August 31, 2011

A. Powell Davies: Religion is...

Religion is not something separate and apart from ordinary life. It is life - life of every kind viewed from the standpoint of meaning and purpose: life lived in the fuller awareness of its human quality and spiritual significance.
/A. Powell Davies/

Boris Pasternak: Surprise is...

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.
/Boris Pasternak/

August 30, 2011

Andy Warhol: Before I...

Before I was shot, I always thought that I was more half-there than all-there - I always suspected that I was watching TV instead of living life. Right when I was being shot and ever since, I knew that I was watching television.
/Andy Warhol/

Robert Louis Stevenson: In every...

In every part and corner of our life, to lose oneself is to be a gainer; to forget oneself is to be happy.
/Robert Louis Stevenson/

August 29, 2011

Thomas Raineborough: The poorest...

The poorest He that is in England hath a life to live as the greatest He.
/Thomas Raineborough/

Wyclef Jean: I feel...

I feel that life is short, so we should be disciplined, but at the same time we should have a good time.
/Wyclef Jean/

August 28, 2011

Benjamin Franklin: A life...

A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave.
/Benjamin Franklin/

August 27, 2011

Eugene Peterson: I often...

I often found myself prefering the company of people outside my congregation, men and women who did not follow Jesus. Or worse, preferring the company of my sovereign self. But soon I found that my preferences were honored by neither Scripture nor Jesus. I didn't come to the conviction easily, but finally there was no getting around it: there can be no maturity in the spiritual life, no obedience in following Jesus, no wholeness in the Christian life apart from immersion and embrace of community. I am not myself by myself. Community, not the highly vaunted individualism of our culture, is the setting in which Christ is at play.
/Eugene Peterson/

August 25, 2011

Gerhard Kocher: Life is...

Life is one of the most important causes of death.
/Gerhard Kocher/

August 24, 2011

Rebecca Sower: Scrapbooking isn't...

Scrapbooking isn't about scraps of paper and photos. Scrapbooking is about scraps of life - yours and those special to you.
/Rebecca Sower/

August 22, 2011

Judith Stern: Experience is...

Experience is a comb that life gives you after you lose your hair.
/Judith Stern/

Ezra Pound: All my...

All my life I believed I knew something. But then one strange day came when I realized that I knew nothing; yes, I knew nothing. And so words became void of meaning. I have arrived too late at ultimate uncertainty.
/Ezra Pound/

August 19, 2011

Ronald Reagan: Of the...

Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.
/Ronald Reagan/

August 18, 2011

Shane Warne: My life...

My life was falling apart and then to come out and play and have my best ever - 40 wickets, 250 runs... But the only reason I could do that was because of the way I thought and I think I'm pretty strong mentally. I think I am anyway, pretty strong to get over whatever it is.
/Shane Warne/

August 17, 2011

Antisthenes: When brothers...

When brothers agree, no fortress is so strong as their common life.
/Antisthenes/

August 16, 2011

Dean Kamen: I don't...

I don't work on a project unless I believe that it will dramatically improve life for a bunch of people.
/Dean Kamen/

Edward Bulwer-Lytton: A life...

A life of pleasure makes even the strongest mind frivolous at last.
/Edward Bulwer-Lytton/

Alexander Herzen: Life has...

Life has taught me to think, but thinking has not taught me to live.
/Alexander Herzen/

August 13, 2011

Cornelius Nepos: So that...

So that he seemed to depart not from life, but from one home to another.
/Cornelius Nepos/

August 12, 2011

Barack Obama: Focusing your...

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. And it will leave you unfulfilled.
/Barack Obama/

August 10, 2011

Sally Rand: I'm not...

I'm not the type to sit on the porch and watch life go by.
/Sally Rand/

August 09, 2011

Sarah Zettel: First and...

First and foremost, The Quiet Invasion is a first contact story. What would we do if we actually found evidence of alien life out there? It's also about politics.
/Sarah Zettel/

Sheena Easton: My mother...

My mother has never been involved in my professional life. I am very close to my mother but we keep it on a mother-daughter basis and not a work-related basis.
/Sheena Easton/

Jim Morrison: Some of...

Some of the worst mistakes of my life have been haircuts.
/Jim Morrison/

August 07, 2011

Erykah Badu: What does...

What does music mean to me? I don't think I would really be much without it, without it coming through me. It's my means of communication, my means of growth, my means of transportation from one point in my life to another.
/Erykah Badu/

Damon Runyon: I came...

I came to the conclusion long ago that all life is six to five against.
/Damon Runyon/

Charles Eastman: Every act...

Every act of his life is, in a very real sense, a religious act.
/Charles Eastman/

Amy Bloom: Love at...

Love at first sight is easy to understand; it's when two people have been looking at each other for a lifetime that it becomes a miracle.
/Amy Bloom/

August 06, 2011

H. E. E. Hayes: The general...

The general who is able to persuade his forces that there is victory, even where there seems to be defeat, is one who will inspire them to fight against apparently impossible odds. They will, indeed, never suffer defeat, but will fight on until annihilated by capture or death. The secret of success even in the more pacific engagements of life lies in this principle-to be undaunted in ardour, in spite of failure; to recognise in failure a step towards ultimate success. Let a man be possessed with these, and victory is within his grasp, whether he recognises it or not.
/H. E. E. Hayes/

Rene Descartes: If you...

If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.
/Rene Descartes/

August 04, 2011

Zinedine Zidane: I may...

I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.
/Zinedine Zidane/

Isaac Asimov: I don't...

I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse.
/Isaac Asimov/

August 03, 2011

Thich Nhat Hanh: Life can...

Life can be found only in the present moment. The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.
/Thich Nhat Hanh/

August 02, 2011

Jesse Ventura: I also...

I also believe that government has no business telling us how we should live our lives. I think our lifestyle choices should be left up to us. What we do in our private lives is none of the government's business. That position rules out the Republican Party for me.
/Jesse Ventura/