life

Keep your mouth shut

It is better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

— Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)

Also attributed to Abraham Lincoln

Happy Continuation Day

If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people. To be born means that something which did not exist comes into existence. But the day we are born is not our beginning. It is a day of continuation....

— Thich Nhat Hanh

Present Moment, Wonderful Moment: Mindfulness Verses For Daily Living

Under the clouds of war

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

former Republican President of the USA

New mistakes

Always make new mistakes.

— Esther Dyson

An adventure wrongly considered

An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered; an adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered.

— G.K. Chesterton

Insurmountable opportunity

We are surrounded by insurmountable opportunity.

— Pogo

Inherited from our ancestors

We are praying that mankind does wake up and think about the future, for we haven't just inherited this earth from our ancestors, but we are borrowing it from our unborn children.

— Joseph Chasing Horse

Instructions for Life

  1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
  2. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
  3. Follow the three Rs: Respect for self, respect for others and responsibility for all your actions.
  4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
  5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
  6. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
  7. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
  8. Spend some time alone every day.
  9. Open your arms
— Dalai Lama

Trust our own thinking

We must trust our own thinking. Trust where we're going. And get the job done.

— Wilma Mankiller

Principal Chief Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma

Ninety percent of life

Ninety percent of life is just showing up.

— Woody Allen
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