“Ideas won’t keep…” #7
December 13th, 2007 by mpottleAnyone who is any good is different from anyone else.
-Felix Frankfurter
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“Ideas won’t keep…” #11
December 13th, 2007 by mpottleTell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you… and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall tell you if you are happy.
-Henri Frederic Amiel
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“Sweet, sour, bitter, pungent…” #4
December 7th, 2007 by mpottleNever slap a king unless you intend to kill him.
-Ancient proverb
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“…wondrous days, surprising days” #24
December 17th, 2007 by mpottleIt is the crowding of each day with more work than it can profitably hold which has cost us, among other good things, the undisturbed enjoyment of friends. Friendship takes time, and we have no time to give.
-Agnes Repplier
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“…wondrous days, surprising days” #73
December 16th, 2007 by mpottleDo not have too great a care about being useful to others, but be greatly concerned about being useful to yourself.
-Brother Giles of Assisi
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“…wondrous days, surprising days” #91
December 13th, 2007 by mpottleThere is nothing in which birds differ more from man than the way in which they can build and still leave a landscape as it was before.
-Robert Lynd
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Giving Your Word(s): On Writing and Talking #1
December 7th, 2007 by mpottleGiving yourself your word to do something ought to be no less sacred than giving your word to others.
-Andre Gide
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“…wondrous days, surprising days” #37
December 17th, 2007 by mpottleEighty percent of life is showing up. Day by day, year by year…
-Ellen Goodman
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“…wondrous days, surprising days” #31
December 17th, 2007 by mpottleNever take the thatch off your own house to buy slates for a neighbor’s.
-Irish proverb
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“…wonderous days, surprising days” #14
December 19th, 2007 by mpottleOnly by slowing down and pruning our schedules can we reclaim the most valuable thing we own: our time.
-Ralph Keyes
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