a collection of thoughts, quotes, beliefs and musings of intellectuals, famous personalities, philosophers, thinkers who have changed the world with their work and contributions.
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Famous people quotes-Wholeness
I think wholeness is God's design for us;
and that often amounts to embracing contradictions.
- Bono
and that often amounts to embracing contradictions.
- Bono
Monday, July 30, 2012
Deep thoughts-Mask
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person.
Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
- Oscar Wilde
Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
- Oscar Wilde
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Thought for the day-Celebration
Music and dance add celebration to life.
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Saturday, July 28, 2012
Inspirational quotes-Preponderance of good
Although the world is full of suffering,
it is full also of the overcoming of it.
My optimism, then, does not rest on the absence of evil,
but on a glad belief in the preponderance of good
and a willing effort always to cooperate with the good,
that it may prevail.
- Helen Keller
it is full also of the overcoming of it.
My optimism, then, does not rest on the absence of evil,
but on a glad belief in the preponderance of good
and a willing effort always to cooperate with the good,
that it may prevail.
- Helen Keller
Friday, July 27, 2012
Sexual quotes-Thinking
Never let the little head do the thinking for the big head.
- Advice to teenage boys, quoted in Friendly Advice compiled by Jon Winokur
- Advice to teenage boys, quoted in Friendly Advice compiled by Jon Winokur
Humor quotes-Confident people
"Men are very confident people. Even a sixty-year-old man with no arms thinks he could play in the Super Bowl if he had to."
-Rita Rudner
-Rita Rudner
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Thursday, July 26, 2012
Thoughts-Plant
If you plant honesty, you will reap trust.
If you plant goodness, you will reap friends.
If you plant humility, you will reap greatness.
If you plant perseverance, you will reap victory.
If you plant consideration, you will reap harmony.
If you plant hard work, you will reap success.
If you plant forgiveness, you will reap reconciliation.
If you plant openness, you will reap intimacy.
If you plant patience, you will reap improvements.
If you plant faith, you will reap miracles.
But
If you plant dishonesty, you will reap distrust.
If you plant selfishness, you will reap loneliness.
If you plant pride, you will reap destruction.
If you plant envy, you will reap trouble.
If you plant laziness, you will reap stagnation.
If you plant bitterness, you will reap isolation.
If you plant greed, you will reap loss.
If you plant gossip, you will reap enemies.
If you plant worries, you will reap wrinkles.
If you plant sin, you will reap guilt.
If you plant goodness, you will reap friends.
If you plant humility, you will reap greatness.
If you plant perseverance, you will reap victory.
If you plant consideration, you will reap harmony.
If you plant hard work, you will reap success.
If you plant forgiveness, you will reap reconciliation.
If you plant openness, you will reap intimacy.
If you plant patience, you will reap improvements.
If you plant faith, you will reap miracles.
But
If you plant dishonesty, you will reap distrust.
If you plant selfishness, you will reap loneliness.
If you plant pride, you will reap destruction.
If you plant envy, you will reap trouble.
If you plant laziness, you will reap stagnation.
If you plant bitterness, you will reap isolation.
If you plant greed, you will reap loss.
If you plant gossip, you will reap enemies.
If you plant worries, you will reap wrinkles.
If you plant sin, you will reap guilt.
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Philosophical quotes-Just as they are
If you understand, things are just as they are;
if you do not understand, things are just as they are.
- Zen Proverb
if you do not understand, things are just as they are.
- Zen Proverb
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Monday, July 23, 2012
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Philosophical quotes-Stretched
Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Thought for the day-Gentle
May the world be kind to you, and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself.
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Friday, July 20, 2012
Famous people quotes-Failure
I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.
- George Eliot
- George Eliot
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Deep thoughts-Reputation and honor
Reputation is what other people know about you.
Honor is what you know about yourself.
- Lois McMaster Bujold
Honor is what you know about yourself.
- Lois McMaster Bujold
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Success quotes-Keep moving
Success seems to be connected with action.
Successful people keep moving.
They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
- Conrad Hilton
Successful people keep moving.
They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
- Conrad Hilton
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Sexual quotes-The common thread
The common thread that binds nearly all animal species seems to be that males are willing to abandon all sense and decorum, even to risk their lives, in the frantic quest for sex.
