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We are tired of aristocratic explanations in Harvard words.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
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That which is hateful to you,
do not do to your fellow.
That is the whole Torah;
the rest is the explanation.
- Talmud (Jewish Wisdom)
Do not seek the because -
in love there is no because,
no reason, no explanation, no solutions.
- Anais Nin
On the ordinary view of each species
having been independently created,
we gain no scientific explanation.
- Charles Darwin
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
All other things being equal,
the simplest explanation is the most likely.
- a statement of Occam's Razor
The Four Stages of Public Opinion
I (Just after publication): The novelty is absurd
and subversive of Religion and Morality.
The propounder both fool and knave.
II (Twenty years later): The Novelty is absolute Truth
and will yield a full and satisfactory
explanation of things in general -
The propounder a man of sublime genius and perfect virtue.
III (Forty years later): The Novelty won't explain
things in general after all, and therefore is a wretched failure.
The propounder a very ordinary person advertised by a clique.
IV (A century later): The Novelty a mixture of truth and error.
Explains as much as could reasonably be expected.
The propounder worthy of all honor
in spite of his share of human frailties,
as one who has added to the permanent possessions of science.
- Thomas Henry [T. H.] Huxley
We are composed of self-contradictions.
Each of us is loving in some moments - hateful in others.
Patient and calm sometimes - harried by urgency at others.
Understanding - and self-absorbed.
Reassuring - and sarcastic.
Generous - and greedy.
Trusting - and jealous.
Comforting - and snappish.
Original - and stuck in a rut.
Thankful - and needy.
Forgiving - and vengeful.
Nurturing ourself - and stuffing ourself with fast food.
Honoring our bodies - and overstressing.
Being Joyful - and Suffering.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
It is well to remember that the
entire population of the universe,
with one trifling exception, is composed of others.
- Andrew J. Holmes
When written in Chinese, the word "crisis"
is composed of two characters.
One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.
- John F. Kennedy
Half the world is composed of idiots,
the other half, of people clever enough
to take indecent advantage of them.
- Walter Kerr
Life is like music; it must be composed by ear,
feeling, and instinct, not by rule.
- Samuel Butler
If a man is called to be a street sweeper,
he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted,
or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry.
He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts
of heaven and earth will pause to say,
here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious,
and they must be brought into connection with action.
They must be woven together.
- Anais Nin
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
- Aristotle
The worst government is often the most moral.
One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane.
But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.
- H. L. Mencken
A vow is a purely religious act
which cannot be taken in a fit of passion.
It can be taken only with a mind purified
and composed and with God as witness.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement.
But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.
- Niels Bohr
To live is to choose. But to choose well,
you must know who you are and what you stand for,
where you want to go and why you want to get there.
- Kofi Annan
Well done is better than well said.
- Benjamin Franklin
If you want reality to be different than it is,
you might as well try to teach a cat to bark.
- Byron Katie
The well-timed question is more impacting than an answer.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
What is once well done is done forever.
- Henry David Thoreau
It is better to travel well than to arrive.
- The Buddha
I distrust those people who know so well
what God wants them to do,
because I notice it always coincides
with their own desires.
- Susan B. Anthony
Nothing is ever going to work out the way you want,
so you may as well choose to want the way life does work out.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Life is not about how fast you run
or how high you climb
but how well you bounce.
- Vivian Komori
It is not enough to have a good mind,
the main thing is to use it well.
- Rene Descartes
Violence, even well intentioned,
always rebounds upon oneself.
- Lao Tzu
All's well that ends well.
- Proverb (and title of a Shakespeare play)
The part can never be well unless the whole is well.
- Plato
Before we acquire great power
we must acquire wisdom to use it well.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
When the well's dry, we know the worth of water.
- Benjamin Franklin
A well-developed sense of humor
is the pole that adds balance to your steps,
as you walk the tightrope of life.
- William Arthur Ward
Whatever your life's work is, do it well.
A man should do his job so well that the living,
the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Live Well, Love Much, Laugh Often.
- Anonymous
Life is a dangerous - ultimately fatal - endeavor,
so you may as well live it full out.
Chart your course, cast off the lines,
and boldly sail the seas of life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
That some achieve great success,
is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
- Abraham Lincoln
People often say that motivation doesn't last.
Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.
- Zig Ziglar
Resistance to the organized mass can be effected only
by the man who is as well organized
in his individuality as the mass itself.
- Carl Jung
Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength
which will always spring up if thou wilt always look there.
- Marcus Aurelius
Life may not be the party we hoped for,
but while we are here we might as well dance.
- Anonymous
Character is higher than intellect.
A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Always aim at complete harmony
of thought and word and deed.
Always aim at purifying your thoughts
and everything will be well.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
Well-behaved women seldom make history.
- Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Trust your own inner guidance.
Have faith that your steps are
carrying you toward your dreams.
Keep your eyes on the heavens
and believe that your feet will carry you well.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
A well-spent day brings happy sleep.
- Leonardo da Vinci
No face which we can give to a matter
will stead us so well at last as the truth.
This alone wears well.
- Henry David Thoreau
If there is anything that a man can do well,
I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
- Abraham Lincoln
Your point of view sets you up well in advance
for how you view the events as they unfold.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing,
we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger,
but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.
- Robert Cushing
As a well-spent day brings happy sleep,
so a life well spent brings happy death.
- Leonardo da Vinci
Appreciation is a wonderful thing.
It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
- Voltaire
If there is any one secret of success,
it lies in the ability to get
the other person's point of view
and see things from that person's angle
as well as from your own.
- Henry Ford
No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing,
and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect.
- George Bernard Shaw
Learn to do common things uncommonly well;
we must always keep in mind that anything
that helps fill the dinner pail is valuable.
- George Washington Carver
Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.
- Dave Barry
You are defined by your habits - choose well.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Imagine for yourself a character,
a model personality whose example you determine to follow,
in private as well as in public.
- Epictetus
Being angry harms your physical,
emotional, and spiritual well-being.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
It is better to do one's own duty,
however defective it may be,
than to follow the duty of another,
however well one may perform it.
He who does his duty as
his own nature reveals it, never sins.
- Lao Tzu
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread,
places to play in and pray in,
where nature may heal and cheer
and give strength to the body and soul.
- John Muir
Whatever your life's work is, do it well.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Hatred is blind, as well as love.
- Oscar Wilde
The more we care for the happiness of others,
the greater is our own sense of well-being.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
See God in every person, place, and thing,
and all will be well in your world.
- Louise L. Hay
Have the will to be well, to be happy, and to live in joy.
- Ernest Holmes
The best friend is the man who in wishing me well
wishes it for my sake.
- Anonymous
Well-being is making its way to you at all times.
If you will relax and find a way to allow it,
it will be your experience.
- Abraham (Esther Hicks)
You're already a bastard.
Might as well be an enlightened one.
- the movie Simon Birch
If you are disabled, it is probably not your fault,
but it is no good blaming the world or expecting it to take pity on you.
One has to have a positive attitude
and must make the best of the situation that one finds oneself in.
If one is physically disabled,
one cannot afford to be psychologically disabled as well.
- Stephen Hawking
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