Thursday, October 6, 2022

Some quotes to ponder

 "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read." --Groucho Marx

(That one was on a card a friend sent me. All the rest are from the Mastery Foundation quote box.)

"It the world is cold, make it your business to build fires." --Horace Traubel

"It takes a life to realize what life is all about/ And life is all about this moment." --John Wallowitch

"Love is not an emotion. It is a policy." --Hugh Bishop

"Ever tried./ Ever failed./ No matter./ Try again./ Fail again./Fail better." --Samuel Beckett

"Happiness,/ Not in another place.../ Nor for another hour./ But this hour." --Walt Whitman

"Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward;/ They may be beaten,/ but they may start a winning game." ---Goethe

"There no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies, my brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness." --Dalai Lama

"A word ought to be tested before it is spoken." --St. Ambrose

"Strive for that greatness of spirit that measures life not by its disappointments but by its possibilities." --W. E. B. Du Bois

"Life's most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others?" --Martin Luther King, Jr.

Ponder on....


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