“Think not of the books you have bought as a “to be read” pile. Instead, think of your bookcase as a wine cellar. You collect books to be read at the right time, the right place, and the right mood.” (Luc van Donkersgoed)
“If you pursue your star, you cannot fail to reach a splendid harbor,if in fair life, I judged you properly …” (Dante Alighieri Divine Comedy Canto XV of Hell)
“People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.” (G. K. Chesterton)
Love all, trust a few, Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend Under thy own life’s key: be check’d for silence, But never tax’d for speech. (William Shakespeare,All’s well that ends well)
“Our history is not our destiny.” (Alan Cohen)
“You must never confuse faith that you will eventually make it – something you can never afford to lose – with the discipline to face the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they may be.” (James Stockdale)
“No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot.” (Mark Twain)
Today I have become 65 years old. My thought of the day is connected to this event; it seems that my birthday is important for someone, albeit less for me. I do not feel the time grinding my bones. Here we are: “As I have grown older, I have learned that pleasing everyone is impossible … Read more
“Never give explanations: your friends don’t need them and your enemies won’t believe them anyway.” (Elbert Hubbard)
“Never tell a lie when you can bullshit your way through.” (Eric Ambler, Dirty story)
“Being literate does not mean remembering all the notions, but knowing where to look for them. That is why it is important to have a large personal library of unread books.” (Umberto Eco)
“You can buy a man’s work, his experience, his advice, but you can never buy enthusiasm, initiative, devotion of heart, mind, soul. These things you must deserve by your loyalty to him.” (Plato)
The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made. (MARX [Groucho])
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not a single act but a habit.” (Aristotle)
“Leave every place better than you found it.” (Robert Baden-Powell)
“Never complain and never explain – just get on with it.” (Benjamin Disraeli)
For every winner there are dozens of losers: it is very likely that you are among the latter. It could be that your only purpose in life is to be a warning to others. (Arthur Bloch)
“There are no bad regiments, only incompetent colonels.” (Napoleon)
April, come she will When streams are ripe and swelled with rain May, she will stay Resting in my arms again June, she’ll change her tune In restless walks, she’ll prowl the night July, she will fly And give no warning of her flight August, die she must The autumn winds blow chilly and cold … Read more
He who quits, never wins; he who wins, never quits. But he who never wins and never quits is an idiot. (Unknown Author)