-Randy Thornhill and Craig T. Palmer, A Natural History of Rape
-Randy Thornhill and Craig T. Palmer, A Natural History of Rape
Movie quotes-Mudflaps
Big bottoms, big bottoms, talk about mudflaps, my girls got ‘em.”
- Spinal Tap
- Spinal Tap
Monday, July 16, 2012
Friendship quotes-A lifetime's not too long
"Friends are friends forever, if the Lord is the Lord of them
And a friend will not say never, cause the welcome will not end
Though it's hard to let you go
In the Father's hands I know
That a lifetime's not too long... to live as friends."
And a friend will not say never, cause the welcome will not end
Though it's hard to let you go
In the Father's hands I know
That a lifetime's not too long... to live as friends."
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Famous people quotes-New paths
We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.
- Walt Disney
- Walt Disney
Friday, July 13, 2012
Motivational thoughts-Rid
Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
- Regina Brett
- Regina Brett
Sexual quotes-Voracious appetite
What is commonly called love, namely the desire of satisfying a voracious appetite with a certain quantity of delicate white human flesh.
- Henry Fielding
- Henry Fielding
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Inspirational story-John Glenn's true hero
John Glenn's true hero
For half a century, the world has applauded John Glenn as a heart-stirring American hero. He lifted the nation's spirits when, as one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts, he was blasted alone into orbit around the Earth; the enduring affection for him is so powerful that even now people find themselves misting up at the sight of his face or the sound of his voice.
But for all these years, Glenn has had a hero of his own, someone who he has seen display endless courage of a different kind: Annie Glenn.
They have been married for 69 years.
He is 91; she is 92.
The news coverage of the 50th anniversary of Glenn's flight into orbit reminded Americans that, half a century down the line, he remains America's unforgettable hero.
He has never really bought that. Because the heroism he most cherishes is of a sort that is seldom cheered. It belongs to the person he has known longer than he has known anyone else in the world.
John Glenn and Annie Castor first knew each other when - literally - they shared a playpen.
In New Concord, Ohio, his parents and hers were friends. When the families got together, their children played.
John - the future Marine fighter pilot, the future test-pilot ace, the future astronaut - was pure gold from the start. He would end up having what it took to rise to the absolute pinnacle of American regard during the space race; imagine what it meant to be the young John Glenn in the small confines of New Concord.
Three-sport varsity athlete, most admired boy in town, Mr. Everything.
Annie Castor was bright, was caring, was talented, was generous of spirit. But she could talk only with the most excruciating of difficulty. It haunted her.
Her stuttering was so severe that it was categorized as an "85%" disability - 85% of the time, she could not manage to make words come out.
When she tried to recite a poem in elementary school, she was laughed at. She was not able to speak on the telephone. She could not have a regular conversation with a friend.
And John Glenn loved her.
Even as a boy he was wise enough to understand that people who could not see past her stutter were missing out on knowing a rare and wonderful girl.
They married on April 6, 1943. As a military wife, she found that life as she and John moved around the country could be quite hurtful. She has written: "I can remember some very painful experiences - especially the ridicule."
In department stores, she would wander unfamiliar aisles trying to find the right section, embarrassed to attempt to ask the salesclerks for help. In taxis, she would have to write requests to the driver, because she couldn't speak the destination out loud. In restaurants, she would point to the items on the menu.
A fine musician, Annie, in every community where she and John moved, would play the organ in church as a way to make new friends. She and John had two children; she has written: "Can you imagine living in the modern world and being afraid to use the telephone? 'Hello' used to be so hard for me to say. I worried that my children would be injured and need a doctor. Could I somehow find the words to get the information across on the phone?"
John, as a Marine aviator, flew 59 combat missions in World War II and 90 during the Korean War. Every time he was deployed, he and Annie said goodbye the same way. His last words to her before leaving were:
"I'm just going down to the corner store to get a pack of gum."
And, with just the two of them there, she was able to always reply:
"Don't be long."
On that February day in 1962 when the world held its breath and the Atlas rocket was about to propel him toward space, those were their words, once again. And in 1998, when, at 77, he went back to space aboard the shuttle Discovery, it was an understandably tense time for them. What if something happened to end their life together?
