Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Elbert Hubbard

Elbert Hubbard

"One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man."



Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Horace

Horace

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.


Gurdjieff, George

Gurdjieff, George

It is the greatest mistake to think that man is always one and the same. A man is never the same for long. He is continually changing. He seldom remains the same even for half an hour.


Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton

"If only we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time."



Daniel Webster

Daniel Webster

"A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures."



W. C. Fields

W. C. Fields

"Reminds me of my safari in Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water."



Thursday, March 02, 2006

Umberto Eco

Umberto Eco

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth."



Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf

"I have lost friends, some by death... others through sheer inability to cross the street."