English Literature Wisdom

A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow. - Charlotte Bronte

Columnist Wisdom

A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience. - Doug Larson

Author Wisdom

One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork. - Edward Abbey

Philosphy Wisdom

Compassion is the basis of all morality. - Arthur Schopenhauer

Once again...into the breach!

I keep having to remind myself of this...
but eventually even I can be smart enough
to get it right...LoL

choices

maybe if I hit this drum
hard enough
or
often enough
even I'll get it right

Blind Wisdom

I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; I will not refuse to do the something I can do. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature. — Helen Keller

Buddhist Monk Wisdom

An important benefit of developing a sense of universal responsibility is that it helps us become sensitive to all others, not just those closest to us. We come to see the need to care especially for those members of the human family who suffer most. We recognize the need to avoid causing divisiveness among our fellow human beings. An...d we become aware of the overwhelming importance of contentment. - Dalai Lama

Cherokee Wisdom

from the Pythorium

One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, "My son, the battle is between 2 wolves inside us all.

One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.

The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith."

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather. "Which wolf wins?" The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."

Anonymous Wisdom

Remember, we are all born with two buckets.
An empty bucket of Experience,
and a full bucket of Luck.
The trick is to fill up the Experience bucket
before the Luck bucket runs out
...via Johnny Bongo, President, Ancient Riders

In you, as in all men, are natural powers. You have a will. Learn to use it. Make it work for you. Sharpen your senses as you sharpen your knife...We can give you nothing. You already possess everything necessary to become great.~Legendary Dwarf Chief, Crow

Mommy Dearest Wisdom

Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell. - Joan Crawford

Fuzzy Wisdom

Your personal integrity is more important than even your immediate life, for when you give that up, there is nothing left. - Fuzzy

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