She knew what he would say to her before boarding the shuttle. He did - and this time he gave her a present to hold onto:
A pack of gum.
She carried it in a pocket next to her heart until he was safely home.
Many times in her life she attempted various treatments to cure her stutter. None worked.
But in 1973, she found a doctor in Virginia who ran an intensive program she and John hoped would help her. She traveled there to enroll and to give it her best effort. The miracle she and John had always waited for at last, as miracles will do, arrived. At age 53, she was able to talk fluidly, and not in brief, anxiety-ridden, agonizing bursts.
John has said that on the first day he heard her speak to him with confidence and clarity, he dropped to his knees to offer a prayer of gratitude.
He has written: "I saw Annie's perseverance and strength through the years and it just made me admire her and love her even more." He has heard roaring ovations in countries around the globe for his own valor, but his awe is reserved for Annie, and what she accomplished: "I don't know if I would have had the courage."
Her voice is so clear and steady now that she regularly gives public talks. If you are lucky enough to know the Glenns, the sight and sound of them bantering and joking with each other and playfully finishing each others' sentences is something that warms you and makes you thankful just to be in the same room.
But if you ever find yourself at an event where the Glenns are appearing, and you want to see someone so brimming with pride and love that you may feel your own tears start to well up, wait until the moment that Annie stands to say a few words to the audience.
And as she begins, take a look at her husband's eyes.
For half a century, the world has applauded John Glenn as a heart-stirring American hero. He lifted the nation's spirits when, as one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts, he was blasted alone into orbit around the Earth; the enduring affection for him is so powerful that even now people find themselves misting up at the sight of his face or the sound of his voice.
But for all these years, Glenn has had a hero of his own, someone who he has seen display endless courage of a different kind: Annie Glenn.
They have been married for 69 years.
He is 91; she is 92.
The news coverage of the 50th anniversary of Glenn's flight into orbit reminded Americans that, half a century down the line, he remains America's unforgettable hero.
He has never really bought that. Because the heroism he most cherishes is of a sort that is seldom cheered. It belongs to the person he has known longer than he has known anyone else in the world.
John Glenn and Annie Castor first knew each other when - literally - they shared a playpen.
In New Concord, Ohio, his parents and hers were friends. When the families got together, their children played.
John - the future Marine fighter pilot, the future test-pilot ace, the future astronaut - was pure gold from the start. He would end up having what it took to rise to the absolute pinnacle of American regard during the space race; imagine what it meant to be the young John Glenn in the small confines of New Concord.
Three-sport varsity athlete, most admired boy in town, Mr. Everything.
Annie Castor was bright, was caring, was talented, was generous of spirit. But she could talk only with the most excruciating of difficulty. It haunted her.
Her stuttering was so severe that it was categorized as an "85%" disability - 85% of the time, she could not manage to make words come out.
When she tried to recite a poem in elementary school, she was laughed at. She was not able to speak on the telephone. She could not have a regular conversation with a friend.
And John Glenn loved her.
Even as a boy he was wise enough to understand that people who could not see past her stutter were missing out on knowing a rare and wonderful girl.
They married on April 6, 1943. As a military wife, she found that life as she and John moved around the country could be quite hurtful. She has written: "I can remember some very painful experiences - especially the ridicule."
In department stores, she would wander unfamiliar aisles trying to find the right section, embarrassed to attempt to ask the salesclerks for help. In taxis, she would have to write requests to the driver, because she couldn't speak the destination out loud. In restaurants, she would point to the items on the menu.
A fine musician, Annie, in every community where she and John moved, would play the organ in church as a way to make new friends. She and John had two children; she has written: "Can you imagine living in the modern world and being afraid to use the telephone? 'Hello' used to be so hard for me to say. I worried that my children would be injured and need a doctor. Could I somehow find the words to get the information across on the phone?"
John, as a Marine aviator, flew 59 combat missions in World War II and 90 during the Korean War. Every time he was deployed, he and Annie said goodbye the same way. His last words to her before leaving were:
"I'm just going down to the corner store to get a pack of gum."
And, with just the two of them there, she was able to always reply:
"Don't be long."
On that February day in 1962 when the world held its breath and the Atlas rocket was about to propel him toward space, those were their words, once again. And in 1998, when, at 77, he went back to space aboard the shuttle Discovery, it was an understandably tense time for them. What if something happened to end their life together?
