Once upon a time a man whose ax was missing suspected his neighbor's
son. The boy walked like a thief, looked like a thief, and spoke like a
thief.
But the man found his ax while digging in the valley, and the next time he saw his neighbor's son, the boy walked, looked and spoke like any other child.

Lao-tzu, philosopher (6th century BCE)

"The trouble with so many of us is that we underestimate the power of simplicity. We have a tendency it seems to over complicate our lives and forget what's important and what's not. We tend to mistake movement for achievement. We tend to focus on activities instead of results. And as the pace of life continues to race along in the outside world, we forget that we have the power to control our lives regardless of what's going on outside."

- Robert Stuberg

We either make ourselves happy or miserable. The amount of work is the same.

Carlos Castenada, mystic and author (1925-1998)

I found one day in school a boy of medium size ill-treating a smaller boy.
I expostulated, but he replied: 'The bigs hit me, so I hit the babies; that's fair.'
In these words he epitomized the history of the human race.

Bertrand Russell, philosopher, mathematician, and author (1872-1970)

When there is an original sound in the world, it makes a hundred echoes.

-John A. Shedd

Flattery is like chewing gum. Enjoy it but don't swallow it.

Hank Ketcham, comic artist

“The tighter you squeeze, the less you have.” -- Zen Saying

"It is only when you are in true darkness that you can see the stars"

"Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few."

"The less people know about how sausages and laws are made, the better they'll sleep at night."

"Life is too deep for words, so don't try to describe it, just live it." -C.S. Lewis

"I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing
than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance."
-e.e. cummings

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

-- Albert Einstein

If you don't do what you love you'll never get where you want to be.

-- Dr Robert Ballard

"Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do."
-Voltaire

"Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age. "
-Jeanne Moreau

"There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel that no one else has a right to blame us. It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution."
-Oscar Wilde

"The point of living and of being an optimist, is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come." - Peter Ustinov

"I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is."

Hospitality is making your guests feel at home, even if you wish they were."
--Anonymous