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Many candles can be kindled from one candle without diminishing it.
--The Midrash
There are people who will always come up with reason why you cannot do what you want to do. Ignore them!
urpose of a fish trap is to catch a fish, and when the fish are
gone, the trap is forgotten.
The purpose of a rabbit snare is to catch rabbits, and when the
rabbits are gone, the snare is forgotten.
The purpose of words is to convey meaning, when the ideas are
grasped, the words are forgotten.
Where can I find a man who has forgotten words? He is the one I
would like to talk to.
--Chuang Tzu
Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God --Leo Buscaglia
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the
way its animals are treated. ... I hold that, the more helpless a
creature, the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty
of man.
--Mahatma Ghandi
Economics is a theoretical science and as such abstains from any
judgement of value. It is not its task to tell people what ends they
should aim at. It is a science of the means to be applied for attainment
of ends chosen, not, to be sure, a science of the choosing of ends.
Ultimate decisions, the valuations and the choosing of ends, are beyond
the scope of any science. Science never tells a man how he should act;
it merely shows how a man must act if he wants to attain definite ends.
-- Ludwig von Mises
We convince ourselves that life will be better: After we get
married, have a baby, then another. Then we are frustrated that the kids
aren't old enough and we'll be more content when they are. After that
we're frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with. We will certainly
be happy when they are out of that stage. We tell ourselves that our
life will be complete when our spouse gets his or her act together, when
we get a nicer car, are able to go on a nice vacation, when we retire.
The truth is, there's no better time to be happy than right now. If not
now, when? Your life will always be filled with challenges. Admit it to
yourself and decide to be happy anyway.
One of my favorite quotes comes from Alfred D Souza. He said, "For
a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real
life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be
gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served,
a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that
these obstacles were my life".
So, maybe there is no way to happiness. Rather, happiness is the
way. Then treasure every moment that you have. And treasure it more
because you shared it with someone special: special enough to spend your
time...and remember that time waits for no one... Stop waiting until you
finish school, until you go back to school, until you lose ten pounds,
until you gain ten pounds, until you have kids, until your kids leave
the house, until you start work, until you retire, until you get
married, until you get divorced, until Friday night, until Sunday
morning, until you get a new car or home, until your car or home is paid
off, until spring, until summer, until fall, until winter, until the
first or fifteenth, until your song comes on, until you've had a drink,
Until you've sobered up, until you die, until you are born again... To
decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy...
Happiness is a journey, not a destination.
-Anonymous
A SMILE costs nothing, but gives much. It enriches those who receive,
without making poorer those who give. It takes but a moment, but the
memory of it sometimes lasts forever. None is so rich or mighty that he
can get along without it, and none is so poor but that he can be made
rich by it. A smile creates happiness in the home, fosters good will in
business, and is the countersign of friendship. It brings rest to the
weary, cheer to the discouraged, sunshine to the sad, and is nature's
best antidote for trouble. Yet it cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or
stolen, for it is something that is of no value to anyone until it is
given away. Some people are too tired to give you a smile. Give them one
of yours, as none needs a smile so much as he who has no more to give.
--- Based on the writings of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch
Nature smiles at the union of freedom and equality in our utopias. For
freedom and equality are sworn and everlasting enemies, and when one
prevails the other dies. Leave men free, and their natural inequalities
will multiply almost geometrically, as in England and America in the
nineteenth century under laissez-faire. To check the growth of
inequality, liberty must be sacrificed, as in Russia after 1917. Even
when repressed, inequality grows; only the man who is below the average
in economic ability desires equality; those who are conscious of
superior ability desire freedom, and in the end superior ability has its
way.
--Will Durant
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly
recognizes genius.
--Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Excessive competitiveness, anxiety, hostility, suspiciousness, all
originate in the nursery years. That is why, if we want a world of peace
and not violence, love and not hate, cooperation and not murder, justice
and not selfishness, we have to learn how to make childhood more
happy. No nobler task could be pursued by our generation.
