Quote for the day

[Esmeralda]

"A simple grateful thought turned heavenwards is the most perfect prayer." ~ Doris Lessing

 

[Esmeralda]

"With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how"

Doris Lessing

 

[Esmeralda]

"What is a hero without love for mankind." ~ Doris Lessing

 

[Ava]

"Gaining the respect of others is good. Gaining self-respect is better."

 

[Ava]

Refuse to lower yourself to the level of your antagonist.

 

[Ropey]

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

 

[April]

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts. ~John Locke

 

[konradv]

And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make. (Lennon/McCartney)

Shouldn't have took more than you gave. Wouldn't be in this mess today. (Dave Mason)

 

[WelfareQueen]

"Even the most fickle are faithful to a few bad habits."


Mason Cooley

 

[boedicca]

Fool me once, shame on you.

Fool me twice, shame on me.

 

[Ava]

If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.--Wayne Dyer

 

[konradv]

Great minds discuss ideas.

Average minds discuss events.

Small minds discuss people.

Author: Unknown

 

[Ava]

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.---Aristotle

 

[guno]

"A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social
ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be
restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death."
..........Albert Einstein

 

[guno]

"Pray for the dead, and fight like hell for the living".

Mother Jones

 

[DriftingSand]

"Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong." - Thomas Jefferson

 

[williepete]

"Sometimes when I talk to immigration advocates, they wish I could just bypass Congress and change the law myself,
but that’s not how a democracy works,"
--B. H. Obama, May 2011






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[April]

 

[WelfareQueen]

“I hope some animal never bores a hole in my head and lays its eggs in my brain, because later you might think you're having a good idea but it's just eggs hatching.” -Jack Handey

 

[WelfareQueen]

"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt."



Bertrand Russell