Writer Wisdom

Some people think only intellect counts: knowing how to solve problems, knowing how to get by, knowing how to identify an advantage and seize it. But the functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy. - Dean Koontz

Civil War Vetran Wisdom

Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result - Robert Green Ingersoll

Metaphorical Wisdom

A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit. - Richard Bach

Visionary Wisdom

Without forgiveness life is governed by... an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation. Roberto Assagioli

First Nations Wisdom

Only when the last tree has died, the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught, will we realize that we cannot eat money. -Cree Proverb

Roman Wisdom

The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future. We let go the present, which we have in our power, and look forward to that which depends upon chance, and so relinquish a certainty for an uncertainty. - Seneca

Clairvoyant Wisdom

W is for Wisdom, I is for Integrity, T is for Truth, C is for Courage, and H is for Honour. We are of a higher standard, a standard that honours all of humanity, all Her living creatures, and above all, one's self as the Goddess and God abide within. - Lori Bruno

Catch 22 Wisdom

The chaplain had mastered, in a moment of divine intuition, the handy technique of protective rationalization, and he was exhilarated by his discovery.

It was miraculous.

It was almost no trick at all, he saw, to turn vice into virtue and slander into truth, impotence into abstinence, arrogance into humility, plunder into philanthropy, thievery into honor, blasphemy into wisdom, brutality into patriotism, and sadism into justice.

Anybody could do it; it required no brains at all.

It merely required no character. - Joseph Heller

Surviving the World Wisdom

If your first thoughts when somebody mentions discrimination are all the ways that you personally are and have been treated unfairly, you might be missing the bigger picture. - Surviving the World

Presidential Wisdom

World peace, like community peace, does not require that each man love his neighbor, --it requires only that they live with mutual tolerance, submitting their disputes to a just and peaceful settlement - John F. Kennedy, Jr

WyzWmn's Wisdom

Guilt is non-productive (to quote my aunt Norma Scarborough) ya can't guilt people into happily doing the work for you, you can't guilt them into showing up - just cos you are invested, you can't guilt them into caring and you can't guilt them into sharing your vision, you can't guilt them into volunteering or being committed to a cause...guilt is non-productive and that's why so many good ideas fall by the wayside ~ I'm just sayin

Pooh Wisdom

If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together..
there is something you must always remember.

You are braver than you believe,
stronger than you seem,
and smarter than you think,

but the most important thing is,
even if we're apart..

I'll always be with you. -Winnie the Pooh

TwistedSister Wisdom

One of life's great ironies, is that very often the "stuff" you're trying to avoid right now is the same "stuff" you're going to miss most once you move on. - Ruth E "TwistedSister"

Wyz Wisdom

people often take the time to complain..but rarely take the time to say "you done good" - take a moment...spread the happy...tell someone when they've done a good job today! - WyzWmn

Political Commentator Wisdom

Don't pity the girl with one true friend. Envy her. Pity the girl with just a thousand acquaintances. - Katie Obenshain

Some Donkey Wisdom

from the Pythorium

One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do.

Finally he decided the animal was old and the well needed to be covered up anyway, it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey. He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement, he quieted down.

A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well and was astonished at what he saw. With every shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up on the dirt. As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and trotted off!

And the moral is....
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a stepping stone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up!

Anonymous Wisdom

Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down. - anonymous

Eagles Wisdom

Sometimes you get the best light from a burning bridge. - Don Henley

SciFi Wisdom

Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity. - Hanlon's Razor

TV Host Wisdom

Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are good is like expecting the bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian. - Dennis Wholey