Eclectic quotations accumulating in Hell's Kitchen, NY, USA.

20070221

"If you examine your history, you cannot help but repeat it! Law of Attraction says it is so: "Whatever I am looking at, I am including in my vibration."
-- Abraham-Hicks

20070220

"A thought is often original, though you have uttered it a hundred times".
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes

20070219

"With so much information in this world vying for your attention, intuition can be easily missed. Synchronicities and coincidences are clear signs that intuition is knocking on your door. Have you heard the same phrase or saying from more than one person today? Do the same numbers keep showing up in your life? Has someone mentioned the same person you were just thinking of? If so, these are all signs for you to – Pause, Be Open, and Pay Attention. There could very well be a message, or a lesson there meant especially for you. There are no accidents in this intelligent universe!"
-- John Holland

20070218

"I want great relationships. I so enjoy nice, clever, funny, energetic, stimulating people and I love knowing that this planet is abundant with them. I have met so many interesting people, and I love the discovery of fascinating characteristics in the people I meet. It seems the more I enjoy people, the more people whom I enjoy come into my experience. I love this time of spectacular co-creation."
-- Abraham, The Law of Attraction by Hicks, p. 70.

20070217

"We can look at the world through a narrow lens and see the ground or open the shutter wide and see the stars."
-- Evelyn Loeb, on the chalkboard at Giorgio's Grill this morning.

20070216

"If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows".
-- Paul Eldridg

20070215

"Catch on fire with enthusiasm, and people will come for miles to watch you burn."
-- Fortune Cookie

20070214

"Desire creates the power."
-- Raymond Holliwell

20070213

"While we have the gift of life, it seems to me the only tragedy is to allow part of us to die - whether it is our spirit, our creativity, or our glorious uniqueness."
-- Gilda Radner

20070212

"Your future is as boundless as the lofty heaven."
-- Fortune Cookie

20070211

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
-- Anonymous, on the chalkboard at Giorgio's Grill today.

20070210

"Obstacles are those frightening things that become visible when we take our eyes off our goals".
-- Henry Ford

20070209

"Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things".
-- Peter Drucker

20070208

"What would be possible for you if you started asking more powerful questions and began to step outside the status quo that perpetuates the endless cycle of pain?

What if you replaced...

resisting what is

denying what is

beating yourself up

making it wrong

making yourself wrong

making other people wrong

and the mantra 'It shouldn't be like this'

...with the transformative experience of acceptance?

Acceptance isn't a passive position."


-- Debbie Ford

20070207

"The more you give, the more you will receive, because you will keep the abundance of the universe circulating in your life. In fact, anything that is of value in life only multiplies when it is given. That which doesn't multiply through giving is neither worth giving nor worth receiving".
-- Deepak Chopra

20070206

"Humankind cannot stand very much reality".
-- TS Eliot

20070205

"Character is the cornerstone of success."
-- Fortune Cookie

20070204

"Our duty is not to see through one another, but to see one another through."
-- Leonard Sweet, on the chalkboard at Giorgio's this morning.

20070203

"It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power."
-- Alan Cohen

20070202

"Character development is the true aim of education."
-- Fortune Cookie

20070201

"Find something to feel good about and get out of the way, and allow the cells to receive what they've been asking for. That is the key to healing".
-- Abraham

20070131

"There are years that ask questions, and years that answer".
-- Zora Neale Hurston

20070130

"Although we have been made to believe that if we let go we will end up with nothing, life itself reveals again and again the opposite; that letting go is the path to real freedom".
-- Sogyai Rinpoche

20070129

"The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on."
-- Walter Lippmann

20070128

"I like spending money. I don't like money in the bank. I like
moments."
-- Vic Muniz, in today's New York Times. "Not Ready to Wind Down, by
David Colman.

20070127

"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."
-- John Wooden, the quote on the chalkboard at Giorgio's, this weekend.

