Too many have dispensed1 with generosity2 in order to practice charity. Albert Camus (1913 - 1960) One of the serious obstacles to the improvement of our race is indiscriminate charity. Andrew Carnegie (1835 - 1919) The best thing to give t...

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds. Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945), Pan American Day address, April 15, 1939 Its choice - not chance - that determines your destiny. Jean Nidetch Fortune can, for her pl...

A sign of celebrity1 is that his name is often worth more than his services. Daniel J. Boorstin (1914 - ) A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized. Fred Alle...

If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer. Alfred North Whitehead (1861 - 1947) Its funny how dogs and cats know the inside of folks better than other fol...

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Parts of Animals He maketh me to lie down in green pastures he leadeth me beside the still waters. Bible, Psalm1 xxiii. 2. A lot of people like snow....

The perfect bureaucrat1 everywhere is the man who manages to make no decisions and escape all responsibility. Brooks2 Atkinson (1894 - 1984), Once Around the Sun, 1951 Bureaucrats3 write memoranda4 both because they appear to be busy when t...

What a splendid head, yet no brain. Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC) Thinking rationally is often different from positive thinking, in that it is a realistic assessment1 of the situation, with a view towards rectifying2 the problem if possible. Albe...

Bore, n.: A person who talks when you wish him to listen. Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devils Dictionary A finished person is a boring person. Anna Quindlen (1953 - ) A bore is a man who, when you ask him how he is, tells you. Bert Les...

Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) This paperback1 is very inter...

All we actually have is our body and its muscles that allow us to be under our own power. Allegra Kent, Once a Dancer Oh, darling, let your body in, let it tie you in, in comfort. Anne Sexton (1928 - 1974) Be sure that it is not you that is...