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“…wondrous days, surprising days” #61

You would do well to budget your time as follows: one-half in work… one fourth in social pastimes with others… and one fourth as an interested, pleased observer of life.
-William B. Terhune

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“…wondrous days, surprising days” #39

Look to this day! For it is life, the very life of life.
-attributed to Kalidasa, Hindu poet

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Trusting in Time #5

In a way, modernity is defined by the extent to which life has been brought under human control.
-Russell Banks
The Sweet Hereafter
[paraphrase]

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“…wondrous days, surprising days” #18

When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago.
-Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

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“…wonderous days, surprising days” #12

The life dream is… the “path with heart”; it is based on intrinsic love of the activity or goal.
-Patricia Weenolsen

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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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Trusting in Time #6

Schools and prisons are the only places where time is more important than the job to be done.
-John Bradshaw
[public television series]

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“How do you make a life?…” #3

No yesterdays are ever wasted for those who give themselves to today.
-Brendan Francis
… Live in the moment; do not think about the future and its perils…. [Concentrate] on savoring “those rare moments of grace in an indifferent universe.
-William Longgood
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“…wondrous days, surprising days” #67

Happiness is good health and a bad memory.
-Ingrid Bergman

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“…wondrous days, surprising days” #66

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just to enjoy your ice cream while it’s on your plate,-that’s my philosophy.
-Thornton Wilder

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