quotes

God is a metaphore for a mystery that absolutely transcends all categories of human thought.
...........Joseph Campbell

If I give you a pfennig, you will be one pfennig richer and I'll be one pfennig poorer. But if I give you an idea, you will have a new idea, but I shall still have it, too. Albert Einstein


"What lies behind us, and what lies before
us are small matters compared
to what lies within us."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The secret of getting started is breaking
your complex, overwhelming tasks into
small manageable tasks, and then
starting on the first one."
- Mark Twain



"One important key to success is
self-confidence. An important key to
self-confidence is preparation."
- Arthur Ashe





The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.
- Bertrand Russell



He who will not economize will have to agonize


"Always bear in mind that your own resolution
to succeed is more important
than any other one thing."
- Abraham Lincoln

"If one advances confidently in the direction of
his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he
has imagined, he will meet with a success
unexpected in common hours."
- H.D. Thoreau


"The only limit to our realization of
tomorrow will be our doubts of today."
- Franklin D. Roosevelt

"Don't be afraid of the space between your
dreams and reality. If you can dream it,
you can make it so."
- Belva Davis


From: bob lewis
Date: 1/2/2008 12:04:31 AM
To: bob lewis; rufusthecat1@shaw.ca; DON LEWIS
Subject: New Year thought



-- written by Max Ehrmann in the 1920s --
Not "Found in Old St. Paul's Church"! -- see below

Go placidly amid the noise and the haste,
And remember what peace there may be in silence.

As far as possible, without surrender,
Be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
And listen to others,
Even to the dull and the ignorant;
They too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons;
They are vexatious to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others,
You may become vain or bitter,
For always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
It is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs,
For the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
Many persons strive for high ideals,
And everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love,
For in the face of all aridity and disenchantment,
It is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,
Gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline,
Be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe
No less than the trees and the stars;
You have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
No doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,
Whatever you conceive Him to be.
And whatever your labors and aspirations,
In the noisy confusion of life,
Keep peace in your soul.


With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
It is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful. Strive to be happy