She knew what he would say to her before boarding the shuttle. He did - and this time he gave her a present to hold onto:
A pack of gum.
She carried it in a pocket next to her heart until he was safely home.
Many times in her life she attempted various treatments to cure her stutter. None worked.
But in 1973, she found a doctor in Virginia who ran an intensive program she and John hoped would help her. She traveled there to enroll and to give it her best effort. The miracle she and John had always waited for at last, as miracles will do, arrived. At age 53, she was able to talk fluidly, and not in brief, anxiety-ridden, agonizing bursts.
John has said that on the first day he heard her speak to him with confidence and clarity, he dropped to his knees to offer a prayer of gratitude.
He has written: "I saw Annie's perseverance and strength through the years and it just made me admire her and love her even more." He has heard roaring ovations in countries around the globe for his own valor, but his awe is reserved for Annie, and what she accomplished: "I don't know if I would have had the courage."
Her voice is so clear and steady now that she regularly gives public talks. If you are lucky enough to know the Glenns, the sight and sound of them bantering and joking with each other and playfully finishing each others' sentences is something that warms you and makes you thankful just to be in the same room.
But if you ever find yourself at an event where the Glenns are appearing, and you want to see someone so brimming with pride and love that you may feel your own tears start to well up, wait until the moment that Annie stands to say a few words to the audience.
And as she begins, take a look at her husband's eyes.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Hilarious quotes-Polite
The NYPD is apparently teaching its officers how to be more polite. It's true - last time I got frisked, the cop was like, "Have you lost weight?"
- Jimmy Fallon
- Jimmy Fallon
Monday, July 9, 2012
Sarcastic quotes-Contemptible auxiliaries
Might, could, would - they are contemptible auxiliaries.
- George Eliot
- George Eliot
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Famous people quotes-The right thing
Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right thing than to win and do the wrong thing.
- Tony Blair
- Tony Blair
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Motivational thoughts-Day to dance
Today is your day to dance lightly with life,
sing wild songs of adventure,
invite rainbows and butterflies out to play,
soar your spirit, and unfurl your joy.
sing wild songs of adventure,
invite rainbows and butterflies out to play,
soar your spirit, and unfurl your joy.
Friday, July 6, 2012
Hilarious quotes-Kicked out!
Over the weekend, a man in Tennessee was kicked out of a Kenny Chesney concert because he looked too much like Kenny Chesney. That actually happens a lot - in fact, my grandma was kicked out of an Aerosmith concert for looking too much like Steven Tyler.
- Jimmy Fallon
- Jimmy Fallon
Philosophical quotes-Snow goose
The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white.
Neither need you do anything but be yourself.
- Lao Tzu
Neither need you do anything but be yourself.
- Lao Tzu
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Proverbs-Too busy
A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.
- Spanish Proverb
- Spanish Proverb
Truly free
We are free, truly free, when we don't need to rent our arms to anybody in order to be able to lift a piece of bread to our mouths.
- Ricardo Flores Magon, speech, 31 May 1914
- Ricardo Flores Magon, speech, 31 May 1914
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Independence Day quotes-Land of the free
This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.
- Elmer Davis
- Elmer Davis
Famous people quotes-Bitterness
Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
The break-up
Rielle Hunter announced she and John Edwards have broken up. That's scary. When a lying cheater and his home-wrecking mistress can't work things out, what chance is there for the rest of us?
- Jay Leno
- Jay Leno
Monday, July 2, 2012
Temporarily offline
Yesterday morning Facebook was temporarily offline, leaving millions of workers unable to do anything except their jobs.
- Jay Leno
- Jay Leno
Proverbs-Not Economical
It is not economical to go to bed early to save the candles if the result is twins.
- Chinese Proverb
- Chinese Proverb
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Love quotes-Painful
Love is painful that is true
not to love is painful too;
but there is a greater pain:
to love and not be loved again
not to love is painful too;
but there is a greater pain:
to love and not be loved again
Philosophical quotes-Truthfulness
Truthfulness. He will never willingly tolerate an untruth, but will hate it as much as he loves truth....And is there anything more closely connected with wisdom than truth?
- Plato, 380BC
- Plato, 380BC
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