20070126

"When you talk about what you want and why you want it, there's usually less resistance within you than when you talk about what you want and how you're going to get it. When you pose questions you don't have answers for, like how, where, when, who, it sets up a contradictory vibration that slows everything down".
-- Abraham

20070125

"Everything works out in the end. If it hasn't worked out, it's not the end".
-- Anonymous

20070112

"The past has flown away. The coming month and year do not exist. Ours only is the present's tiny point."
-- Mahmud Shabistari

20070111

"There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line".
-- Oscar Levant

20070110

"You must do the thing you think you cannot do".
-- Eleanor Roosevelt

20070109

"When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to discover they are not it".
-- Bernard Bailey

20070108

"The Optimist's Creed:

Promise Yourself:

• To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
• To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet.
• To make all your friends feel that there is something in them.
• To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.
• To think only of the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best.
• To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.
• To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
• To wear a cheeful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile.
• To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have not time to criticize others.
• To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble."

--
Anonymous

20070107

"Don't wait for success, start ahead without it."
-- Fortune Cookie

20070106

"Whatever we are waiting for - peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance - it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart."
-- Sarah Ban Breathnach

20070105

"Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men."
-- Martin Luther King Jr.

20070104

"This is your year! This is the year when you can take positive control of your mind, make peace with your past, and heal that amazing heart of yours more deeply than ever...

After spending a beautiful week celebrating with friends and loved ones and sharing our New Year's dreams, goals, and plans, I became acutely aware of how we often breed discontentment by wanting this, wishing for that, and desiring things to be different than they are. Although we're conditioned to believe that our checklist of desires is absolutely necessary in order to get what we want, we're often generating dissatisfaction and regret by focusing on what's missing rather than acknowledging and appreciating what we already have.

How many years have you been wishing and wanting your body, your relationships, your career, your future, or your life to be different? How many precious moments would you say you threw away last year wanting something to be different than it was? I must admit, I threw away a few too many myself.

But, my friends, discontentment is a trap that you can escape by seeing it for exactly what it is: a primary addiction and dis-ease of the ego. Here are just a few of the warning signs to help you to identify when you're in its grips:

-One of your relatives or friends calls you on the phone and, even though there were ten things that went great that day, you tell them about the one thing that went wrong.

-You're beating yourself up for not having what you want or not getting where you thought you should be at this point.

-Something opens up for you or comes your way, but it's not enough.

-In order to create what you want, you find yourself racing around, trying to figure things out, manipulating, controlling, scheming, and grasping for any tool or technique that will MAKE IT HAPPEN.

-Your attention is on the past.

-You're no longer at ease and in the flow.

Are you ready to step off the ego's treadmill where the more you want things to be different, the more they remain the same?

The key to freedom is satisfaction. Think of a time when you've felt at ease, peaceful, and "just fine". When accompanied by genuine and heartfelt gratitude, appreciation, and acceptance of what is, satisfaction is an essential key to encoding your consciousness with contentment.

It's a profound paradox, but when you honestly acknowledge and accept that this may be as good as it's going to get, unexpected miracles can occur for you. In those moments when you're with God, you have everything. And beyond any attempts to MAKE things happen, things just open up.

My prayer for you as you start this brand new year is that you choose God's will rather than your own will (more on this next week) and that you are filled with the satisfaction, fulfillment, and contentment that are the natural state of your divine self - right here and right now.

Just imagine what will be possible for you from this state of consciousness. It's not that you won't have desires and go after them this year, but you can do it from outside the ego's never-enough paradigm. You won't be ruining this moment for one that may never come. And this momentous internal shift will result in external shifts (and manifestations) that will make your old list of wants pale in comparison!

Take Action Now!

To nurture the mental and emotional state of contentment, ask yourself the following questions each morning for the next 28 days:

What would I need to do today to feel content with my life?

Who would I be?

How would I act?

What boundaries would I set?

What thoughts would I think?"

-- Debbie Ford

20070103

"In the new year, I will live one day at a time. I will make each day one of preparation for better things ahead. I will not dwell on the past or the future, only on the present. I will bury every fear of the future, all thoughts of unkindness and bitterness, all my dislikes, my resentments, my sense of failure, my disappointments in others and in myself, my gloom and my despondency. I will leave all these things buried and go forward, in this new year, into a new life."
-- Scott W., Attitude to Gratitude.

