Love

You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

-- Buddha

Love

End your day by privately looking directly into your eyes in the mirror and saying, ‘I love you!’ Do this for thirty days and watch how you transform.

-- Mark Victor Hansen

The important half

One half of life is luck; the other half is discipline - and that's the important half, for without discipline you wouldn't know what to do with luck.

-- Carl Zuckmeyer (1896-1977)

Seek happiness

Look for things to feel good about, and watch how everything in your life will unfold to reflect that good-feeling vibration.

-- Abraham-Hicks

Creating beauty

It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, or so to make a few objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere through which we look - to affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts.
-- Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

I have always been in awe of good artists - esp musicians - there is such a pleasure in watching and listening to those who let their instruments create such a beautiful atmosphere around, - but then Mr. T above makes total sense.

Friends

If you had a friend who talked to you like you sometimes talk to yourself, would you continue to hang around with that person?

-- Rob Bremer

Rob Bremer is too late. I had friends repeat this again and again to me a year ago ...and then again some. Thanks my dears (S, J, B..you know who you are).

Rationality

Mail quota almost being up, am occupying my time off and on deleting old emails. Just came across this gem of wisdom from a dear friend:

i hate when i am being irrational. But its so annoying to be rational all the time too!

All credit to SB!

Responsibility

If they charge thee with falsehood, say: My work to me, and yours to you! Ye are free from responsibility for what I do, and I for what ye do!

-- Qur'an

Ability

Can'y help but love this one:

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.

-- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Presence

Silent presence is always better than silent absence.

-- Chaplain Steve Thorny