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Mark Twain
"Keep away from people who belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that. But the really great makes you feel that you too become great."
Top 10 inspirational quotes. What the greatest minds have to tell you.
1. Mark Twain
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines.
A Highly Recommended Book
I have not been feeling well, which is obligatory of what I am going through, and I know there are people who are happy about this. So, I have turned from Sugar to reading a LOT! But, when I do have something of interest for you I will post it for you as I care deeply about so many of you. I am not looking for sympathy or empathy of any nature. Far from it. Taking a break from Sugar has been situational. Therefore READING has been a serenity of sorts. Absorbing information which I wish I would have attained months ago.
A book advised for reading:
"The Moral Sense" by James Q. Wilson
Mark Twain once advised, "Always do right. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest." (you know how I love my quotes). The thought of astonishing people is certainly appealing, yet somehow we have to know what's right before we can do it. How do we know what's right? It's not easy, despite the fact that there's a vast field of study devoted to the topic which is described using terms like "Ethics," or "Moral Philosophy." However, countless philosophers writing shelves full of books over have hardly improved on the age-old cliche', "treat others as you want to be treated." Albert Schweitzer rephrased it this way: "A man is truly ethical only when he obeys the compulsion to help all life which he is able to assist, and shrinks from injuring anything that lives."
But why should we even be interested in opening the question? Why not just leave the discussion of ethics to theologians?
Despite the fact that religion and ethics are sometimes assumed to be interchangeable ideas, a standard of morality is important whether one believes in a higher power or not. It makes society work and establishes the basis by which human beings can relate to each other and to their environment safely and responsibly. If our ethical lines shift according to whim, others won't be able to anticipate our responses or predict our stance on any issue. We all have a strong desire to know where we "stand" in relation to others. Do they care about us? Do we care about them? How do we know whether our relationships can be relied upon?
Mark Twain Quote
"We need not worry so much about what man descends from--it's
what he descends to that shames the human race." -Mark Twain
The Going Rogue Index
Sarah Palin didn't put an index in her book. So we made one for her.
By Christopher Beam
Posted Tuesday, Nov.
Only 30+ days until election - Quotes
1. In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is a congress. John Adams 2.Does anyone else find this really odd?
Ellen DeGeneres Joins American Idol as Fourth Judge Emmy Award-winning talk show host Ellen DeGeneres has joined American Idol as the new fourth judge sitting alongside Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson, and Kara DioGuardi. As the new judge, Ellen will offer her own unique perspective to the contestants throughout the competition. Season 9 will premiere this January.Books Are Treasures
"Book lovers will understand me, and they will know too, that part of the pleasure of a library lies in its very existence." - Jan Morris
"To read is to empower. To empower is to write. To write is to influence. To Influence is to change.
Joyful Heart
We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. - FREDERICK KOENIG
Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always just beyond our grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. - NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek it first. The very first condition of lasting happiness is that a life should be full of purpose, aiming at something outside self. - HUGO BLACK
The supreme happiness of life is the conviction of being loved for yourself, or, more correctly, being loved inspite of yourself. - VICTOR HUGO
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. - MARCEL PROUST
If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe on her own nose all the time. - JOSH BILLINGS
To get the full value of joy, you must have someone to divide it with. - MARK TWAIN
When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. - HELEN KELLER
A happiness that is sought for ourselves alone can never be found: for a happiness that is diminished by being shared is not big enough to make us happy. - THOMAS MERTON
Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself. - RALPH WALDO EMERSON
The really happy person is the one who can enjoy the scenery, even when they have to take a detour. - SIR JAMES JEANS
Happiness is not a destination: it is a manner of travelling. Happiness is not an end in itself.
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