Friday, April 30, 2010

You Are You

Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.


Thursday, April 29, 2010

Learn From Experience

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.



Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Help Someone Else

If you want happiness for an hour -- take a nap. If you want happiness for a day -- go fishing. If you want happiness for a month -- get married. If you want happiness for a year -- inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime -- help someone else.


Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Nothing is Predestined

Nothing is predestined: The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.


Monday, April 26, 2010

Greatest Gift

Remember, the greatest gift is not found in a store nor under a tree, but in the hearts of true friends.


Sunday, April 25, 2010

Feel Deeply

Don't follow any advice, no matter how good, until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think in your mind that the counsel is wise.


Saturday, April 24, 2010

Distant Generations

It's one of nature's way that we often feel closer to distant generations than to the generation immediately preceding us.


Friday, April 23, 2010

Be Yourself

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.


Thursday, April 22, 2010

Experience, experience

Good judgment comes from experience and experience comes from bad judgment.



Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Dream Dreams

Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.


Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Friend and Enemy

He who has a thousand friends Has not a friend to spare, While he who has one enemy Shall meet him everywhere.


Monday, April 19, 2010

Be Very Careful

We should be careful and discriminating in all the advice we give. We should be especially careful in giving advice that we would not think of following ourselves. Most of all, we ought to avoid giving counsel which we don't follow when it damages those who take us at our word.


Sunday, April 18, 2010

Young and Old

There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am old, there is no respect for age - I missed it coming and going.


Saturday, April 17, 2010

Missing Drop

Each of us feels that we are just a drop in the ocean, but the ocean would be less without that missing drop.


Friday, April 16, 2010

Again and Again

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.


Thursday, April 15, 2010

Don't Worry!

Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.


Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Deadness

A deadness occurs in relationships when people are no longer willing to tell each other how they really feel.


Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Time is Eternity

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 eternity.


Monday, April 12, 2010

Have a Soul

There is one thing one has to have: either a soul that is cheerful by nature, or a soul made cheerful by work, love, art, and knowledge.


Sunday, April 11, 2010

Fear of Unknown

The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety.


Saturday, April 10, 2010

Friendships

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather is one of those things that give value to survival.


Friday, April 9, 2010

The Silence

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends


Thursday, April 8, 2010

Stay and Leave

Some people enter our lives and leave almost instantly. Others stay, can forge such an impression on our heart and soul, we are changed forever.


Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Our Time Machines

We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams.


Tuesday, April 6, 2010

For Just Once

Run your fingers through my soul. For once, just once, feel exactly what I feel, believe what I believe, perceive as I perceive, look, experience, examine, and for once; just once, understand.


Monday, April 5, 2010

Don't Panic

Panic at the thought of doing a thing is a challenge to do it.


Sunday, April 4, 2010

Best Friends

Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.


Saturday, April 3, 2010

Humility

Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends.


Friday, April 2, 2010

Proportions

The value of a relationship is in direct proportion to the time that you invest in the relationship.


Thursday, April 1, 2010

Tell Them

Time goes by so fast, people go in and out of your life. You must never miss the opportunity to tell these people how much they mean to you.