Thought for the day III

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Thought for the day III

Postby yat_chum » Tue Jan 01, 2008 4:55 am

"Each new day is a blank page in the diary of your life. The secret of success is in turning that diary into the best story you possibly can."
Douglas Pagels, A Wonderful Resolution For The New Year!


Happy New Year. :D
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Postby yat_chum » Wed Jan 02, 2008 2:18 am

"True humor is fun - it does not put down, kid, or mock. It makes people feel wonderful, not separate, different, and cut off. True humor has beneath it the understanding that we are all in this together."
Hugh Prather
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Postby yat_chum » Thu Jan 03, 2008 2:12 am

"Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance."
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
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Postby yat_chum » Fri Jan 04, 2008 3:14 am

"Dare to be yourself."
Andre Gide (1869 - 1951)
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Postby yat_chum » Sat Jan 05, 2008 5:10 am

"Like an ability or a muscle, hearing your inner wisdom is strengthened by doing it."
Robbie Gass
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Postby yat_chum » Sun Jan 06, 2008 4:52 am

"God does not send us despair in order to kill us; he
sends it in order to awaken us to new life."
Hermann Hesse - Reflections
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Postby yat_chum » Mon Jan 07, 2008 3:19 am

"The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet."
Lord Chesterfield (1694 - 1773), Letters to His Son, 1746, published 1774
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Postby yat_chum » Tue Jan 08, 2008 4:23 am

"It is by acts and not by ideas that people live."
Anatole France (1844 - 1924)
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Postby yat_chum » Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:41 am

"I stand in awe of my body."
Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
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Postby yat_chum » Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:35 am

"The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires."
William A. Ward
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Postby yat_chum » Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:03 am

"Teaching is more difficult than learning because what teaching calls for is this: to let learn. The real teacher, in fact, lets nothing else be learned than learning. His conduct, therefore, often produces the impression that we properly learn nothing from him, if by "learning" we now suddenly understand merely the procurement of useful information."
Martin Heidegger
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Postby Inga » Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:37 pm

Sometimes it seems
We'll touch that dream
But things come slow or not at all
And the ones on top, won't make it stop
So convinced that they might fall
Let's love ourselves then we can't fail
To make a better situation
Tomorrow, our seeds will grow
All we need is dedication

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Postby yat_chum » Sat Jan 12, 2008 5:34 am

"A wisely chosen illustration is almost essential to fasten the truth upon the ordinary mind, and no teacher can afford to neglect this part of his preparation."
Howard Crosby
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Postby yat_chum » Sun Jan 13, 2008 5:21 am

"Say not, when I have leisure I will study; you may not have leisure."
The Mishnah
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Postby yat_chum » Mon Jan 14, 2008 5:20 am

"Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in a few words."
Aprocrypha
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Postby yat_chum » Tue Jan 15, 2008 2:48 am

"Self-importance is our greatest enemy. Think about it - what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellowmen. Our self-importance requires that we spend most of our lives offended by someone."
Carlos Castaneda
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Postby yat_chum » Wed Jan 16, 2008 2:15 am

"Shared laughter creates a bond of friendships. When people laugh together, they cease to be young and old, teacher and pupils, worker and boss. They become a single group of human beings."
W. Lee Grant
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Postby yat_chum » Thu Jan 17, 2008 2:14 am

"I do believe it is possible to create, even without ever writing a word or painting a picture, by simply molding one's inner life. And that too is a deed."
Etty Hillesum
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Postby yat_chum » Fri Jan 18, 2008 2:21 am

"Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings."
Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
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Postby yat_chum » Sat Jan 19, 2008 2:18 am

"No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown."
William Penn (1644 - 1718)
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