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Weekend Wisdom
It demands great spiritual resilience not to hate the hater whose foot is on your neck, and an even greater miracle of perception and charity … Read more »
Weekend Wisdom
Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad. Aldous Huxley
Weekend Wisdom
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
Weekend Wisdom
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 »
Weekend Wisdom
“We do survive every moment, after all, except the last one.” John Updike
Weekend Wisdom
“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 »
Weekend Wisdom
“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 »
Weekend Wisdom
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 »
Weekend 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 … Read more »
Weekend Wisdom
“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”
Weekend Wisdom
“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 »
Weekend Wisdom
“The moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.” James Baldwin
Weekend Wisdom
“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” Winston Churchill
Weekend Wisdom
“It’s all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back.” Mick Jagger
Weekend Wisdom
“I soon found out you can’t change the world. The best you can do is to learn to live with it.” Henry Miller
Weekend Wisdom
Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay. Sallust
Weekend Wisdom
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
Weekend Wisdom
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 »
Time, To Do, Today
Time never quite seems to be on my side. And lately it has been moving so swiftly, I can barely keep up. Much may be … Read more »