12/07/10

Do not stand on a high pedestal, take five cents in your hand and say, "Here, my poor man," but be grateful that the poor man is there, so by making a gift to him you are able to help yourself. It is not the receiver that is blessed, but it is the giver. Be thankful that you are allowed to exercise your power of benevolence and mercy in the world, and thus become pure and perfect. -Swami Vivekananda

12/06/10

We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another--until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices. -Richard M. Nixon

10/06/10

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. -Plato

10/05/10

If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out good, I am satisfied. -Alfred Nobel

10/04/10

A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking. -Jerry Seinfeld

09/07/10

The most wasted of days is one without laughter. -e.e. cummings

09/02/10

Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together. -Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

09/01/10

Gold in its native state is but dull, unornamental stuff, and only lowborn metals excite the admiration of the ignorant with an ostentatious glitter. However, like the rest of the world, I still go on underrating men of gold and glorifying men of mica. -Mark Twain

08/31/10

It has always seemed strange to me that in our endless discussions about education so little stress is laid on the pleasure of becoming an educated person, the enormous interest it adds to life. To be able to be caught up into the world of thought -- that is to be educated. -Edith Hamilton

08/30/10

The uncreative mind can spot the wrong answer, but it takes a creative mind to spot the wrong question. -Anthony Jay