Keep Walking

If you're walking down the right path
and you're willing to keep walking,
eventually you'll make progress.

Barack Obama

Nirvana

Yes, there is a Nirvana;
it is leading your sheep to a green pasture,
and in putting your child to sleep,
and in writing the last line of your poem.

Kahlil Gibran

Understanding

To understand the heart and mind of a person,
look not at what he has already achieved,
but at what he aspires to do.

Kahlil Gibran

A Truth

Say not, 'I have found the truth,'
but rather, 'I have found a truth.'


Kahlil Gibran

Character

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls;
the most massive characters are seared with scars.

Kahlil Gibran

Ungrateful to These Teachers

I have learnt silence from the talkative,
toleration from the intolerant,
and kindness from the unkind;
yet strange, I am ungrateful

to these teachers.

Kahlil Gibran

Truth

God made Truth with many doors to
welcome every believer who knocks on them.

Kahlil Gibran

True Nature

The wit makes fun of other persons;
the satirist makes fun of the world;
the humorist makes fun of himself,
but in so doing, he identifies himself
with people--that is, people everywhere,
not for the purpose of taking them apart,
but simply revealing their true nature.

James Thurber

Like Everybody Else

Why do you have to be a nonconformist
like everybody else?

James Thurber

Disturbed

I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one,
for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough,
he might become disturbed.

James Thurber

Flat on Your Face

You might as well fall flat on your face
as lean over too far backward.

James Thurber

Some of the Questions

It is better to know
some of the questions
than all of the answers.

James Thurber

Before We Die

All human beings should try to learn before they die
what they are running from, and to, and why.

James Thurber

Bizarre and Inexplicable

There is a theory which states that
if ever anybody discovers exactly
what the Universe is for and why it is here,
it will instantly disappear and be replaced
by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.
There is another theory which states
that this has already happened.

Douglas Adams

Where I Needed to Be

I may not have gone where I intended to go,
but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.

Douglas Adams

Immaturity

You can only be young once.
But you can always be immature.

Dave Barry

Dismal Education

My education was dismal.

I went to a series of schools

for mentally disturbed teachers.

Woody Allen

Good and Bad People

It seemed the world was divided
into good and bad people.
The good ones slept better...
while the bad ones seemed to
enjoy the waking hours much more.

Woody Allen

Metaphysical Cheating

I was thrown out of college for cheating on

the metaphysics exam; I looked into the soul

of the boy sitting next to me.

Woody Allen

Mind Over Matter

Age is mind over matter.
If you don't mind,
it doesn't matter.

Satchel Paige

Just Sitting

Sometimes I sits and thinks,
and sometimes I just sits.

Satchel Paige

Known to God and Myself Alone

Say nothing of my religion.
It is known to God and myself alone.
Its evidence before the world is
to be sought in my life:
if it has been honest and dutiful to society
the religion which has regulated it
cannot be a bad one.

Thomas Jefferson

Puzzling It Out

To believe in God or in a guiding force
because someone tells you to
is the height of stupidity.
We are given senses to receive
our information within.
With our own eyes we see,
and with our own skin we feel.
With our intelligence,
it is intended that we understand.
But each person must puzzle it out
for himself or herself.

Sophy Burnham

Studying Religions

The more I study religions
the more I am convinced
that man never worshipped
anything but himself.

Sir Richard Francis Burton

Consolation

Those who seek consolation in existing churches
often pay for their peace of mind
with a tacit agreement to ignore a great deal
of what is known about the way the world works.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Humble Admiration

My religion consists of a humble admiration
of the illimitable superior spirit
who reveals himself in the slight details
we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.

Albert Einstein

Ignorance

The greater the ignorance
the greater the dogmatism.

Sir William Osler

Learning

I have never met a man so ignorant
that I couldn't learn something from him.

Galileo Galilei

Good Laughs

We are all here for a spell;
get all the good laughs you can.

Will Rogers

Wisdom

It is not hard
to produce wisdom.
What is hard is
to have wisdom
not interrupted.

Unknown

Seeking Connections

Peace is not won by those who
fiercely guard their differences
but by those who with open minds
and hearts seek out connections.

Katherine Paterson