The holy passion of Friendship is so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime-- if not asked to lend money.
-- Mark Twain,_Pudd'nhead Wilson_, 1894
An inexorable law: only that that is absent can be imagined.” -Proust
The comfort of the rich depends on an abundant supply of the poor." - Voltaire (1694-1778)
Only in quiet waters do things mirror themselves undistorted.
Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world.
-- Hans Margolius
If I am not for myself, who is for me?
And if I am only for myself, what am I?
If not now, when?
-- Rabbi Hillel, in the_Talmud_
Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's
longing for itself...
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.
-- Kahlil Gilbran,_The Prophet_
You only lose energy when life becomes dull in your mind. You don't have to be tired or bored.
Get interested in something. Get absolutely enthralled in something. Throw yourself into it with abandon.
-- Norman Vincent Peale - Clergyman/American Writer