Popular Tags


“…wondrous days, surprising days” #52

December 17th, 2007 by mpottle

If you’re there before it’s over, you’re on time.
-Mayor James J. Walker

Related posts:

  1. “…wondrous days, surprising days” #95 Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquillity. -James Thurber ...

“If you wish to know what a person is…” #2

December 7th, 2007 by mpottle

One can no more judge a [person] by the actions of an hour than the climate of a country by the temperature of a day.
-J. Petit-Senn

Related posts:

  1. “If you wish to know what a person is…” #4 To know a [person], observe how he wins his object,...
  2. “If you wish to know what a person is…” #1 If you wish to know what a person is, place...
  3. “If you wish to know what a person is…” #5 The [person] who is always having… feelings hurt is about...
  4. “If you wish to know what a person is…” #7 The measure of a [person's] real character is what he...
  5. “If you wish to know what a person is…” #6 A wrongdoer is often a [person] who has left something...

Trees and Flowing Water #4

December 9th, 2007 by mpottle

Be at peace now and let the tide carry you into calm water. That is all you have to do for the moment.
-Elizabeth Goude
The Dean’s Watch

Related posts:

  1. Trees and Flowing Water #2 I achieve a shining serenity if I reach the edge...
  2. Trees and Flowing Water #3 The cure for anything is salt water- sweat, tears, or...
  3. Trees and Flowing Water #8 Mountains are the scribblings of time on the surface of...
  4. Trees and Flowing Water #7 It is a position not to be controverted that the...
  5. Trees and Flowing Water #6 The need is not for humanity to learn to manage...

“How do you make a life?…” #5

December 8th, 2007 by mpottle

The definition of success is setting goals and achieving them.
-Susan Schenkel
Establishing goals is all right if you don’t let them deprive you of interesting detours. 
-Doug Larson

Related posts:

  1. “How do you make a life?…” #14 The most valuable thing I have learned from life is...
  2. “How do you make a life?…” #13 But you must remember that everything happens to an artist;...
  3. “How do you make a life?…” #12 When I’ve had a rough day, before I go to...
  4. “How do you make a life?…” #11 Many wealthy people are little more than janitors of their...
  5. “How do you make a life?…” #10 Don’t be afraid to take a big step. You can’t...

Giving Your Word(s): On Writing and Talking #6

December 7th, 2007 by mpottle

…Words are more powerful than perhaps anyone suspects, and once deeply engraved in a child’s mind, they are not easily eradicated.
-May Sarton

Related posts:

  1. Giving Your Word(s): On Writing and Talking #4 If you can’t write your idea on the back of...
  2. Giving Your Word(s): On Writing and Talking #8 Language is like a cracked kettle on which we beat...
  3. Giving Your Word(s): On Writing and Talking #7 Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended,...
  4. Giving Your Word(s): On Writing and Talking #5 Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a...
  5. Giving Your Word(s): On Writing and Talking #3 … One can never be alone enough when one writes…...

“…wonderous days, surprising days” #7

December 19th, 2007 by mpottle

Whenever we feel caught on the financial treadmill, it’s time to remember our freedom of choice, and to recognize that we do choose.
-Peggy Kagan

Related posts:

  1. “…wondrous days, surprising days” #34 On choice: we can afford it. We just can’t afford...
  2. “We are each of us unique.” #3 The human animal needs a freedom seldom mentioned: freedom, from...
  3. Rosiness or Gloomy Gray: On Viewing the World #1 Rosiness is not a worse windowpane than gloomy gray when...
  4. “…wondrous days, surprising days” #81 Experienced time occurs when we are able to stop worrying...
  5. Like a Cat on the Stove-Lid: On Learning #6 Every sort of mastery is an increase of one’s freedom....

“…wondrous days, surprising days” #60

December 16th, 2007 by mpottle

Be of good courage, all is before you, and time passed in the difficult is never lost.
-Rainer Maria Rilke

Related posts:

  1. “…wondrous days, surprising days” #86 So long as there’s a bit of a laugh going,...
  2. “Ideas won’t keep…” #47 Many things are lost for want of asking. -English proverb...

“…wonderous days, surprising days” #14

December 19th, 2007 by mpottle

Only by slowing down and pruning our schedules can we reclaim the most valuable thing we own: our time.
-Ralph Keyes

Related posts:

  1. “…wondrous days, surprising days” #76 One way in which modern technology allows us to do...

“Ideas won’t keep…” #44

December 12th, 2007 by mpottle

Those who have free seats at the play hiss first.
-Chinese proverb

Related posts:

  1. “Ideas won’t keep…” #20 Play can easily vanish when people have to strain for...
  2. “Ideas won’t keep…” #47 Many things are lost for want of asking. -English proverb...
  3. “Ideas won’t keep…” #33 Don’t climb a tree to look for fish. -Chinese proverb...
  4. Of Stranded Dragons and Whitewashed Cows #2 A whitewashed cow will not remain white for long. -Chinese...
  5. “Sweet, sour, bitter, pungent…”#1 Sweet, sour, bitter, pungent, all must be tasted. -Chinese proverb...

“Ideas won’t keep…” #48

December 12th, 2007 by mpottle

So long as there’s a bit of laugh going, things are all right…
-D. H. Lawrence

Related posts:

  1. “…wondrous days, surprising days” #86 So long as there’s a bit of a laugh going,...
  2. “Ideas won’t keep…” #18 If you’re going to look back on something and laugh...