--Joshua Loth Liebman
It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves. --Edmund Hillary (led first successful expedition up Mt. Everest)
An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity. --Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Atrocities are no less atrocities when they occur in laboratories and are called 'medical research. --George Bernard Shaw
A smile costs nothing, but gives much. It enriches those who receive,
without making poorer those who give. It takes but a moment, but the
memory of it sometimes lasts forever. None is so rich or mighty that he
can get along without it, and none is so poor but that he cannot be made
rich by it. A smile creates happiness in the home, fosters good will in
business, and is the countersign of friendship. It brings rest to the
weary, cheer to the discouraged, sunshine to the sad, and is nature's
best antidote for trouble. Yet it cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or
stolen, for it is something that is of no value to anyone until it is
given away. Some people are too tired to give you a smile. Give them one
of yours, as none needs a smile so much as he who has no more to give.
--- Based on the writings of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. --Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
He who loses money, loses much. He who loses a friend, loses more. He who loses faith, loses all.
When there is only one race and that's mankind, we shall be free.--Garth Brooks
In strategy the longest way round is often the shortest way there- a direct approach to the object exhausts the attacker and hardens the resistance by compression, whereas an indirect approach loosens the defender's hold by upsetting his balance. --B.H. Liddell Hart
When you know someone has gone to a lot of trouble to get dressed up, tell them they look terrific.
If you want to feel rich, just count all of the things you have that money can't buy.
A man walking across a field encountered a tiger. He fled, the tiger chasing after him. Coming to a cliff, he caught hold of a wild vine and swung himself over the edge. The tiger sniffed at him from above. Terrified, the man looked down to where, far below, another tiger had come, waiting to eat him. Two mice, one white, one black, little by little began to gnaw away at the vine. The man saw a luscious strawberry near him. Grasping the vine with one hand, he plucked the strawberry with the other. How sweet it tasted! --ZEN Parable
Little things affect little minds. --Benjamin Disraeli
The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.--Oliver Wendell Holmes
The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of
appearing ridiculous; it is indissolubly connected with the fate of man.
--Emile Zola
Any failure will tell you success is nothing but luck.
The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. --E. E. Cummings
Absence of Evidence is not evidence of Absence. --Einstein
Now that you are almost grown I look back and ask myself, Did I tell
you?
Did I tell you all that I meant to tell you, all that I felt was
important. Did I tell you or was it lost in the shuffle of our everyday
lives. The busy full days when we taught and did not know it. What did
we teach? Was it strong? Was it good? Will it root you in something real
that will allow you to grow with a firm and sound foundation?
Did I tell you to love, not with a fair weather love, but with a
love that accepts and cherishes unconditionally. Love not with a quick
and passing love, but with a love that is a quiet peace within your
heart.
Did I tell you to be thoughtful. Not to be a martyr or a doormat to
be trod upon, but to be aware of other people and their needs. To meet
others with awareness and, within your own framework, be able to meet
them halfway and, on occasion, go the other half joyfully.
Did I tell you to be courteous, not to display empty manners with
no meaning but to live the courtousy born of caring. And to express this
caring through small formalities and customs born of the years.
Did I tell you to be bold. To not be afraid of the unknown, but to
live to the fullest and meet each new experience with joy and
anticiption.
And did I tell you to be cautious. To temper your daring and sense
of adventure with good judgement and consideration.
Did I tell you to serve other people if only in a small way. There
is growth and satisfaction in being part of something larger than
yourself and your life will be richer for knowing this.
Did I tell you to maintain a sense of the past. To recall and
uphold all that is best and meaningful in our country and in our
society. But never be afraid to speak out where you don't believe or
where there is room for improvement. Work for what you believe, but work
in a positive way within a structure of order and reason.
Did I tell you to find a part of nature that speaks to you, then
know it intimately and well. For some it is in a mountain peak, for some
a windswept beach. Find your own and it find your restoration.
Did I tell you to laugh, to dance, to sing. There is a lot in life
that is hard, but take it as it comes and find the good.
Did I tell you to be creative, to explore the seed within you.
Find your creative spirit and let it grow.
And did I tell you the challenge of being a man --the challenge of
balancing your worlds -- the need to achieve and the need to nurture --
the need to be strong an the need to be tender -- the need to meet the
tests that life brings yet always keep love at the center -- letting it
be the star by which you set your sail.
Did I tell you these things as we went along the way? If I did I am
humbly grateful. If I did not, then you must choose for yourself. If it
has meaning,, accept it and make it your own. If it does not, discard
it. Your life is yours to build it as you choose.
