According to the karma of past actions, one's destiny unfolds, even though everyone wants to be so lucky. ~Sri Guru Granth Sahib
I believe in the imagination. What I cannot see is infinitely more important than what I can see. ~Duane Michals, Real Dreams
The wages of sin are death, but after they take the taxes out, it's more like a tired feeling, really. ~Paula Poundstone
An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup. ~Henry L. Mencken
Thanksgiving Day comes, by statute, once a year; to the honest man it comes as frequently as the heart of gratitude will allow. ~Edward Sandford Martin
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not "Eureka!" (I found it!) but "That's funny..." ~Isaac Asimov
When you no longer know what headache, heartache, or stomachache means without cistern punctures, electrocardiograms and six x-ray plates, you are slipping. ~Martin H. Fischer
I don't like a guy with flowers. It means he's done something he shouldn't. The bigger the bouquet, the younger she was. ~Coupling, "Nine and a Half Minutes," original airdate 10 May 2004, written by Steven Moffat, spoken by the character Sally I don't like a man to be too efficient. He's likely to be not human enough. ~Felix Frankfurter
Some people would have us love, or rather obey God, chiefly because he outbids the devil. ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827
Poker exemplifies the worst aspects of capitalism that have made our country so great. ~Walter Matthau
Do you think there's such a thing as airborne calories? Maybe they just jump directly onto your hips. ~Coupling, "Remember This," original airdate 14 October 2002, written by Steven Moffat, spoken by the character Sally
The universe seems bankrupt as soon as we begin to discuss the characters of individuals. ~Henry David Thoreau
Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser - in fees, expenses, and waste of time. As a peacemaker the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough. ~Abraham Lincoln
Waste not the smallest thing created, for grains of sand make mountains, and atomies infinity. Waste not the smallest time in imbecile infirmity, for well thou knowest that seconds form eternity. ~E. Knight
Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, in fearing future. ~Antoine Rivarol
The power of love to change bodies is legendary, built into folklore, common sense, and everyday experience. Love moves the flesh, it pushes matter around.... Throughout history, "tender loving care" has uniformly been recognized as a valuable element in healing. ~Larry Dossey The power of love to change bodies is legendary, built into folklore, common sense, and everyday experience. Love moves the flesh, it pushes matter around.... Throughout history, "tender loving care" has uniformly been recognized as a valuable element in healing. ~Larry Dossey
There are aphorisms that, like air planes, stay up only while they are in motion. ~Vladimir Nabokov
The beauty is that people often come here for the stretch, and leave with a lot more. ~Liza Ciano, co-owner and co-director of Yoga Vermont, yogavermont.com
Summer afternoon - summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language. ~Henry James
The last I heard from my destiny, it wanted me to make a legal U-Turn at my next opportunity. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
I put the question directly to myself: "Suppose that all your objects in life were realized; that all the changes in institutions and opinions which you are looking forward to, could be completely effected at this very instant: would this be a great joy and happiness to you?" And an irrepressible self-consciousness distinctly answered, "No!" ~John Stuart Mill, Autobiography, 1909
The neurotic has perfect vision in one eye, but he cannot remember which. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960
I like to think of thoughts as living blossoms borne by the human tree. ~James Douglas
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. ~Psalms 34:14