Knowledge is meaningful only if it is reflected in action. The human race has found out the hard way that we are what we do, not just what we think.
Keep your eyes open. Suspend judgment. Be useful,
Instructions For WayfarersThey will declare: Every journey has been taken.You shall respond: I have not been to see myself.They will insist: Everything has been spoken.You shall reply: I have not had...
I and you-We are infinate, rich, large, contradictory, living, breathing miracles-free human beings, children of God and the everlasting universe. That's what we do.
Don't sell yourself short. You may never have proof of your importance, but you are more important than you think.
Does the giraffe know what he's for? Or care? Or even think about his place in things? A giraffe has a black tongue twenty-seven inches long and no vocal cords. A giraffe has nothing to say. He just g...
And good neighbors make a huge difference in the quality of life. I agree.
Above all, if what you've done is stupid, but it works, it ain't stupid.
1. Children are not pets.2. The life they actually live and the life you perceive them to be living is not the same life.3. Don’t take what your children do too personally.4. Don’t keep score cards on...
Any fool can make enough money to survive. It's another thing to keep yourself consistently entertained. It's a lot of work, and a lot of fun, to make a life.
You may never have proof of your importance but you are more important than you think. There are always those who couldn’t do without you. The rub is that you don’t always know who.
Think what a better world it would be if we all-the whole world-had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down with our blankies for a nap. Or if all governments had as a b...
Moths and butterflies are not the same thing. Moths sneak around in the dark munching your sweater and are ugly. Butterflies hand out with flowers in the daytime and are pretty. Never mind any facts o...
Life is lumpy. And a lump in the oatmeal, a lump in the throat, and a lump in a breast are not the same lump. One should learn the difference.
It doesn’t matter what you say you believe - it only matters what you do.
Is it always to be a winners-losers world, or can we keep everyone in the game? Do we still have what it takes to find a better way?
In that moment of educational ennui, a freshman girl says, I can bring a human brain to school if you want–my father has lots of them. (Talk about a full-scale class alert: She’s going to do WHAT?!)
If I don't have time to live my life well the first time, when am I going to find the time to go back and live it over?
If I don't have time to live my life right the first time, when am I going to find the time to go back and live it over?
I use Cheer. I like the idea of a happy wash.