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Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Bliss, Happiness


I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest on pure joy!

- Louise Bogan (1897–1970), US-american Poet

Monday, April 28, 2014

Sunday, April 27, 2014

Advice, Book of Proverbs


A bribe seems a charm to its user; at every turn it brings success.

+ Book of Proverbs 17, 8

[17:8] An observation on the effect of the bribe upon the bribe-giver: it gives an intoxicating feeling of power (“seems”). In v. 23 the evil effects of a bribe are noted.

http://www.usccb.org/bible/proverbs/17

Friday, April 25, 2014

Love, Jesse Katsopolis


If every word I said could make you laugh,
I'd talk forever.
If the song I sing to you, could fill your heart with joy,
I'd sing forever.
Forever
Forever
I'd be so happy loving you

- Jesse Katsopolis sings to Rebecca on their wedding night, Full House

It is "Forever" originally by the Beach Boys

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Universe, Baruch Spinoza


Nothing in the universe is contingent, but all things are conditioned to exist and operate in a particular manner by the necessity of the divine nature.

- Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677)

Saturday, April 19, 2014

Advice, Book of Proverbs


Fine words ill fit a fool; how much more lying lips, a noble!

+ Book of Proverbs 17, 7

http://www.usccb.org/bible/proverbs/17

Advice, Book of Proverbs, Proverbs, Old Testament, Bible,

Thursday, April 17, 2014

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Moon, George Carlin


There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.

- George Carlin (1937-2008)

Monday, April 14, 2014

Spring, William Shakespeare


O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day;
Which now shows all the beauty of the sun,
And by and by a cloud takes all away.

- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), The Two Gentlemen of Verona (I, iii, 84-87)

Sunday, April 13, 2014

Beginning, Danish proverb


Af god begyndelse haabes god endelse.

Idiomatic translation: A good beginning makes a good ending.

- Danish proverb

Meaning: Just trying something is a great way in order to solve a problem.
Strauss, Emanuel (1998). Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs (Abbreviated ed.). Routledge. p. 54. ISBN 0415160502.


http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Danish_proverbs

Saturday, April 12, 2014

Advice, Book of Proverbs


Children’s children are the crown of the elderly, and the glory of children is their parentage.

+ Book of Proverbs 17, 6

Friday, April 11, 2014

Past, Aaron Hotchner from Criminal Minds


Hotch: Wendell Berry said, "The past is our definition. We may strive with good reason to escape it, or to escape what is bad in it, but we will escape it only by adding something better to it."

- Aaron Hotchner, Criminal minds, The Angel Maker [4.2]

Past, Wendell Berry


The past is our definition. We may strive with good reason to escape it, or to escape what is bad in it, but we will escape it only by adding something better to it.

- Wendell Berry (1934- )

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Money, Juvenal


It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

- Juvenal

Sunday, April 6, 2014

Saturday, April 5, 2014

Advice, Book of Proverbs


Whoever mocks the poor reviles their Maker; whoever rejoices in their misfortune will not go unpunished.

+ Book of Proverbs 17, 5

Friday, April 4, 2014

Civilization, Aaron Hotchner


"I'm not sure about automobiles. With all their speed forward, they may be a step backward in civilization." Booth Tarkington (1869-1946)

- Aaron Hotchner, Criminal minds, [Criminal Minds 04.23 Roadkill]

Automobile, Booth Tarkington


I'm not sure about automobiles. With all their speed forward, they may be a step backward in civilization.

- Booth Tarkington (1869-1946)

Wednesday, April 2, 2014