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Scattered Thoughts- 14th Centuary N. African philsopher, Ibn Khaldun For the person for whom small things do not exist, the great is not great - Ortaga y Gasset Too long a sacrafice can make a stone of the heart W B Yeats Fear is a lier - Ray Simpson There is more to life than increasing at speed - Mahatma Gandhi Life is about more than just maintaining oneself, it is about extending oneself. Otherwise living is only not dying - Simone de Beauvoir I cannot be what I am not - Desmond Tutu Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength Sometimes even to live is an act of courage - Lucius Annaeua Seneca A pure mind soon becomes a deep mind - The Budda You are good enough to do what you are called to do What return can I make for a gift I have recieved? When we try to pick out anything be itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe - John Muir When I was born I was so surprised I couldnt talk for a year and a half - Gracie Allen A loud voice cannot compete with a clear voice, even if it is a whisper Scpeticism is healthy, cynicism is corrosive - Tony Blair What is the difference between involvement and commitment? Think of bacon and eggs. The chicken was involved, the pig was committed - Martina Navartilova Can you build a machine if you don't inderstand what the parts do? One's mouth can proclaim one thing whilst one's life proclaims another The tragedy of suffering is the wasted opportunity When in doubt, speak the truth Lost is a place, too As I am so is my nation Only Robinson Crusoe had everything done by Friday We carry on conversations long after they have run out of intelligence simply because we like to hear ourselves talk - Selwyn Hughes It is with the heart one sees rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye - St. Exupery If at first you dont succeed, sky-diving is not for you History repeats itself, which is good because most people don't pay attention the first time anyway Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it - Lou Holtz | ||
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