Edward Estlin Cummings October 14, 1894 – September 3, 1962 “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” “Unbeing dead isn’t being alive.” “Whenever you think or you believe or you know, you’re a lot of other people: but the moment you feel, you’re nobody-but-yourself.” “We do not believe in ourselvesContinue reading “Five or Eight Quotes and a Poem from E.E. Cummings”
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Five or Eight Quotes and a Poem from E.E. Cummings
Edward Estlin CummingsOctober 14, 1894 – September 3, 1962 “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” “Unbeing dead isn’t being alive.” “Whenever you think or you believe or you know, you’re a lot of other people: but the moment you feel, you’re nobody-but-yourself.” “We do not believe in ourselves untilContinue reading “Five or Eight Quotes and a Poem from E.E. Cummings”
Five or Eight Quotes from Rev. Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
The Reverend Doctor Norman Vincent Peale May 31, 1898 – December 24, 1993 “Plant seeds of expectation in your mind; cultivate thoughts that anticipate achievement. Believe in yourself as being capable of overcoming all obstacles and weaknesses.” “Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and seeContinue reading “Five or Eight Quotes from Rev. Dr. Norman Vincent Peale”
Five or Eight Quotes from Rev. Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
The Reverend Doctor Norman Vincent Peale May 31, 1898 – December 24, 1993 “Plant seeds of expectation in your mind; cultivate thoughts that anticipate achievement. Believe in yourself as being capable of overcoming all obstacles and weaknesses.” “Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and seeContinue reading “Five or Eight Quotes from Rev. Dr. Norman Vincent Peale”
Five Quotes and a Poem from Mary Oliver
Photo credit: Rachel Giese “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” “Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.” “Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.”Continue reading “Five Quotes and a Poem from Mary Oliver”
Five Quotes and a Poem from Mary Oliver
Photo credit: Rachel Giese “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.”“Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.”“Listen–are you breathingContinue reading “Five Quotes and a Poem from Mary Oliver”
Five (or ten) Quotes from Booker T. Washington
Booker Taliaferro Washington April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915 “The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.” “I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.” “Associate yourself with people of good quality, for itContinue reading “Five (or ten) Quotes from Booker T. Washington”
Five (or ten) Quotes from Booker T. Washington
Booker Taliaferro Washington April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915 “The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.” “I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.” “Associate yourself with people of good quality, for itContinue reading “Five (or ten) Quotes from Booker T. Washington”
Five (or ten) Quotes from Madeleine L’Engle
Madeleine L’Engle November 29, 1918 – September 6, 2007 “A self is not something static, tied up in a pretty parcel and handed to the child, finished and complete. A self is always becoming.” “Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light.” “Don’t try to comprehend with your mind. YourContinue reading “Five (or ten) Quotes from Madeleine L’Engle”
Five (or ten) quotes from Stephen King
Photo Credit. “If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.” “Get busy living or get busy dying.” “Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn’t carry a bookContinue reading “Five (or ten) quotes from Stephen King”
Five or Ten Quotes from Dr. Seuss
Theodor Seuss Geisel (aka…Dr. Seuss, Theo LeSieg, Rosetta Stone, Theophrastus Seuss) “You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.” “Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before! What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas…perhaps…means a little bit more!”“Only you can control your future.”“Don’t cry because it’s over, smileContinue reading “Five or Ten Quotes from Dr. Seuss”
Five quotes on Thankfulness…
So today is the American holiday of Thanksgiving. This is my favorite holiday because it is simply about getting together with family and having a really good meal. But, I believe and hence its name, it is a time for reflection; a time to be thankful. Personally, I know that it is so easy toContinue reading “Five quotes on Thankfulness…”
Five or Nine Quotes from Aldous Huxley
Aldous Leonard Huxley26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963 “We are not our own any more than what we possess is our own. We did not make ourselves, we cannot be supreme over ourselves. We are not our own masters.” “It’s a little embarrassing that after 45 years of research & study, the best adviceContinue reading “Five or Nine Quotes from Aldous Huxley”
Five or Ten Quotes from Kurt Vonnegut
Image found here. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007 “To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it.” “We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” “I want toContinue reading “Five or Ten Quotes from Kurt Vonnegut”
Five Quotes and a Video from Lou Reed
Photo found here. Lewis Allan Reed March 2, 1942-October 27, 2013 We lost one of rock and roll’s great writers/musician/poets today. Click here to read his obituary. “I think that everything happens for a reason, everything happens when it’s going to happen.” “I don’t believe in dressing up reality. I don’t believe in using makeupContinue reading “Five Quotes and a Video from Lou Reed”
Five or Fourteen Quotes on the Golden Rule…
I find this amazing…that the Golden Rule (or the Original Truth), which of course is a blueprint on how we as humans should treat one another, is said across the board in every religion, faith, and non-faith. While the actual words that are said may change, these all still say the same thing…be nice toContinue reading “Five or Fourteen Quotes on the Golden Rule…”
Five or Ten Quotes from John Lennon…
John Winston Lennon Born on this day 73 years ago. “It doesn’t matter how long my hair is or what colour my skin is or whether I’m a woman or a man.” “As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.” “I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as anContinue reading “Five or Ten Quotes from John Lennon…”
Five or Eleven Quotes from Ram Dass
Photo Credit. Ram Dass Born, Richard Alpert, April 6, 1931 “The quieter you become, the more you can hear.” “The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give it all up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can’t have it. The minute you don’t want power, you’ll have moreContinue reading “Five or Eleven Quotes from Ram Dass”
Five or Eleven Quotes from Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens), plus a song and its lyric
Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; 21 July 1948) “Communal well-being is central to human life.” “Ever since I became a Muslim, I’ve had to deal with attempts to damage my reputation and countless insinuations seeking to cast doubt on my character and trying to connect me to causes which I do not subscribe to.”Continue reading “Five or Eleven Quotes from Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens), plus a song and its lyric”
A brief letter to the President of the United States and a few quotes about war…
Our earth is finite. So are its resources. And even more importantly, so are its people. As you likely know, the United States is on the cusp of yet another war (this is beyond my understanding). I can’t stop thinking about it. So I wrote a very brief letter (see below) and sent it (electronically)Continue reading “A brief letter to the President of the United States and a few quotes about war…”
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