Just some inspirational quotes & thoughts: Part I

We must all learn to live together as brothers. Or we will all perish together as fools
Martin Luther King 1929 – 1968

A little bit of sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

All the world’s a stage
And all the women and men merely players
They have their exits and their entrances
And one man in his time plays many parts
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), As you like it

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance
Anonymous

There is no cure for birth and death, save to enjoy the interval
George Santayana (1863-1952)

KAHLIL GIBRAN’S IMMORTAL LINES ON MARRIAGE
But let there be spaces in your togetherness,
And let the winds of heaven dance between you
Love one another, nut make not bond of love
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls
Fill each others cup but drink not from one cup
Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf
Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each of you be alone
Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music
Give your hearts, but not into each others keeping.
For only the hand of life can contain your hearts
And stand together yet not too near together
For the pillars of the temple stand apart
And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other’s shadow

Your children are not your children
They are the sons and daughters of life’s longing for itself
They come through you but not from you
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you
You may give them your love but not your thoughts
For they have their own thoughts
You may house their bodies but not their souls
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and he bends you with his might that his arrow may go swift and far
Let your bending in the archers hand be for gladness;
For even as he loves the arrow that flies, so he loves also the bow that is stable

Kahlil Gibran, from ‘The Prophet’

There is a seductive shimmer on the horizon of life.
Withing it lies the promise of love, the joy of fulfillment and the tranquility of peace. Approach it with great care, for it is as fragile as a mirage.
S. Khasoggi- Mirage

Our world is no more permanent that a wave rising on the ocean. Whatever our struggles and triumphs, however we may suffer them, all too soon they bleed into a wash just like watery ink on paper.
Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a geisha

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal
Henry Ford, Chicken soup for the Soul

Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves- to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterday by our today
Steward B. Johnson

If you are feeling low, don’t despair. The sun has a sinking spell every night but it comes back every morning
Anonymous

We must view young people not as empty bottles to be filled but as candles to be lit
Robert H Shaffer

One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to out off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our window today.
Dale Carnegie

An optimist is one who laughs to forget his problems, a pessimist forgets to laugh
Anonymous

Anger and judgment go hand in hand. You wouldn’t be angry with someone if you had not first judged them.
Anonymous

I can resist everything but temptation
Oscar Wilde, Lady Windemere’s Fan

Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration
Thomas Alva Edison (1847 – 1931)

We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

When deeds speak, words are nothing
African proverb

Socialism: You have two cows. The government takes one and gives it to your neighbor.
Communism: You have two cows. The government takes both and gives you some milk.
Fascism: You have two cows. The government takes both and sells the milk
Bureacracy: You have two cows. The government takes both, shoots one, milks the other and then spills the milk.
Capitalism: You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull
Anonymous- from an Econ textbook