"I slept and dreamed that life was beauty. I woke - and found life was duty."
Ellen Sturgis Hooper [1816-1841]
Beauty and Duty
Thursday, December 15, 2022
December 15, 2022
Reflection
December 15, 2022
Thought for Today
"The best headline I ever wrote contained eighteen words: At Sixty Miles an Hour the Loudest Noise in the New Rolls-Royce comes from the electric clock."
David Ogilvy [1911-]
Confessions of an Advertising Man [1963], chapter 6
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
December 14, 2022
Reflection
December 14, 2022
Thought for Today
"The struggle to reach the top is itself enough to fulfil the heart of man. One must believe that Sisyphus is happy."
Albert Camus [1913-1960]
The Myth of Sisyphus
[Le Mythe de Sisyphus [1942]
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
December 13, 2022
Thought for Today
"The attempt to force human beings to despise themselves ... is what I call hell."
Andre Malraux [1901-1976]
La Condition Humaine, sec. 2
December 13, 2022
Reflection
Monday, December 12, 2022
December 12, 2022
Reflection
December 12, 2922
Thought for Today
"If I'd known I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself."
Eubie (James Herbert Wake [1883-1983]
Sunday, December 11, 2022
December 11, 2022
Reflection
December 11, 2022
Thought for Today
"We never know, believe me. when we have succeeded best."
