01/19/11

These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves. -Gilbert Highet

01/18/11

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy. -Rabindranath Tagore

01/14/11

You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by. Yes, but some of them are golden only because we let them slip by. -James M. Barrie

01/13/11

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned. -Peter Marshall

01/12/11

While we have the gift of life, it seems to me the only tragedy is to allow part of us to die - whether it is our spirit, our creativity or our glorious uniqueness.
-Gilda Radner

01/06/11

When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge. -Gerald Jampolsky

01/05/11

All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right about face which turns us from failure to success. -Dorothea Brande

12/28/10

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

12/22/10

It is literally true, as the thankless say, that they have nothing to be thankful for. He who sits by the fire, thankless for the fire, is just as if he had no fire. Nothing is possessed save in appreciation, of which thankfulness is the indispensable ingredient. But a thankful heart hath a continual feast. -W.J. Cameron

12/21/10

Life is more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party. -Jimmy Buffett