Wednesday, 31 October 2012
Tao / Dao
Tuesday, 30 October 2012
Quote Worthy
Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there’s love and inspiration, I don’'t think you can go wrong. - Ella Fitzgerald
Hypocrite / Hypocrisy
Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every veil secretly desires to be lifted, except the veil of Hypocrisy. - Richard Garnett
Hypocrisy is folly; for it is much easier, safer, and pleasanter to be the thing which a man seems to appear, than to keep up the appearance of being what he is not. - Lord Burleigh
Hypocrisy is the resin that holds the plywood of society together. - Scott Meyer
It does not follow that a man is a hypocrite because his actions give the lie to his words. If he at one time seems a saint, and at other times a sinner, he possibly is both in reality, as well as in appearance. A person may be fond of vice and of virtue too; and practice one or the other, according to the temptation of the moment. - William Hazlitt
Those are greatly mistaken who think that they can obtain permanent glory by hypocrisy, vain pretence, and disguised words and looks. True glory strikes its roots deep, and spreads them on all sides; everything false disappears quickly, like spring flowers, nor can anything, that is untrue, be of long duration. - Cicero
We are all hypocrites. We cannot see ourselves or judge ourselves the way we see and judge others. - Jose Emilio Pacheco
Monday, 29 October 2012
The Young Doctor
Sunday, 28 October 2012
Greatness
Forget about like and dislikes. They are of no consequence. Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness. - George Bernard Shaw
Great is he who enjoys his earthenware as if it were plate, and not less great is the man to whom all plate is no more than earthenware. - Seneca
Greatness is a transitory experience. It is never consistent. It depends in part upon the myth-making imagination of humankind. The person who experiences greatness must have a feeling for the myth he is in. He must reflect what is projected upon him. - Frank Herbert
Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength. - Unknown
It is an invincible greatness of mind not to be elevated or dejected with good or ill fortune. - Seneca
It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him. - John Steinbeck.
Man's greatness lies in his power of thought. - Blaise Pascal
Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies. - Baltasar Gracian
The greatness comes not when things go always good for you. But the greatness comes when you’re really tested, when you take some knocks, some disappointments, when sadness comes. Because only if you’ve been in the deepest valley can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain. - Richard Nixon
The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively. - Bob Marley
There are countless ways of attaining greatness, but any road to reaching one's maximum potential must be built on a bedrock of respect for the individual, a commitment to excellence, and a rejection of mediocrity. - Buck Rodgers
There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet. - William F. Halsey
To be great is to be misunderstood. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted by no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it – who can say this is not greatness? - William Makepeace Thackeray
There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it. - Seneca
We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout. - Epictetus
Saturday, 27 October 2012
Flowers
Do not hurry. You are only here for a short visit. So be sure to stop and smell the flowers. - Walter Hagen
Do not mock the wild flowers by the side of the freeways. This random scattering adds colour to the landscape and scenery. They take the tiredness from your eyes so you will be alert on the road. They are Mother Nature’s way of adding colour to an otherwise dull, long or boring journey and ensuring you arrive safely at your destination. - Vincent Thnay
Flowers have a mysterious and subtle influence upon the feelings, not unlike some strains of music. They relax the tenseness of the mind. They dissolve its rigor. - Henry Ward Beecher
If you want the flowers in your garden to be glorious and to smell good, you must risk an occasional stink. - Unknown
This very moment is a seed from which the flowers of tomorrow’s happiness grow. - Unknown
Friday, 26 October 2012
Quote Worthy
Eating
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A cheerful look makes a dish a feast. - George Herbert
A stomach that is seldom empty despises common food. - Horace
Eating is not merely a material pleasure. Eating well gives a spectacular joy to life and contributes immensely to goodwill and happy companionship. It is of great importance to the morale. - Elsa Schiaparelli
First come, first served. - Henry Brinklow
In eating, a third of the stomach should be filled with food, a third with drink and the rest left empty. - Talmud
Man is what he eats. - Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach
No matter how developed you are in any other area of your life, no matter what you say you believe, no matter how sophisticated or enlightened you think you are, how you eat tells all. - Geneen Roth
The most important things in life happen over conversations while eating. - Geoffrey Zakarian
