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“Ideas won’t keep…” #77

Our national flower is the concrete cloverleaf.
-Lewis Mumford
I care more for that long age which I shall never see than for my own small share of time.
-Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero lived in ancient Rome about 2,100 years ago. We are part of the future “Long age” he speaks about.
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“How do you make a life?…” #12

When I’ve had a rough day, before I go to sleep I ask myself if there isn’t something more I can do right  now. If there isn’t, I sleep sound.
-L. L. Colbert

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“…wondrous days, surprising days” #86

So long as there’s a bit of a laugh going, things are alright. As soon as this infernal seriousness, like a greasy sea, heaves up, everything is lost.
-D. H. Lawrence

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Trees and Flowing Water #2

I achieve a shining serenity if I reach the edge of a body of water.
-Kurt Vonnegut
All his life he was to find the sight and sound of flowing water one of the greatest solacements of grief.
-Elizabeth Goudge
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“…wonderous days, surprising days” #6

There are three whose lives are lacking: the over-compassionate, the hot-tempered, and the too-squeamish.
-The Talmud

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“We are each of us unique.” #8

Most often it happens that one attributes to others only the feeling of which one is capable oneself.
-Andree Gide
It would probably astound each of us beyond measure to be let into his neighbor’s mind and to find out how different the scenery there was from that of his own.
-William James

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“Ideas won’t keep…” #54

One volunteer is better than ten forced men.
-African proverb

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Rosiness or Gloomy Gay: On Viewing the World #9

Our workplace and schools operate on the conventional assumption that success results from a combination of talent and desire. When failure occurs, it is because either talent or desire is missing. But failure can also occur whe talent and desire are present in abundance but optimism is missing.
-Martin E. P. Seligman
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Giving Your Word(s): On Writing and Talking #1

Giving 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” #78

Each of us is endowed with a level of intuition… “wisdom of the heart.”
-Daily Word

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