Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours,
each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered, for they are
gone forever. -- Horace Mann
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Fortune Quote #451
Hofstadter's Law: "It always takes longer than you expect, even when you
take into account Hofstadter's Law."
take into account Hofstadter's Law."
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Fortune Quote #450
Higdon's Law: "Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from
bad judgment."
bad judgment."
Monday, October 28, 2013
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Fortune Quote #448
The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill
the world with fools. -- Herbert Spencer
the world with fools. -- Herbert Spencer
Saturday, October 26, 2013
Fortune Quote #447
Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live. --
Henry Van Dyke
Henry Van Dyke
Friday, October 25, 2013
Fortune Quote #446
Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not
understood. -- Henry Miller
understood. -- Henry Miller
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Fortune Quote #445
The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of
one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that
oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the
beginning if it is to be stopped at all. -- Henry Louis Mencken
one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that
oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the
beginning if it is to be stopped at all. -- Henry Louis Mencken
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Fortune Quote #444
You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you
have really lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit
of love. -- Henry Drummond
have really lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit
of love. -- Henry Drummond
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Monday, October 21, 2013
Fortune Quote #442
I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than to be
crowded on a velvet cushion. -- Henry David Thoreau
crowded on a velvet cushion. -- Henry David Thoreau
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Saturday, October 19, 2013
Fortune Quote #440
Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new
wearer of clothes. -- Henry David Thoreau
wearer of clothes. -- Henry David Thoreau
Friday, October 18, 2013
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Fortune Quote #438
Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once.
-- Henri Bergson
-- Henri Bergson
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Fortune Quote #437
The best and the most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even
touched. They must be felt with the heart. -- Helen Keller
touched. They must be felt with the heart. -- Helen Keller
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Monday, October 14, 2013
Fortune Quote #435
It's a recession when your neighbour loses his job; it's a depression when
you lose your own. -- Harry S Truman
you lose your own. -- Harry S Truman
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Fortune Quote #434
Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing
rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers. -- Hare & Charles
rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers. -- Hare & Charles
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Fortune Quote #433
They who are of the opinion that Money will do everything, may very well
be suspected to do everything for Money. -- Halifax
be suspected to do everything for Money. -- Halifax
Friday, October 11, 2013
Fortune Quote #432
If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on
my shoulders. -- Hal Abelson
my shoulders. -- Hal Abelson
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Fortune Quote #431
Do not believe that lust can ever be killed out if gratified or satiated,
for this is an abomination inspired by illusion. It is by feeding vice
that it expands and waxes strong, like to the worm that fattens on the
blossom's heart. -- H. P. Blavatsky
for this is an abomination inspired by illusion. It is by feeding vice
that it expands and waxes strong, like to the worm that fattens on the
blossom's heart. -- H. P. Blavatsky
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Fortune Quote #430
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you
get. -- H. Jackson Brown
get. -- H. Jackson Brown
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Fortune Quote #429
The evolution of man is the evolution of his consciousness,
and 'consciousness' cannot evolve unconsciously. The evolution of man is
the evolution of his will, and 'will' cannot evolve involuntarily. The
evolution of man is the evolution of his power of doing, and 'doing' cannot
be the result of things which 'happen.' -- Gurdjieff
and 'consciousness' cannot evolve unconsciously. The evolution of man is
the evolution of his will, and 'will' cannot evolve involuntarily. The
evolution of man is the evolution of his power of doing, and 'doing' cannot
be the result of things which 'happen.' -- Gurdjieff
Monday, October 7, 2013
Sunday, October 6, 2013
Saturday, October 5, 2013
Friday, October 4, 2013
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Fortune Quote #424
Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than
looking. -- Goethe
looking. -- Goethe
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Fortune Quote #423
None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are
free. -- Goethe
free. -- Goethe
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Fortune Quote #422
A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry and see a fine
picture every day of his life in order that worldly cares may not
obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human
soul. -- Goethe
picture every day of his life in order that worldly cares may not
obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human
soul. -- Goethe
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