Even if readers claim that they ‘take it all with a grain of salt’, they do not really. They yearn to believe, and they believe, because believing is easier than disbelieving, and because anything which is written down is likely to be ‘true in a way’ (Iris Murdoch, The Sea, the Sea)
Never let what you don’t know stop you from doing what you do know (Orrin Woodward)
A man is a kind of inverted thermometer the bulb uppermost and the column of self-valuation is all the time going up and down (Oliver Wendell Holmes)
For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice – no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service (John Burroughs)
Narcissistic love is riding on the rollecoaster of disaster filled with a heart full of tears (Sheree’ Griffin, A Trap Of Malicious Blind Love A Memoir Of Sex, Seduction, Manipulation & Betrayal)
Care about people – yes. Care about how people feel
Practicing mindfulness enables us to become a real person. When we are a real person, we see real people around us, and life is present in all its richness (Thich Nhat Hanh, Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life)
It’s good netiquette to avoid information that offends or challenge errors when confronted. NetworkEtiquette.net – David Chiles
One of my earliest memories is of seeing my mother in her beach chair, reading a book under an umbrella by the water’s edge while my sisters and I played beside her. Of all the life lessons she taught me, that is one of my favorites: to take time at a place I love, restore my spirit with books and the beach (Luanne Rice)
I can’t grow a mustache. It’s pretty sad if I attempt to. (Ashton Kutcher)