"Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know." Tolstoy
"Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know." Tolstoy
Kate Hudson:
"You have a choice: Support the woman standing next to you, or compete with her. But if you compete, you're going to be miserable,"
Confucius:
"To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness,"
Welcome to the workd of sanity
So he cant get Ukraine and Russia to end that war, he abducts the leader of Venezuela, then starts a war with arguably the most fortified Muslim country in the Middle East.
Do you think he still believes he should get that prize?
So let me get this straight. The guy who has consistently thrown a fit because no one would give him a Nobel Peace prize, has now started a war in the Middle East? /1
Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Love, whether newly born or aroused from a deathlike slumber, must always create sunshine, filling the heart so full of radiance, that it overflows upon the outward world."
Socrates
βStrong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.β
Pythagoras, philosopher and mathematician: βIf you want to live a long life, keep a little old wine and an old friendβ
Thought of the day by Robert Frost: 'The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.'
Ringo Starr
βI feel the older I get, the more I'm learning to handle life. Being on this quest for a long time, it's all about finding yourself.β
Alan Turing: βBe kind, have a sense of humour, fall in love, enjoy strawberriesβ
Sir Isaac Newton: βGravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.β
Nelson Mandela
βDo not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.β
Holy shit. After 7 years of making my MS claim through the VA I just discovered it has been approved for 100% coverage. Talk about a huge weight off of my shoulder.
Cold me doing a peanuts happy dance in my chair.
Roman Stoic thinker Seneca, who once wrote, βLife is like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.β
Maybe that is the origin of Shakespeare's line?
Dalai Lama: 'If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.'
Marie Curie: βLife is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.β
Maya Angelou is, βThere is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.β
William Shakespeare: 'The fool does think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool'
Not sure why a bikini clad manatee was in a public park, but you have to wonder why they ended up wrestling with this woman.
Only in Florida
Socrates: 'By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, youβll become happy; if you get a bad one, youβll become a philosopher.'
I am now rely glad I resisted the Tik Tok craze. Never had and now I never will
I agree though Primce playing in actual Purple rain still reigns supreme.
Picture of tentacles with the words "Monsters of Ohio" and "November 2026."
Someone just finished writing a novel.
Spoiler: It was me.
It's called "Monsters of Ohio," it's my 20th novel, and it'll be out in November.
I hope you'll like it.
I'm very tired.
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge," is widely attributed to Stephen Hawking.
Happy Day. May it bring you joy and fun
βThe Past is gone and the future might not even be, the only thing we ever experience is the now, I try to enjoy the minute.β β George Harrison
βLife is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.β β Marie Curie
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