The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort, is not fit to be deemed a
scholar. -- Confucius
Sunday, June 30, 2019
Saturday, June 29, 2019
Fortune Quote #2523
You can't appreciate home 'till you've left it, money 'till it's spent,
your wife 'till she's joined a woman's club, nor Old Glory 'till you see it
hanging on a broomstick on the shanty of a consul in a foreign
town. -- O. Henry
your wife 'till she's joined a woman's club, nor Old Glory 'till you see it
hanging on a broomstick on the shanty of a consul in a foreign
town. -- O. Henry
Friday, June 28, 2019
Fortune Quote #2522
In a country well governed poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a
country badly governed wealth is something to be ashamed of. --
Confucius
country badly governed wealth is something to be ashamed of. --
Confucius
Thursday, June 27, 2019
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
Fortune Quote #2520
That to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation
of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and
tyrannical. -- Thomas Jefferson
of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and
tyrannical. -- Thomas Jefferson
Tuesday, June 25, 2019
Fortune Quote #2519
Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself
becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle. --
Thomas Jefferson
becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle. --
Thomas Jefferson
Monday, June 24, 2019
Fortune Quote #2518
JFK, addressing Nobel Prize winners: "I think this is the most
extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been
gathered together at the White House, with the possible exception of when
Thomas Jefferson dined alone."
extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been
gathered together at the White House, with the possible exception of when
Thomas Jefferson dined alone."
Sunday, June 23, 2019
Fortune Quote #2517
If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either
write things worth reading, or do things worth writing. -- Benjamin
Franklin
write things worth reading, or do things worth writing. -- Benjamin
Franklin
Saturday, June 22, 2019
Fortune Quote #2516
Analogies prove nothing, that is quite true, but they can make one feel
more at home. -- Sigmund Freud
more at home. -- Sigmund Freud
Friday, June 21, 2019
Fortune Quote #2515
The great question... which I have not been able to answer, despite my
thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is "what does a woman
want?" -- Sigmund Freud
thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is "what does a woman
want?" -- Sigmund Freud
Thursday, June 20, 2019
Fortune Quote #2514
Thers is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law.
-- Abraham Lincoln
-- Abraham Lincoln
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Fortune Quote #2513
Love your life, poor as it is. You may perhaps have some pleasant,
thirlling, glorious hours, even in a poorhouse. The setting sun is
reflected from the windows of the alms-house as brightly as from the rich
man's abode. -- Henry David Thoreau
thirlling, glorious hours, even in a poorhouse. The setting sun is
reflected from the windows of the alms-house as brightly as from the rich
man's abode. -- Henry David Thoreau
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Fortune Quote #2512
This is the weather the cuckoo likes, armored division submissive to
vernacular the world into a gambling birdhouse velocity. -- Motto
of the Cut-Ups society
vernacular the world into a gambling birdhouse velocity. -- Motto
of the Cut-Ups society
Monday, June 17, 2019
Fortune Quote #2511
The great danger of the present age is that democracy may never again
marshal the will to march against and ultimately destroy evil.... in
present-day democratic society... we may simply have forgotten that there
finally must be a choice between good and evil, that the real immorality is
not the use of great force to inflict punishment, but, as the Greeks remind
us, the failure to excercise moral authority at all. -- Victor
Davis Hanson, "The Soul of Battle"
marshal the will to march against and ultimately destroy evil.... in
present-day democratic society... we may simply have forgotten that there
finally must be a choice between good and evil, that the real immorality is
not the use of great force to inflict punishment, but, as the Greeks remind
us, the failure to excercise moral authority at all. -- Victor
Davis Hanson, "The Soul of Battle"
Sunday, June 16, 2019
Fortune Quote #2510
The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the
common. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
common. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Saturday, June 15, 2019
Fortune Quote #2509
In this mysterious cosmos, which is more like a reverberating chamber
where every little sound is loudly heard everywhere and in which there can
be no such thing as privacy, every thought, however feeble it may be,
announces itself spontaneously and gets recorded in the subtle realms,
never gets destroyed, and is repaid in a befitting manner. -- Swami
Krishnananda
where every little sound is loudly heard everywhere and in which there can
be no such thing as privacy, every thought, however feeble it may be,
announces itself spontaneously and gets recorded in the subtle realms,
never gets destroyed, and is repaid in a befitting manner. -- Swami
Krishnananda
Friday, June 14, 2019
Fortune Quote #2508
Never think of anyone as inferior to you. Open the inner Eye and you will
see the One Glory shining in all creatures. -- Misri
see the One Glory shining in all creatures. -- Misri
Thursday, June 13, 2019
Fortune Quote #2507
Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the
served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness
before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy. -- Gandhi
served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness
before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy. -- Gandhi
Wednesday, June 12, 2019
Fortune Quote #2506
Two Zen monks were arguing about a flag. One said "The flag is moving."
