Thought for the day II

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Postby yat_chum » Sat Jul 21, 2007 4:25 am

"Until you make peace with who you are, you'll never be content with what you have."
Doris Mortman
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Postby yat_chum » Sun Jul 22, 2007 4:03 am

"It is a fine thing to establish one's own religion in one's heart, not to be dependent on tradition and second-hand ideals. Life will seem to you, later, not a lesser, but a greater thing."
D. H. Lawrence (1885 - 1930)
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Postby yat_chum » Mon Jul 23, 2007 3:22 am

"Soar, eat ether, see what has never been seen; depart, be lost, but climb."
Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 - 1950)
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Postby yat_chum » Tue Jul 24, 2007 3:26 am

"Waste no more time talking about great souls and how they should be. Become one yourself!"
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121 AD - 180 AD)
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Postby yat_chum » Wed Jul 25, 2007 12:55 am

"Where all think alike, no one thinks very much."
Walter Lippmann (1889 - 1974)
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Postby yat_chum » Thu Jul 26, 2007 1:31 am

"You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it."
Robin Williams (1951 - )
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Postby yat_chum » Fri Jul 27, 2007 3:20 am

"All things are difficult before they are easy."
Dr. Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734), Gnomologia, 1732
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Postby yat_chum » Sat Jul 28, 2007 12:51 am

"Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it."
David Starr Jordan (1851 - 1931), The Philosophy of Despair
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Postby yat_chum » Sun Jul 29, 2007 2:00 am

"Today I purpose to live

My life will shine
As the morning sings
I walk in liberty
Bound in true dreams
Manifested promises
Chase my forward motion
A covered path before me
The fruits of my hoping
The fruits of my living

Today I purpose to love

My love will speak
With the sound of grace
Merciful within mercy
The works of my faith
Smiles of overflowing
Inspire my giving
Abundance of joy as rain
The fruits of my living"

Michael John Faciane
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Postby yat_chum » Mon Jul 30, 2007 1:21 am

"Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech."
Martin Fraquhar Tupper
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Postby yat_chum » Tue Jul 31, 2007 1:40 am

"When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong."
Arthur C. Clarke (1917 - ), Clarke's first law
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Postby yat_chum » Thu Aug 02, 2007 1:11 am

"Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works."
Steve Jobs (1955 - )

Don't know why this didn't post yesterday. Shame I had a perfect record this year until now.
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Postby yat_chum » Thu Aug 02, 2007 1:19 am

"The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half."
Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821 - 1881)
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Postby joeblast » Thu Aug 02, 2007 8:14 am

props to you either way, dude...you're super diligent, and pretty much every single one of these quotes is a good one!
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Postby yat_chum » Fri Aug 03, 2007 12:56 am

"We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but by why and how we do it."
Sharon Salzberg, O Magazine, The Power of Intention, January 2004
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Postby yat_chum » Sat Aug 04, 2007 1:38 am

"A person starts to live when he can live outside himself."
Albert Einstein
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Postby yat_chum » Sun Aug 05, 2007 1:29 am

Do not seek too much fame,
but do not seek obscurity.
Be proud.
But do not remind the world of your deeds.
Excel when you must,
but do not excel the world.
Many heroes are not yet born,
many have already died.
To be alive to hear this song is a victory.

West African song
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Postby yat_chum » Sun Aug 05, 2007 1:42 am

I will give you a talisman ...

Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen
and ask yourself if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him.

Mahatma Gandhi
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Postby yat_chum » Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:31 am

"Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy."
Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD), Moral Letters to Lucilius, 64 A.D.
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Postby yat_chum » Tue Aug 07, 2007 1:48 am

"Live well. It is the greatest revenge."
The Talmud
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