they whisper. - Errol Flynn
Fairy tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten. - G.K. Chesterton
We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are. - Anais Nin
Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.- Chinese proverb
How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then to rest afterward. - Spanish proverb
Be yourself, everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime,
Therefore, we are saved by hope.
Nothing true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history;
Therefore, we are saved by faith.
Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone.
Therefore, we are saved by love.
No virtuous act is quite as virtuous from the standpoint of our friend or foe as from our own;
Therefore, we are saved by the final form of love, which is forgiveness."
- Reinhold Niebuhr
Mountains appear more lofty the nearer they are approached, but great leaders resemble them not in this particular. - Lady Marguerite Blessington
He was a bold man who first ate an oyster. - Jonathan Swift
From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put. - Sir Winston Churchill
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. - Albert Einstein
Since when do you have to agree with people just to defend them from injustice? - Lillian Hellman
Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry. - Bill Cosby
Remember that absence is filled with tender presence, and that nothing is ever lost or forgotten. - John O'Donohue
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor, and there is an invisible labor. - Victor Hugo, "Les Miserables"
Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism. Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make you a far happier and more productive person. - Dr. David M. Burns
This writing business. Pencils and whatnot. Overrated, if you ask me. - Winnie the Pooh
The reluctance to put away childish things may be a requirement of genius. - Rebecca Pepper Sinkler
There are people who create, people who destroy, and people who do nothing and drive the other two kinds crazy. - Peter S. Beagle
I know the world is filled with troubles and many injustices. But reality is as beautiful as it is ugly. I think it is just as important to sing about beautiful mornings as it is to talk about slums. I just couldn't write anything without hope in it. - Oscar Hammerstein
Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. - Hans Christian Anderson
In the depths of winter, I finally learned there was in me an invincible summer. - Albert Camus
Time is
Too slow for those who wait,
Too swift for those who fear,
Too long for those who grieve,
Too short for those who rejoice,
But for those who love,
Time is not.
- Henry van Dyke
Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole. - Roger Caras
As I think back over my own life I can view it as a chain of dogs and dog-related events, and each taught me a lesson, often about myself. - Roger Caras
When action grows unprofitable, gather information. When information grows unprofitable, sleep. - Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
Dreams come true, not free. - Stephen Sondheim
Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. - Ernest Hemmingway
People who are easily shocked should be shocked more often. - Mae West
Whenever I get some money I buy books and whatever is left, I then buy food and clothes. - Desidarius Erasmus
We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false, which was not accompanied by at least one laugh. - Friedrich Nietzsche
He seemed neither old nor young. His strength lay in his eyes. They looked as old as the hills, and as young and as wild. I never tired of looking into them. - John Muir
There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle. - Albert Einstein
Ring the bells that still can ring,
Forget your perfect offering.
There is a crack in everything,
That's how the light gets in.
- Leonard Cohen, "Anthem"
Almost anything you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it. - Mohandas Ghandi
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. - Helen Keller
Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it. - Rumi
I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious. - Albert Einstein
I am the emperor, and I want dumplings. - Ferdinand I, Emperor of Austria
You yourself, as much as anybody in the universe, deserve your love and affection. - The Buddha
Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and blows up the bonfire. - Francois de la Rouchefoucauld
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind. - Dr. Seuss
It isn't what they say about you, it's what they whisper. - Errol Flynn
Fairy tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten. - G.K. Chesterton
We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are. - Anais Nin
Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.- Chinese proverb
How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then to rest afterward. - Spanish proverb
Be yourself, everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime,
Therefore, we are saved by hope.
Nothing true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history;
Therefore, we are saved by faith.
Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone.
Therefore, we are saved by love.
No virtuous act is quite as virtuous from the standpoint of our friend or foe as from our own;
Therefore, we are saved by the final form of love, which is forgiveness."
- Reinhold Niebuhr
Mountains appear more lofty the nearer they are approached, but great leaders resemble them not in this particular. - Lady Marguerite Blessington
He was a bold man who first ate an oyster. - Jonathan Swift
From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put. - Sir Winston Churchill
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. - Albert Einstein
Since when do you have to agree with people just to defend them from injustice? - Lillian Hellman
Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry. - Bill Cosby
Remember that absence is filled with tender presence, and that nothing is ever lost or forgotten. - John O'Donohue
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor, and there is an invisible labor. - Victor Hugo, "Les Miserables"
Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism. Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make you a far happier and more productive person. - Dr. David M. Burns
This writing business. Pencils and whatnot. Overrated, if you ask me. - Winnie the Pooh
The reluctance to put away childish things may be a requirement of genius. - Rebecca Pepper Sinkler
There are people who create, people who destroy, and people who do nothing and drive the other two kinds crazy. - Peter S. Beagle
I know the world is filled with troubles and many injustices. But reality is as beautiful as it is ugly. I think it is just as important to sing about beautiful mornings as it is to talk about slums. I just couldn't write anything without hope in it. - Oscar Hammerstein
Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. - Hans Christian Anderson
In the depths of winter, I finally learned there was in me an invincible summer. - Albert Camus
Time is
Too slow for those who wait,
Too swift for those who fear,
Too long for those who grieve,
Too short for those who rejoice,
But for those who love,
Time is not.
- Henry van Dyke
Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole. - Roger Caras
As I think back over my own life I can view it as a chain of dogs and dog-related events, and each taught me a lesson, often about myself. - Roger Caras
When action grows unprofitable, gather information. When information grows unprofitable, sleep. - Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
Dreams come true, not free. - Stephen Sondheim
Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. - Ernest Hemmingway
People who are easily shocked should be shocked more often. - Mae West
Whenever I get some money I buy books and whatever is left, I then buy food and clothes. - Desidarius Erasmus
We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false, which was not accompanied by at least one laugh. - Friedrich Nietzsche
He seemed neither old nor young. His strength lay in his eyes. They looked as old as the hills, and as young and as wild. I never tired of looking into them. - John Muir