Each of us literally chooses, by his way of attending to things, what sort of universe he shall appear to read more

Each of us literally chooses, by his way of attending to things, what sort of universe he shall appear to himself to inhabit. -William James.

Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of the defining impression of our read more

Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of the defining impression of our being. -Ken Burns.

Each of us is a being in himself and a being in society, each of us needs to understand himself read more

Each of us is a being in himself and a being in society, each of us needs to understand himself and understand others, take care of others and be taken care of himself.

...A being so gentle and so virtuous slander might wound, but could not dishonor.

...A being so gentle and so virtuous slander might wound, but could not dishonor.

Instead of thinking about where you are, think about where you want to be. It takes twenty years of hard read more

Instead of thinking about where you are, think about where you want to be. It takes twenty years of hard work to become an overnight success. -Diana Rankin.

Does there, I wonder, exist a being who has read all, or approximately all, that the person of average culture read more

Does there, I wonder, exist a being who has read all, or approximately all, that the person of average culture is supposed to have read, and that not to have read is a social sin? If such a being does exist, surely he is an old, a very old man.

We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. As a result, read more

We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. As a result, men are valued not for what they are but for what they do or what they have-for their usefulness. -Thomas Merton.

They called the wind
lackadaisical..
but because he in freedom blows
the world will never
lack for daisies..
(to Laurie read more

They called the wind
lackadaisical..
but because he in freedom blows
the world will never
lack for daisies..
(to Laurie Otto Milwaukee Wisconsin advocate of wild lawns)
http://www.epa.gov/greenacres
http://www.egroups.com/messages/nomow108/1.

Sometimes, being strong means not holding back the tears but letting them fall.

Sometimes, being strong means not holding back the tears but letting them fall.