There is a difference between dining and eating. Dining is an art. When you eat to get most out of your meal, to please the palate, just as well as to satiate the appetite, that, my friend, is dining. - Yuan Mei
To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art. - Francois de La Rochefoucauld
What you feel like eating at any given moment is what you should have. - Ferran Adria
When it comes to eating, you can sometimes help yourself more by helping yourself less. - Richard Armour
Thursday, 25 October 2012
Education
All education should be directed toward the refinement of the individual’s sensibilities in relation not only to one’s fellow humans everywhere, but to all living things whatsoever. - Ashley Montagu
Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought. - Napoleon Hill
Education is learning what you didn’t even know you didn’t know. - Elmer G. Letterman
Self-education is the only possible education; the rest is mere veneer laid on the surface of a child’s nature. - Charlotte Manson
The ability to think straight, some knowledge of the past, some vision of the future, some skill to do useful service, some urge to fit that service into the well-being of the community – these are the most vital things education must try to produce. - Virginia Gildersleeve
Wednesday, 24 October 2012
Taoism
Tuesday, 23 October 2012
Quote Worthy
Monday, 22 October 2012
Couple In Their Nineties
Saturday, 20 October 2012
Focus
A negative focus can result in our entirely missing the possibilities placed in our path. - Anne Wilson Schaef
Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus. - Alexander Graham Bell
Concentration is the secret of strengths in politics, in war, in trade, in short in all management of human affairs. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Focus is the key to accomplish what is necessary – easy word to spell, it contains only five letters but it is probably one of the most powerful words there are in order to move forward with confidence and with the expected results. - Byron Pulsifer
Focusing isn’t just an optical activity, it is also a mental one. - Bridget Riley
If you focus on the possible when you experience difficult situations, YOU CAN positively change your outlook, reduce your stress, and concentrate on achieving things that otherwise may not have been possible. - Catherine Pulsifer
Instead of focusing on how much you can accomplish, focus on how much you can absolutely love what you’re doing. - Leo Babauta
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. - Aristotle Onassis
It was better to focus on the good and what we had than to focus on what we had lost and were losing. - Paul and Tracey McManus
Keep focused on the substantive issues. To make a decision means having to go through one door and closing all others. - Abraham Zaleznik
Since you need to push yourself to follow a new set of habits, you need to keep your focus on your objectives. You need to remind your mind of your main reason to adopt these new habits. - Kenneth J Hutchins
Temperamentally anxious people can have a hard time staying motivated because their intense focus on their worries distracts them from their goals. - Winifred Gallagher
That’s been one of my mantras – focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains. - Steve Jobs
The sun’s energy warms the world. But when you focus it through a magnifying glass it can start a fire. Focus is so powerful! - Alan Pariser
To focus means to bring your attention to the centre, to concentrate on one thing intently in order to gain clarity. - Cheryl Richardson
We often need an outside source to show us our need for an adjustment in focus, and when we finally acknowledge our need, the truth presents the wonderful ability to see clearly again - Ben Baughman
When there’s so much left to do, why spend your time focusing on things you’ve already done, counting trophies or telling stories about the good old days? - Dave Grohl
When you stay focused and keep a commitment you create momentum, and momentum creates momentum. - Rich Fettke
Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed. - Paulo Coelho
You are more likely to acquire power by narrowing your focus and applying your energies, like the sun’s rays, to a limited range of activities in a small number of domains. - Jeffrey Pfeffer
Your destiny is to fulfil those things upon which you focus most intently. So, choose to keep your focus on that which is truly magnificent, beautiful, uplifting and joyful. Your life is always moving toward something. - Ralph Marston
Friday, 19 October 2012
Quote Worthy
Thursday, 18 October 2012
Effort
Don't put in half of the effort unless you're okay with half of the results. - Unknown
Food
Food ... is the topmost taper on the golden candelabrum of existence. - Donald Barthelme
One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. - Virginia Woolf
The rest of the world lives to eat, while I eat to live. - Socrates
There is no love sincerer than the love of food. - George Bernard Shaw
We are all dietetic sinners; only a small percent of what we eat nourishes us; the balance goes to waste and loss of energy. - William Osler
What is food to one, is to others bitter poison. - Lucretius
While weight loss is important, what’s more important is the quality of food you put in your body – food is information that quickly changes your metabolism and genes. - Mark Hyman