And did I tell you I hope it will be a good life
--Elizabeth Knapp
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved… the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. --Jack Kerouac
Never assume the obvious is true. --William Safire
[about the past]...the way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it. --Rafikki to Simba in Disney's The Lion King
* I became a vegetarian not just for my own health...but for the health of the chickens. --Isaac Bashevis Singer (Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature)
To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer, not to love is to suffer, to suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy then is to suffer. But suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore to be unhappy one must love or love to suffer. Or suffer from too much happiness. --Woody Allen
Where you end up isn't the most important thing. It's the road you take to get you there. The road you take is what you'll look back on and call your life. Not reaching success isn't the end of the world. Not trying to reach it is.--- Tim Wiley
We do not inherit the land, we borrow it from our children. --Native American Proverb
Hands that help are holier than lips that pray.
--- Vinod Reddy
When one door closes, another opens. But we often look so regretfully upon the closed door that we don't see the one that has opened for us. --Alexander Graham Bell
Sometimes on the way to our dreams, we get lost and find an even better one!
And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. --Abraham Lincoln
The park bench was deserted as I sat down to read.
Beneath the long, straggly branches of an old willow tree.
Disillusioned by life with good reason to frown,
For the world was intent on dragging me down.
And if that weren't enough to ruin my day,
A young boy out of breath approached me, all tired from play.
He stood right before me with his head tilted down
And said with great excitement, "Look what I found!"
In his hand was a flower, and what a pitiful sight,
With its petals all worn-not enough rain, or too little light.
Wanting him to take his dead flower and go off to play,
I faked a small smile and then shifted away.
But instead of retreating he sat next to my side
And placed the flower to his nose
And declared with overacted surprise,
"It sure smells pretty and it's beautiful, too.
That's why I picked it; here, it's for you."
The weed before me was dying or dead.
Not vibrant of colors, orange, yellow or red.
But I knew I must take it, or he might never leave.
So I reached for the flower, and replied, "Just what I need."
But instead of him placing the flower in my hand,
He held it midair without reason or plan.
It was then that I noticed for the very first time
That weed-toting boy could not see: he was blind.
I heard my voice quiver, tears shone like the sun
As I thanked him for picking the very best one.
"You're welcome," he smiled, and then ran off to play,
Unaware of the impact he'd had on my day.
I sat there and wondered how he managed to see
A self-pitying woman beneath an old willow tree.
How did he know of my self-indulged plight?
Perhaps from his heart, he'd been blessed with true sight.
Through the eyes of a blind child, at last I could see
The problem was not with the world; the problem was me.
And for all of those times I myself had been blind,
I vowed to see the beauty in life,
And appreciate every second that's mine.
And then I held that wilted flower up to my nose
And breathed in the fragrance of a beautiful rose
And smiled as I watched that young boy, another weed in his hand
About to change the life of an unsuspecting old man.
--- Author Unknown
Have faith in your dreams and someday. Your rainbow will come smiling through. No matter how your heart is grieving, If you keep on believing, the dream that you wish will come true --Cinderella (A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes)
Shoot for the stars, and you'll hit the top of the fence. Aim for the top of the fence and you never leave the ground. --Lance Porigow
So.....be your name Buxbaum or Mixby or Bray or Morrdecai Ali Van Allen O'Shea you're off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So...get on your way! --Dr. Seusse
We should...be able to see that our interest would be best served not by
asking the state to promulgate our values but by forbidding the state to
promulgate any values at all. If the state can espouse some value that
we love, it can, with equal justice, espouse others we do not love. --
Richard Mitchell
The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.
- Charles Darwin
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. -- Issac Asimov
Judaism is a religion that teaches [preverence for life as its highest
principle]. The God it worships does not desire the death of sinners,
but that they may turn and live. That God's word is 'Seek Me and live,'
and 'Choose life.' It is a religion that teaches that to destroy a
single life is to destroy an entire world, and to sustain a single life
is to sustain an entire world. It is a religion that yearns, above all
things, for the day when swords will be beaten into plowshares and
spears into pruninghooks; whose aim, in the words of a modern Jewish
writer, is 'the creation of a human being unable to shed blood;' whose
toast is Lechayim, 'To life!'…It is a religion whose New Year is a
celebration of life and a plea for its continuance: 'Remember us unto
life, O King who delights in life, and inscribe us in the Book of Life,
for Your sake, O God of life.' --John D. Rayner
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