From Gaston Bachelard: “A word is a bud attempting to become a twig. How can one not dream while writing? It is the pen which dreams. The blank page gives the right to dream.”
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Quote of the day 11/13/24
From Heraclitus: “Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.”
Quote of the day 11/10/24
From Heraclitus: “To get everything you want is not a good thing. Disease makes health seem sweet. Hunger leads to the appreciation of being full-fed. Tiredness creates the enjoyment of resting.”
Quote of the day 10/31/24
From Plutarch: “Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yield themselves up when taken little by little.”
Quote of the day 10/23/24
From Desiderius Erasmus: “Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.”
Quote of the day 10/09/24
From Mahatma Gandhi: “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
Quote of the day 10/07/24
From Marcus Tullius Cicero: “What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does, he should do with all his might.”
Quote of the day 09/30/24
From Marcus Tullius Cicero: “Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century:Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others;Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected;Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it;Refusing to set aside trivial preferences;Neglecting development and refinement of the mind;Attempting to compel others to believe andContinue reading “Quote of the day 09/30/24”
Quote of the day 08/16/24
From Jack London: “Don’t loaf and invite inspiration; light out after it with a club.”
Quote of the day 08/15/24
From Jack London: “The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.”
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