The other said "The wind is moving." The sixth patriarch happened to be
passing by. He told them: "Not the wind, not the flag; mind is
moving." -- "Zen Flesh, Zen Bones"
The other said "The wind is moving." The sixth patriarch happened to be
passing by. He told them: "Not the wind, not the flag; mind is
moving." -- "Zen Flesh, Zen Bones"
Tuesday, June 11, 2019
Fortune Quote #2505
Not believing in the glory of our soul is what the Vedanta calls
atheism. -- Vivekananda
atheism. -- Vivekananda
Monday, June 10, 2019
Fortune Quote #2504
It hain't no use to grumble and complain, It's jest as easy to rejoice;
When God sorts out the weather and sends rain, Why rain's my
choice. -- James Whitcomb Riley
When God sorts out the weather and sends rain, Why rain's my
choice. -- James Whitcomb Riley
Sunday, June 9, 2019
Fortune Quote #2503
There is nothing so small but that we may honor God by asking His guidance
of it, or insult Him by taking it into our own hands. -- John Ruskin
of it, or insult Him by taking it into our own hands. -- John Ruskin
Saturday, June 8, 2019
Fortune Quote #2502
It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth Man's mind to atheism, but
depth in philosophy bringeth men's mind about to religion; for while the
mind of Man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in
them, and go no farther; but when it beholdeth the chain of the
confederate, and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and
Deity. -- Francis Bacon
depth in philosophy bringeth men's mind about to religion; for while the
mind of Man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in
them, and go no farther; but when it beholdeth the chain of the
confederate, and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and
Deity. -- Francis Bacon
Friday, June 7, 2019
Fortune Quote #2501
When wood burns it is the smoke alone that rises upward, leaving the
grosser elements below. So it is with prayer. The sincere intention alone
ascends to heaven. -- Baal Shem-Tov
grosser elements below. So it is with prayer. The sincere intention alone
ascends to heaven. -- Baal Shem-Tov
Thursday, June 6, 2019
Fortune Quote #2500
Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty
is God's handwriting--a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face,
in every fair sky, in every fair flower, and thank God for it as a cup of
blessing. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
is God's handwriting--a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face,
in every fair sky, in every fair flower, and thank God for it as a cup of
blessing. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wednesday, June 5, 2019
Fortune Quote #2499
Make peace with yourself, and heaven and earth will make peace with you.
Endeavor to enter your own inner cell, and you will see the heavens,
because the one and the other are one and the same, and when you enter one
you see the two. -- St. Isaak of Syria
Endeavor to enter your own inner cell, and you will see the heavens,
because the one and the other are one and the same, and when you enter one
you see the two. -- St. Isaak of Syria
Tuesday, June 4, 2019
Fortune Quote #2498
Till you can sing and rejoice and delight in God, as misers do in gold,
and Kings in scepters, you never enjoy the world. -- Thomas Traherne
and Kings in scepters, you never enjoy the world. -- Thomas Traherne
Monday, June 3, 2019
Fortune Quote #2497
God gives us love. Something to love He lends us; but when love is grown
To ripeness, that on which it throve Falls off, and love is left
alone. -- Lord Alfred Tennyson
To ripeness, that on which it throve Falls off, and love is left
alone. -- Lord Alfred Tennyson
Sunday, June 2, 2019
Fortune Quote #2496
Live near to God, and so all things will appear to you little in
comparison with eternal realities. -- R. M. McCheyne
comparison with eternal realities. -- R. M. McCheyne
Saturday, June 1, 2019
Fortune Quote #2495
God's treasury where He keeps His children's gifts will be like many a
mother's store of relics of her children, full of things of no value to
others, but precious in His eyes for the love's sake that was in
them. -- Francois Fenelon
mother's store of relics of her children, full of things of no value to
others, but precious in His eyes for the love's sake that was in
them. -- Francois Fenelon
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