20070102

"When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him."
-- Thomas Szasz

20070101

"New Year's Day is every man's birthday".
-- Charles Lamb

20061231

"The possibility of making this your best year ever exists in every moment, because having the best year of your life depends not on some outside accomplishment but on allowing the greatest expression of yourself to be unveiled. Having the best year of your life is about becoming the person you always wanted to be. It's about embracing a vision of yourself at your best and developing the qualities that will take you there."
-- Debbie Ford, The Best Year of Your Life, pg. x-xi

20061230

"i intend to manifest the genius that I showed up to be."
-- Dr. Wayne Dyer, The Power of Intention

20061229

"Anybody who can't keep his enemies in his head has too many enemies."
-- President Gerald R. Ford, 1913-2006, when he first learned that President Nixon kept an "Enemies List".


(Image from Medal of Freedom).

20061228

"As 2006 comes to a close, the forces of the universe conspire to make these last few days an unbelievably powerful time to assess where you've been, acknowledge where you are right now, and dream your most beautiful life into being. So use this week as a demarcation point and make the internal commitment to radically alter any part of your life that isn't working.

"Here's a unique perspective for accelerating your process...

"For a moment, I'd like you to imagine that you're sitting in a comfortable, plush chair in front of a large, high-definition TV screen. You have a remote control in your hand, and you are just about to tune into a particular channel. This is the station where you've spent most of your time over the past 6 - 12 months. It contains the programming - the content - that has most often captured your attention, and it directly relates to the predominant experiences, thoughts, and feelings you've had over the past year. So, with that in mind, what channel have you been watching?

"Could it be one of the following:

"The Stress Channel, The Self-Pity Channel, The Peaceful Channel, The Self-Esteem Channel, The Health and Wellness Channel, The Insecurity Channel, The Fear Channel (a very crowded one!), The Romantic Comedy Channel, The Blame & Resentment Channel, The Bliss Channel, The Having It All Channel, The Divine Connection Channel, The Gratitude Channel, or The New Beginnings Channel?

"The options are truly infinite.

"In looking back over the past several months, I can see that I've frequently surfed over to Lifetime TV and have been absolutely glued to the mellow drama found there. As grace would have it, I've also spent an inordinate amount of time on The Lucky Channel - being lavished by the divine with amazing surprises, exciting opportunities, and tremendous love. As 2006 winds down, I want to acknowledge that I am a very lucky and deeply grateful woman - a woman who also has a flair for the dramatic!

"I love this TV channel analogy because it reminds me that while it's essential that I take responsibility for where I'm focusing my attention, it's also important for me to lighten up and not take life so seriously.

"What would be possible for you if you didn't take it all so seriously? What if you approached your personal growth with a light heart? How much fun could you have transforming yourself and stepping into the highest expression of who you came here to be?

"After all, the truth is that you are, right this minute, living the greatest reality show that will ever be made. How would your life shift if you spent more time tuned into that show? It's on 24 hours a day...for the rest of your life. It's the 'You in All Your Glory Channel', and there are those in high places (if you know what I meant) who love watching every precious moment of it. So make it a great show! Have a joyous, spectacular time writing it, editing it, casting it, and directing it. And by all means, give it a great sound track!

"You see, the key to creating the best year of your life is not about the attainment of outer goals - although dreaming them up and pursuing them is a great part of the fun of life. Creating the best year of your life is about loving who you are. It's about loving ALL of who you are - the light, the dark, and every shade in between. And one of the ways you can demonstrate your love for yourself is by waking up more and more to where you are focusing your holy energy and consciously choosing the highest vibration possible.

"So I invite you to step boldly into the new year, acknowledging where you've been and choosing where you want to go next. Program your universal remote control to the channels that will move your sweet soul, heal your heart, inspire you to take action, and give you a deep sense of peace at the very center of your being.

"With love and endless blessings,


-- Debbie Ford, from her E newsletter, The Best Year of Your Life.

