Do you know that the ready concession of minor points is a part of the grace of life?Author: Henry Harland Grace is savage and must be savage in order to be perfect.Author: Charles A. Stoddard Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.Author: William Hazlitt God appoints … [Read more…]
Forget regret, or life is yours to miss.Author: Jonathan Larson I was court-martial in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.Author: Brendan Francis Behan Sometimes I need what only you can provide, your absence.Author: Ashleigh Silence is one great art of conversation.Author: Anonymous … [Read more…]
Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed.Author: Josh Billings To be a man’s own fool is bad enough; but the vain man is everybody’s.Author: Sir William Penn Always let your flattery be seen through for what really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.Author: George Bernard Shaw It … [Read more…]
Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety.Author: Ben Hecht He that is possessed with a prejudice is possessed with a devil, and one of the worst kinds of devils, for it shuts out the truth, and often leads to ruinous error.Author: Tryon Edwards Sex prejudice is so ingrained … [Read more…]
Attitude Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit and gives a certain air to the countenance which is more amiable than beauty. Attitude Addison, Joseph 1672-1719 British Essayist Poet Statesman Sometimes I’m so sweet even I can’t stand it. Attitude Andrews, Julie 1935 British Singer Actress I got a simple rule about everybody. … [Read more…]
Those who consciousness is unified abandon all attachment to the results of action and attain supreme peace. But those whose desires are fragmented, who are selfishly attached to the results of their work, are bound in everything they do. Attachment Bhagavad Gita c BC 400 Sanskrit Poem Incorporated Into the Mahabharata Softly and kindly remind … [Read more…]
Atheism Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God. Atheism Bacon, Francis 1561-1626 British Philosopher Essayist Statesman Atheism is rather in the lip than in the heart of man. Atheism Bacon, Francis 1561-1626 British Philosopher Essayist Statesman It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to … [Read more…]
Astronomy is perhaps the science whose discoveries owe least to chance, in which human understanding appears in its whole magnitude, and through which man can best learn how small he is. Astronomy Lichtenberg, Georg C. 1742-1799 German Physicist Satirist Adam inquires concerning celestial motions, is doubtfully answered, and exhorted to search rather things more worthy … [Read more…]
Faithful horoscope-watching, practiced daily, provides just the sort of small but warm and infinitely reassuring fillip that gets matters off to a spirited start. Astrology Alexander, Shana 1925 American Writer Editor The stars which shone over Babylon and the stable in Bethlehem still shine as brightly over the Empire State Building and your front yard … [Read more…]
Association Show me the person you honor, for I know better by that the kind of person you are. For you show me what your idea of humanity is. Association Carlyle, Thomas 1795-1881 Scottish Philosopher Author Like associates with like. Cicero, Marcus T. c 106-43 BC Great Roman Orator Politician In all societies, it is … [Read more…]