God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.
Every evening I turn my worries over to God. He's going to be up all night anyway.
If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him.
After God created the world, He made man and woman. Then, to keep the whole thing from collapsing, He invented humor.
God has editing rights over our prayers. He will... edit them, correct them, bring them in line with His will and then hand them back to us to be resubmitted.
God thinks within geniuses, dreams within poets, and sleeps within the rest of us.
There are no accidents. God's just trying to remain anonymous.
One reason God created time was so that there would be a place to bury the failures of the past.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Monday, March 2, 2009
Ocean
Even the upper end of the river
believes in the ocean.
I pray to be like the ocean, with soft currents, maybe waves at times. More and more, I want the consistency rather than the highs and the lows. - Drew Barrymore
My eyes are an ocean in which my dreams are reflected.
No one would ever have crossed the ocean if he could have gotten off the ship in a storm.
May your joys be as deep as the ocean, your sorrows as light as its foam.
We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.
Eternity begins and ends with the ocean's tides.
As the ocean is never full of water, so is the heart never full of love.
It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean. - John Locke
Ocean racing is like standing under a cold shower tearing up £5 notes.
believes in the ocean.
I pray to be like the ocean, with soft currents, maybe waves at times. More and more, I want the consistency rather than the highs and the lows. - Drew Barrymore
My eyes are an ocean in which my dreams are reflected.
No one would ever have crossed the ocean if he could have gotten off the ship in a storm.
May your joys be as deep as the ocean, your sorrows as light as its foam.
We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.
Eternity begins and ends with the ocean's tides.
As the ocean is never full of water, so is the heart never full of love.
It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean. - John Locke
Ocean racing is like standing under a cold shower tearing up £5 notes.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Talent
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me."
Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life.
The most exciting place to discover talent is in yourself.
Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change.
Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.
Talent works, genius creates.
Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.
The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck.
Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life.
The most exciting place to discover talent is in yourself.
Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change.
Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.
Talent works, genius creates.
Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.
The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Enemy
Misfortune tests friends, and detects enemies.
In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.
A flatterer is a secret enemy.
Keep your enemies in front of you.
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
Enemies are so stimulating.
Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake.
Speed is the essence of war. Take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness; travel by unexpected routes and strike him where he has taken no precautions.
A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
If your opponent is of choleric temperament, seek to irritate him.
It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and lose one; if you do not know your enemies nor yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle.
In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.
A flatterer is a secret enemy.
Keep your enemies in front of you.
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
Enemies are so stimulating.
Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake.
Speed is the essence of war. Take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness; travel by unexpected routes and strike him where he has taken no precautions.
A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
If your opponent is of choleric temperament, seek to irritate him.
It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and lose one; if you do not know your enemies nor yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Friday, February 6, 2009
Wind
I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things... I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind.
Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are.
To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.
Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the color of the wind.
A crisis is an opportunity riding the dangerous wind.
The higher you climb on the mountain, the harder the wind blows.
For what is it to die, But to stand in the sun and melt into the wind?
Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!
Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are.
To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.
Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the color of the wind.
A crisis is an opportunity riding the dangerous wind.
The higher you climb on the mountain, the harder the wind blows.
For what is it to die, But to stand in the sun and melt into the wind?
Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Stupidity
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe.
The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.
The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
Stupidity has a knack of getting its way.
The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also limit his stupidity.
Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it.
It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite.
Stupidity is better kept a secret than displayed.
If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
I've done a fair share of stupid things in my life, a couple of which should have put me in the grave. But here I am, typing away as if I had a brain.
The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.
The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
Stupidity has a knack of getting its way.
The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also limit his stupidity.
Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it.
It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite.
Stupidity is better kept a secret than displayed.
If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
I've done a fair share of stupid things in my life, a couple of which should have put me in the grave. But here I am, typing away as if I had a brain.
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