20061227

"It was when I found out that I could make mistakes that I knew I was on to something."
-- Fortune Cookie

20061226

"Let go... And then let go some more".
-- Anonymous

20061223

"Wherever you go, and whoever you encounter, bring them a gift. The gift may be a compliment, a flower, or a prayer. Today, give something to everyone you come into contact with, and so begin the process of circulating joy, wealth and affluence in your life and in the lives of others".
-- Deepak Chopra

20061221

"Now is the time to try something new."
--Fortune Cookie

20061220

"Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked".
-- Peter de Vries

20061219

"Bend the rod while it is still hot."
-- Fortune Cookie

20061218

"I've never met anyone (myself included) who hasn't turned little things into great big emergencies. We take our own goals so seriously that we forget to have fun along the way, and we forget to cut ourselves some slack. We take simple preferences and turn them into conditions for our own happiness. Or, we beat ourselves up if we can't meet our self-created deadlines. The first step in becoming a more peaceful person is to have the humility to admit that, in most cases, you're creating your own emergencies. Life will usually go on if things don't go according to plan. It's helpful to keep reminding yourself and repeating the sentence, 'Life isn't an emergency.'"

-- Richard Carlson, 1961-2006, Don't Sweat the Small Stuff.

20061217

"I can't think of too many factors that contribute more to our stress, anxiety, and frustration than a large ego. Therefore, easing off your ego is one of the most leveraged efforts you can make to reduce the stress at work.

"I think of the ego as that part of us that needs to stand out and be special. And while each one of us is certainly special and unique in our own way, our ego has the need to prove this to everyone. The ego is that part of us that brags, exaggerates, criticizes, and judges others (as well as ourselves). The ego is very self-centered, as if it needs to yell out, "Look at me!" Because the ego is so self-preoccupied and selfish, it encourages us to lose our compassion for and interest in others. Its sole commitment is to maintain itself.

"In addition to the obvious drawbacks, the ego is an enormous source of stress. Think about how much energy and attentiveness it takes to prove yourself, show off, and defend your actions. Consider how stressful it is to compare yourself to others and to put yourself down. Think about how draining it is to constantly be keeping score of how you're doing and to be overly concerned with what others think about you. I get tired just thinking about it!

"Easing off your ego is accomplished by intention. The first step is to have the desire to shrink your ego down to size and to see how destructive and stressful it can be. The rest is easy. All it takes is humility and patience. Begin paying attention to your thoughts and behavior. When you notice yourself in your "proving mode," gently remind yourself to back off. You can say something simple to yourself like, "Whoops, there I go again." Be sure to laugh at and be easy on yourself. Don't make letting go of your ego into yet another contest with yourself. It's not an emergency. Be patient and it will happen.

"There is a lot to be gained by easing off your ego. First and foremost, you'll feel as though a huge burden has been lifted. As I mentioned, it takes a great deal of effort to be on guard and in the proving mode. Therefore, you'll have a great deal more energy and will become more lighthearted. In addition, as you ease off your ego, you'll become much more interested in other people. You'll become a better listener and a kinder, more generous person. This will translate into people liking you even more than they already do. As you let go of the need to impress others and simply be yourself, you'll end up getting more positive attention than ever before. You won't need it, but you'll get it.

"I hope you'll give this strategy some careful consideration and gentle effort. If each of us can become more humble, sincere and generous, the world will be a much nicer place. And to top it off, none of us will be sweating the small stuff."


-- Richard Carlson, 1961-2006, Don't Sweat the Small Stuff at Work.
"Creating 2007 to Be the________Year of Your Life

Imagine this...

It's December 31st 2006. In the weeks leading up to this auspicious day, you've gone through your files, discarded old paperwork, gotten current on your bills, returned your phone calls, weeded through your email, and even backed up your computer.

You've gone through your closet and, after marveling at some of the shopping choices you've made, you decided to have a "spiritual divorce" with some of your wardrobe. It's not easy saying goodbye to what was once your favorite sexy t-shirt, but you remind yourself that every ending is really a new beginning.

You've delivered some of the important communications that you'd been delaying - like telling your mother how grateful you are for every breath she takes, letting a colleague know about a new boundary you've set for yourself at work, or placing a hand-written note in your child's coat pocket letting them know that living their dreams their own way is vitally important to the world.

