Apr 28, 2013

Childhood

"There is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter, the air softer, and the morning more fragrant than ever again."  - Elizabeth Lawrence -

Apr 27, 2013

Community

"A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm."  - Henrik Ibsen -

Apr 25, 2013

Command

"An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions."  - Napoleon Bonaparte -

Indispensable

"If you feel that you are indispensable, put your fingers in a glass of water, withdraw it, and note the hole you have left."  - Author unknown -

Apr 22, 2013

Failure

"Develop success from failures.  Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success." - Dale Carnegie -

Apr 20, 2013

Experience

"Experience is pure gold. Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want."  - Ann Landers -

Apr 19, 2013

Gift back

"Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God."  - Leo Buscaglia -

Apr 16, 2013

Light

"The issue is now clear. It is between light and darkness and everyone must choose his side."  - G. K. Chesterton -

Apr 14, 2013

Unexplainable

"What is there beyond knowing that keeps
calling to me?  I can't
 
turn in any direction
but it's there.  I don't mean
 
the leaves' grip and shine or even the thrush's
silk song, but the far-off
 
fires, for example,
of the stars, heaven's slowly turning
 
theater of light, or the wind
playful with its breath;
 
or time that's always rushing forward,
or standing still
 
in the same — what shall I say –
moment.

What I know
I could put into a pack
 
as if it were bread and cheese, and carry it
on one shoulder,
 
important and honorable, but so small!
While everything else continues, unexplained
 
and unexplainable.
 
….mostly I just stand in the dark field,
in the middle of the world, breathing in and out…

- Mary Oliver from "What is there beyond knowing" -

Apr 13, 2013

Mastery

"Mastery is not a function of I.Q. or natural talent or wealthy parents who can send you to the best school, but rather the result of going through a learning process, fueled by the desire to grow and the persistence to push past any obstacles."  — Robert Greene -

Apr 10, 2013

Attention

"Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are."  - Jose Ortega y Gasset -

Apr 9, 2013

Past

"It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than it is to have it elude you and remain forever a harmonious conception of memory."  - F. Scott Fitzgerald -

Apr 7, 2013

Dust

"The dust motes float
and swerve in the sunbeam,
as lively as worlds,
and I remember my brother
when we were boys:
"We may be living on an atom
in somebody's wallpaper."  - Wendell Berry "Dust" -

Apr 6, 2013

Failure

"I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost more than 300 games, and 26 times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. Throughout my life and career I've failed and failed and failed again. And, that's why I succeed." -  Michael Jordan -

Apr 5, 2013

Small

"Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs." - Henry Ford -

Useless

"There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all."  - Peter Drucker -

Apr 4, 2013

Present moment

"This one a long time have I watched. All his life has he looked away… to the future, to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was. Hmm? What he was doing."  - Master Yoda -

Apr 3, 2013

Suffer

"No matter how hard you pursue pleasure and success, there are times when you fail. No matter how fast you flee, there are times when pain catches up with you. And in between those times, life is so boring you could scream. Our minds are full of opinions and criticisms. We have built walls all around ourselves and we are trapped within the prison of our own likes and dislikes. We suffer."  - Mahathera -

Important

"Most of the trouble in this world is caused by people wanting to be important".  - T.S. Eliot -

Apr 2, 2013

Student

"When the student is ready, the teacher will appear."  - a Buddhist proverb -