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Dost thou love life?
Then do not squander time,
for that is the stuff life is made of.

Benjamin Franklin

"My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.”

~ Jack Kerouc

"A person who does not read good books has no advantage over the person who can't read them."

~ Mark Twain (Samuel Langhornne Clemens, 1835-1910)

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost.  That is where they should be.  Now put foundations under them.
- Henry David Thoreau
Portrait of Thoreau
“I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life.”
- Jack Kerouac

"There is a theory that states: 'If anyone finds out what the universe is for it will disappear and be replaced by something more bizzarly inexplicable.' There is another theory that states: 'This has already happened...'

~ from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

 

"Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever." - Napoleon Bonaparte
The great question is not whether you have failed,  but whether you are content with failure.

- William Shakespeare

 

John Burroughs It is always easier to believe than to deny.  Our minds are naturally affirmative.

-John Burroughs

 

"The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race."
- Justice John Roberts writing on the historic decision ending quotas in public schools.
   

 

There is a place for everyone in the big picture.  To turn your back on any one person, for whatever reason, is to run the risk of losing a central piece of your jigsaw puzzle
- James St. Lyon

 

To begin is the most important part of any quest, and by far the most courageous.
Plato

 

To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream.  Not only plan, but also believe.
Anotole France

 

We are not Human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience!
Telihard de Chardin


 

"If everyone in the world held hands, no one could pull the trigger."
John Sica

"Beer, when drank with moderation, softens the temper, cheers the spirit and promotes health."
Thomas Jefferson