When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire
kind people. -- Abraham Heschel
A daily fortune or quote based on the Unix fortune program. Have it emailed to you daily, or browse this blog.
Monday, September 30, 2019
Sunday, September 29, 2019
Fortune Quote #2615
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a
naughty world. -- William Shakespeare
naughty world. -- William Shakespeare
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Fortune Quote #2614
The kindness I have longest remembered has been of this sort, the sort
unsaid; so far behind the speaker's lips that almost it already lay in my
heart. It did not have far to go to be communicated. -- Henry
David Thoreau
unsaid; so far behind the speaker's lips that almost it already lay in my
heart. It did not have far to go to be communicated. -- Henry
David Thoreau
Friday, September 27, 2019
Fortune Quote #2613
Whoever knows how to return a kindness is a friend above all
price. -- Sophocles
price. -- Sophocles
Thursday, September 26, 2019
Fortune Quote #2612
It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident
knowledge that they will help us. -- Epicurus
knowledge that they will help us. -- Epicurus
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Fortune Quote #2611
I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for all my friends.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
Fortune Quote #2610
A hundred times a day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depends
on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself
to give in the same measure as I have received. -- Albert Einstein
on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself
to give in the same measure as I have received. -- Albert Einstein
Monday, September 23, 2019
Fortune Quote #2609
"Here's to all the little things, the 'done-and-then-forgotten' things,
Those 'oh-it's-simply-nothing' things That make life worth the fight."
Those 'oh-it's-simply-nothing' things That make life worth the fight."
Sunday, September 22, 2019
Fortune Quote #2608
A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity
freshen into smiles. -- Washington Irving
freshen into smiles. -- Washington Irving
Saturday, September 21, 2019
Fortune Quote #2607
The center of human nature is rooted in ten thousand ordinary acts of
kindness that define our days. -- Stephen Jay Gould
kindness that define our days. -- Stephen Jay Gould
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