Looking - Thoreau

It is not what you look at, but what you see. - Henry Thoreau

Friends - Helen Keller

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light. - Helen Keller

Darkness - Alden

"There is not enough darkness in all the world to put out the light of even one small candle." - Robert Alden

Castenada

"When a warrior learns to stop the internal dialogue, everything becomes possible; the most far-fetched schemes become attainable." - Carlos Castaneda

Character - Lincoln

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." - Abraham Lincoln

Education - Mark Twain

"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." - Mark Twain

Doing Right - Twain

"Always do right - this will gratify some and astonish the rest." - Mark Twain

Keeps your doctor alive

"One-quarter of what you eat keeps you alive. The other three-quarters keeps your doctor alive." - Hieroglyph found in an ancient Egyptian tomb.

Knowing - Mark Twain

"It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so." - Mark Twain

Two hands - Hepburn

"As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others." - Audrey Hepburn

Forgiveness - Mark Twain

"Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heal that has crushed it." - Mark Twain

Jefferson on Government

"If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of caring for them, they will be happy." - Thomas Jefferson

Wisdom - Dickens

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.- Charles Dickens

Medicine - Franklin

"He is the best physician who knows the worthlessness of most medicines." - Benjamin Franklin

Love - Gibran

"Love has no desire but to fulfill itself. To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving." - Kahlil Gibran

Love - Wayne Dyer

"Love is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves, without any insistence that they satisfy you." - Dr. Wayne Dyer

Shakespeare, Twelfe Night

Sir Andrew: "I am a great eater of beef and I believe that does harm to my wit."
Sir Toby: "No question."
- Shakespeare, Twelfe Night, Act I, Scene III

Wayne Dyer - Appreciation

"Go on a rampage of appreciation, rather than discussing the evils of the world, and offer joyful commentary whenever possible." - Dr. Wayne Dyer

Infinity

Infinity...

Monuments - Pericles

"What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others." - Pericles

Imagination - Einstein

"Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere." - Albert Einstein

Salads - Harrelson

"Of course, you are going to have to learn to make a good salad." - Woody Harrelson

Education - Seeger

"Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't." - Pete Seeger

The Triumph of Evil - Burke

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke

Life - Anderson

“Just living isn’t enough,” said the butterfly, “one must also have freedom, sunshine, and a little flower.” - Hans Christian Anderson

Patience - Saadi

"Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy." - Saadi

About National Debt - Jefferson

"We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will of its majority, to bind themselves, but none to bind the succeeding generation, more than the inhabitants of another country." - Thomas Jefferson to John Wayles Eppes, 1813.

Old Problems

"Most people are more comfortable with old problems than new solutions." - Unknown

Friends - Louise Hay

"My friends are loving and supportive. I give myself permission to be a friend." - Louise L. Hay

Finding vs. Creating Yourself

"Life is not about finding yourself, it's about creating yourself." - Unknown [The word "create" is from the Latin "curare," meaning "to grow." - Jim]

Certainity - Franklin

Our Constitution is in actual operation; everything appears to promise that it will last; but in this world nothing is certain but death and taxes. - Ben Franklin

Changing Health with Diet - Spurlock

"We live in a world where we have become so pharmaceuticalized that the idea of changing anything just through diet is kind of preposterous. I think to a lot of people it's almost like old medicine." - Morgan Spurlock

Governmental Power - Jefferson

"It had become an universal and almost uncontroverted position in the several States, that the purposes of society do not require a surrender of all our rights to our ordinary governors; that there are certain portions of right not necessary to enable them to carry on an effective government, and which experience has nevertheless proved they will be constantly encroaching on, if submitted to them; that there are also certain fences which experience has proved peculiarly efficacious against wrong, and rarely obstructive of right, which yet the governing powers have ever shown a disposition to weaken and remove. Of the first kind, for instance, is freedom of religion; of the second, trial by jury, habeas corpus laws, free presses." - Thomas Jefferson to Noah Webster, 1790.

Golden Arches - Castelli

"When you see the Golden Arches you are probably on the road to the Pearly Gates." - William Castelli, MD, Director of Framingham Heart Study

Learning - Franklin

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other. - Ben Franklin

Government - Jefferson

"Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have. The course of history shows us that as a government grows, liberty decreases." - Thomas Jefferson

Books - Rohn

"Miss a meal if you have to, but don't miss a book." - Jim Rohn

Killing your own food

"If modern civilized man had to kill the animals he eats, the number of vegetarians would rise astronomically." - C. Morgenstern

Saving - Franklin

A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose to the grindstone. - Benjamin Franklin

Tyrants - Camus

"The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants." - Albert Camus

Government - Jefferson

"It is to secure our rights that we resort to government at all." - Thomas Jefferson to Francois D'Ivernois, 1795.

Real Food - Fred Bisci

"If you feed people real food, or as much raw food as you possible can, you are going to change the quality of health in this country. I believe more than 50% of diseases will go by the wayside." - Fred Bisci, PhD

Prevention - Franklin

A little neglect may breed mischief: for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost. - Benjamin Franklin

Einstein - Miracles

"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though there are no miracles. The other is as though everything is a miracle." - Albert Einstein

Leadership - Perkins

"One who wants to lead the orchestra must be willing to turn his back to the crowd." - J.S. Perkins

Truth - Mises

"The criterion of truth is that it works even if nobody is prepared to acknowledge it." - Ludwig von Mises

Basis of Liberty - Jefferson

"Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God?" - Thomas Jefferson: Notes on Virginia, 1782.

Animals Exist - Walker

"The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men." - Alice Walker, author and activist

Determination - Franklin

Little strokes fell great oaks. - Ben Franklin

Da Vinci on beauty and vitality

"Beauty and vitality are gifts from nature for those who live by her laws." - Leonardo da Vinci