Quotes of the Day

[astra]

Thoughtful one

"Strephon kissed me in the spring, Robin in the fall, But Colin only looked at me And never kissed at all. Strephon's kiss was lost in jest, Robin's lost in play, But the kiss in Colin's eyes Haunts me night and day."

Sara Teasdale

[Billi]

Found this one this morning in my mail, maybe someone can come up with the proper English translation:

Güte in den Worten erzeugt Vertrauen
Güte beim Denken erzeugt Tiefe
Güte beim Schenken erzeugt Liebe.
Laotse

Goodness in words generates trust,
Goodness in thinking generates depth,
Goodness in giving generates love.
Laotse

[Stitchawl]

Originally Posted by Billi

Found this one this morning in my mail, maybe someone can come up with the proper English translation:

Güte in den Worten erzeugt Vertrauen
Güte beim Denken erzeugt Tiefe
Güte beim Schenken erzeugt Liebe.
Laotse

Goodness in words generates trust,
Goodness in thinking generates depth,
Goodness in giving generates love.
Laotse

It's Chapter 38 from the "Tao Te Ching" of Lau Tzu (or Laotse, Lo-shi, or several other translations of the concept "Wise older person." It's generally believed NOT to be one person.)

I have roughly 14 different translations of this work (which is also called "Dao De Ching," "Dao De Qing," and about 6 other groups of sound.) And in keeping with THAT, the various translations of Chapter 38 that I have number 14 as well.

Most do NOT sum it all up as clearly as yours...

(Isn't it nice to have a Taoist in the house! )


Stitchawl

[Falcao]

There is no other vengeance than oblivion or other forgiveness. A god has granted human hatred that curious key.
-- Jorge Luis Borges

[astra]

Falling in love is awfully simple, but falling out of love is simply awful.

Anonymous

[cghipp]

Some of my recent favorites:

"Words ought to be a little wild for they are the assaults of thought on the unthinking."
-- John Maynard Keynes

"The man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away."
-- Charles Schwab

"The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it."
-- André Maurois

"It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe."
-- Robert Service

"Some people think they are concentrating when they're merely worrying."
-- Bobby Jones

[astra]

Originally Posted by cghipp

"The man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away."
-- Charles Schwab

I like it

[red_phoenix]

“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says “I’m possible”!”

-- Audrey Hepburn

[DrDln]

“If you’re born poor, it is not your mistake.
If you die poor, it is your mistake."

[DrDln]

Here are 2 quotes by Mother Teresa I like to share:

1. "If you judge people, you have no time to love them."

2. "If we cannot love the person whom we see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see."

[astra]

Everything has its drawbacks, as the man said when his mother-in-law died, and they came down upon him for the funeral expenses.

Three men in a boat (to say nothing about the dog)
by Jerome Klapka Jerome