Tag Archives: Weekend Wisdom

Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold. Edmund Spenser

Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad. Aldous Huxley

Oh, my friend, it’s not what they take away from you that counts. It’s what you do with what you have left. Hubert Humphrey

I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighbourhood of man, and enjoy the sweet security of the streets. Henry … Read more »

“We do survive every moment, after all, except the last one.” John Updike

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. It’s the oNever doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed … Read more »

“It is with narrow-souled people as with narrow-necked bottles:  the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring it out.” Alexander … Read more »

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the … Read more »

“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 … Read more »

“So often time it happens, we all live our life in chains, and we never even know we have the key.” The Eagles, “Already Gone”

“For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of … Read more »

“The moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.” James Baldwin

“It’s all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back.” Mick Jagger

“I soon found out you can’t change the world. The best you can do is to learn to live with it.” Henry Miller

Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay. Sallust  

If I was damned of body and soul, I know whose prayers would make me whole, Mother o’ mine, O mother o’mine. Rudyard Kipling

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into … Read more »