-Oh Me! Oh Life! of the questions recurring,...
Answer
That you are here - that life exists and identity,
That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.
-Praised be the fathomless universe, for life and joy, and for objects and knowledge curious.
-Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give I give myself.
-I sing the body that is electric! I celebrate the Self yet to be unveiled!
Quotes by Walt Whitman
- What questions about life recur for you?
- What verse may you contribute to life?
- When have you given of yourself?
- What has yet to be unveiled of yourself?
Monday, August 19, 2013
Saturday, August 17, 2013
#1059 No sadder sight
I can teach anybody how to get what they want to get out of life.
The problem is that I can't find anybody who can tell me what they
want.
Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.
Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.
Quotes by Mark Twain
- What do you want out of life?
- What do you think Twain's advice would be?
- What widely accepted issues may need some reconsideration?
- Do you pervade pessimism or optimism?
Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.
Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.
Quotes by Mark Twain
- What do you want out of life?
- What do you think Twain's advice would be?
- What widely accepted issues may need some reconsideration?
- Do you pervade pessimism or optimism?
Friday, August 16, 2013
#1058 Put there a Spark
I cling to my imperfection, as the very essence of my being.
To accomplish great things one must not only act but also dream, not only dream but also believe.
Do not try to satisfy your vanity by teaching a great many things. Awaken people's curiosity. It is enough to open minds; do not overload them. Put there just a spark. If there is some good inflammable stuff, it will catch fire.
The Truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter and that is everything.
I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.
Quotes by Anatole France
- What are your imperfections?
- When have you been sparked by some skilful writing or speech?
- Could you add several more adjectives about what life is?
To accomplish great things one must not only act but also dream, not only dream but also believe.
Do not try to satisfy your vanity by teaching a great many things. Awaken people's curiosity. It is enough to open minds; do not overload them. Put there just a spark. If there is some good inflammable stuff, it will catch fire.
The Truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter and that is everything.
I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.
Quotes by Anatole France
- What are your imperfections?
- When have you been sparked by some skilful writing or speech?
- Could you add several more adjectives about what life is?
Thursday, August 15, 2013
#1057 Remember your humanity
The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.
The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.
It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.
Remember your humanity and forget the rest.
Quotes by Bertrand Russell
- What is an important bridge for you to cross?
- What important problem needs a solution?
- How can you enrich your humanity?
The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.
The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.
It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.
Remember your humanity and forget the rest.
Quotes by Bertrand Russell
- What is an important bridge for you to cross?
- What important problem needs a solution?
- How can you enrich your humanity?
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
#1056 Steps on the path
In most of our human relationships, we spend much of our time reassuring
one another that our costumes of identity are on straight.
We're all just walking each other home.
I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion--and where it isn't, that's where my work lies.
Suffering is part of our training program for becoming wise.
The next message you need is always right where you are.
It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.
Quotes by Ram Dass
- How can you be an encouragement for others?
-What message about life might you find today?
-How accepting are you of what life brings?
We're all just walking each other home.
I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion--and where it isn't, that's where my work lies.
Suffering is part of our training program for becoming wise.
The next message you need is always right where you are.
It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.
Quotes by Ram Dass
- How can you be an encouragement for others?
-What message about life might you find today?
-How accepting are you of what life brings?
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
#1055 Dwell upon excellencies
Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It
is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a
worthy purpose.
What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.
A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections.
Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind.
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
Our delight in any particular study, art, or science rises and improves in proportion to the application which we bestow upon it. Thus, what was at first an exercise becomes at length an entertainment.
Soon as the evening shades prevail,
The moon takes up the wondrous tale,
And nightly to the listening earth
Repeats the story of her birth.
Quotes by Joseph Addison
- To what extent have you defined a worthy purpose for your life?
- How has education enriched your life?
- What good can you spread in small ways?
What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.
A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections.
Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind.
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
Our delight in any particular study, art, or science rises and improves in proportion to the application which we bestow upon it. Thus, what was at first an exercise becomes at length an entertainment.
Soon as the evening shades prevail,
The moon takes up the wondrous tale,
And nightly to the listening earth
Repeats the story of her birth.
Quotes by Joseph Addison
- To what extent have you defined a worthy purpose for your life?
- How has education enriched your life?
- What good can you spread in small ways?
Monday, August 12, 2013
#1054 An act of courage
As long as you live, keep learning how to live.
Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
He that does good to another does good also to himself.
To be everywhere is to be nowhere.
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
Quotes by Seneca
- What lessons have you learned about living?
- How will you live your life today?
Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
He that does good to another does good also to himself.
To be everywhere is to be nowhere.
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
Quotes by Seneca
- What lessons have you learned about living?
- How will you live your life today?
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