On this date, you can honestly look across the landscape of your life and see that the past is where it belongs - in the past! Having tended to your unresolved issues, projects, and relationships, you are now READY! You're ready for 2007 to be the most________year of your life. It's your big, beautiful, blank canvas, and you can create it any way you want it. Perhaps you're ready for the most loving year of your life, the most successful year of your life, or maybe the most creative, financially prosperous, pleasurable, enlightening, exciting, hot, passionate, gentle, relaxing, adventurous, hopeful, healthy, or inspiring year of your life!...

...Take Action Now!

Identify Your Unfinished Business

1. What goals did you set for yourself at the beginning of 2006 that you haven't taken action on? And are these goals still important to you?

2. What relationships, projects, and issues do you need to address or resolve in order to move powerfully into 2007?

3. What relationships, projects, and issues do you need to let go of because they are no longer important to you?

4. Are there any letters, phone calls, or other communications that you need to deliver in order to be free to move forward?

5. Is there clutter in your home or office that needs to be unloaded before the New Year's Eve Ball descends from the flagpole in Times Square?

This week, make time for yourself simply to take inventory. What needs to go and what needs to stay? What have you outgrown? And where can you make room for unbelievable magic to come your way?

Sending you love and blessings",

-- Debbie Ford, The Best Year of your Life

20061216

"Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it".
-- Lou Holtz, brought forth by dAAve.

20061215

"Although we have been made to believe that if we let go we will end up with nothing, life itself reveals again and again the opposite; that letting go is the path to real freedom".
-- Sogyai Rinpoche, as quoted by Scott.

20061214

"One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth doing is what we do for others."
-- Lewis Carroll

20061213

"We all hear voices, but unfortunately we usually don't listen to them. Sometimes if we'd listen, we'd live a fuller life."
-- Dustin Hoffman

20061212

"It is only possible to live happily ever after on a day-to-day basis".
-- Margaret Bonnano

20061211

"Today, I am grateful for the remembrance of yesterday, the luxury of today, and the promise of tomorrow."
-- Scott W., on Attitude of Gratitude.

20061210

"If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies."
-- Moshe Dayan

20061209

"Your past is always going to be the way it was. Stop trying to change it".
-- Anonymous, via Scott.

20061208

"The longer I live the more I see that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains I have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time".
-- George Bernard Shaw

20061207

"Against logic there is no armor like ignorance".
-- Laurence J. Peter

20061206

"Are you going to come quietly, or do I have to use earplugs?"
-- Spike Milligan

20061205

"The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well."
-- Joe Ancis

20061204

"Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties".
-- Doug Larson

20061203

"Time spent debating the impossible subtracts from the time during which you can try to accomplish it."
-- Peter Pauper, at Giorgios Grill today.

20061202

"Get out of any situation that endorses negativity, causing you imbalance. People come together in relationships for growth, not for life. If a relationship sustains you, that is, if you’re both growing from it, and if it’s beautiful and it has energy, you’re together for good. If not, either fix it or ditch it. You don’t need situations that don’t support you or that lower your energy. You don’t owe anything to anyone.
The only real responsibility you have is to work on yourself to raise your energy. That will become your gift to the world. Pull back from negative situations and negative people. You don’t need to judge them or try to change them. Just allow them to follow their path. You may want to give them a little shove, but if they won’t move, you move. Never mind security; preserve your soul".

-- Stuart Wild, The Secrets of Life.

20061201

"I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up - they have no holidays".
-- Henny Youngman

20061130

"Begin with life as you find it
and make it better
... anytime is a good time do good."

-- Kobi Yamada

20061129

"A good life is not lived by chance but by choice".
-- Kobi Yamada, Live Good

20061128

"All who have meant good
work with their whole
heart have done good work."

-- Robert Louis Stevenson

20061127

"How do you make your goals and desires come alive? Having a clear picture in your mind (of the highest good) and charging it with energy can help turn it into reality. This week visualize a goal that you have been thinking about or working on presently. See it in its final resolution. Now feel what it’s like to have a successful outcome. See it happening here and now. Maintain and charge this image as you breathe energy into it. Feel the excitement, the energy, and the joy. Let it go, trust, and release it to the universe".

