Good Thoughts to Live By #3

 None . . . that trust in him shall be desolate.  Psalms 34:22

Contemplating in the Sacred Grove - upstate New York


All truth passed through three stages.  
First, it is ridiculed.  
Second, it is violently opposed.  
Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” 
-Arthur Schopenhauer

A smile raises our face value, and if you can’t smile, let the bottom middle of your mouth droop.
  -Ben Franklin    


Ordinary youth think about problems.  Extraordinary think about how to solve them.   
  -Ben Franklin


The Constitution only lets us pursue happiness–you have to catch it!    
  -Ben Franklin


There are many compliments that may come in the course of a lifetime, but there is no higher tribute than to be loved by those who know us best.    
  -Dale E. Turner


The only factor becoming scarce in a world of abundance is human attention.
  -Kevin Kelly in Wired


To love what you do and feel that it matters–how could anything be more fun?
  -Katherine Graham


People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they’ve done.
  -Cullen Hightower


It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
  -Mark Twain


Sometimes even music cannot substitute for tears.
  -Paul Simon


Ten thousand
flowers
in spring,
the moon
in autumn,
a cool breeze
in summer,
snow
in winter.
If your mind
isn’t clouded
by unnecessary things,
this is
the best
season
of your life.
   -Wu-Men