-- John Holland

20061126

"No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one".
-- Elbert Hubbard

20061125

"I'm always interested in what other people think I should do. It's like watching this movie that I'm in that I had nothing to do with. But ultimately, I'll decide what I think is the best thing for me to do."
-- Hillary Rodham Clinton

20061124

"You are always molding yourselves into a better feeling place. And you will never get it done. It will never be completely finished. It will never be absolutely right. You will always have some dominant thoughts that are not a vibrational match to the newfound desire. But that is always what your work is.

"And it's time for you to just begin relaxing about it, and not make it a personal issue of your own valor, or your own value, or your own integrity. In other words, it's just, how many times have I thought this thought?"

-- abraham, abraham-hicks

20061123

"It's not the things that we possess that signify our wealth, But the blessings that are priceless like our family, friends, and health."
-- AGC, on the chalkboard at Giorgios Grill this morning.

20061122

"Manifestations come on the heels of what you've conjured in thought."
Abraham, Abraham-Hicks

20061121

"You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out he hates all the same people you do".
-- Anne Lamott, (as per dAAve)

20061120

"Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city."
-- George Burns

20061119

"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock."
-- Thomas Jefferson

20061118

"Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality".
-- Bertrand Russell

20061117

"Emotional pain is not a character defect. It is a part of life and must be attended to like all our feelings. Feelings are not facts. They are bio-feedback on how we are doing today and what needs attention inside. Feelings won't kill me, but killing my feelings will.
-- Pocket Sponsor, as per Scott


20061116

"Most people have a hard time delegating, or even wanting to delegate, because you have been justifying your existence through your hard work, and you equate success with struggle; you equate results with struggle. And so, you sort of wear your struggle like a badge of honor. And all of that is opposite of allowing the Well-being.

"The only thing that ever matters in success or achievement is your achieving the things that you want to achieve. So if you are setting standards and you're feeling uncomfortable about the standards that you've set, tweak the standards back a little bit. Ratchet it back a notch. Give yourself a break. Give yourself the benefit of the doubt. Lighten up. Be easier. Go slower. Take it easy. Have more fun. Love yourself more. Laugh more. Appreciate more".

-- Abraham, Abraham-Hicks

20061115

"Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this, that you are dreadfully like other people."
-- James Russell Lowell

20061114

"The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of your state of mind".
-- Dr. Wayne Dyer

20061113

"Courage is fear that has said its prayers."
-- Unknown

20061112

"Follow an old path and you find the expected. Blaze a new trail and you have an adventure."
--Steve Haskamp

20061111

"There's a lot to be said for living alone. You get to be a real individual."
-- Edith Bouvier Beale in Grey Gardens. Book by Doug Wright.

20061110

"I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me".
-- Noel Coward

20061109

"Today we have made history... Now let us make progress."
-- Nancy Pelosi

20061108

"Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, "Where have I gone wrong?"... Then a voice says to me, "This is going to take more than one night."
-- Charles M. Schulz

20061107

"Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total; of all those acts will be written the history of this generation".
-- Robert Kennedy

20061106

"There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating: people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing."
-- Oscar Wilde

20061105

"To solve the human equation, we need to add love, subtract hate, multiply good, and divide between truth and error."
-- Janet Coleman

20061104

"The joyfulness of a man prolongeth his days."
-- Fortune Cookie

20061103

"When you live in the shadow of insanity, the appearance of another mind that thinks and talks as yours does is something close to a blessed event."
-- Robert M. Persig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

20061102

"Doh!"
-- Homer Simpson

20061101

"In the same way, we become masters of jealousy, masters of sadness, masters of self-rejection. All of our drama and suffering is by practice. We make an agreement with ourselves and we practice that agreement until it becomes a whole mastery. The way we think, the way we feel and the way we act become so routine that we no longer need to put our attention on what we are doing. It is just by action-reaction that we become a certain way."
-- Don Miguel Ruiz, The Mastery of Love
"The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we have of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us".
-- Quentin Crisp