ON BEING DOGMATIC

Quote for Today - December 1, 2013 - Sunday

"The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism."

Sir William Osler [1849-1919] Montreal Medical Journal September 1902, page 696

THE ROAD MOST TAKEN 

Quote for Today - November 30, 2013 - Saturday

"The path of duty lies in what is near at hand, but people seek for it in what is far away."

Japanese Proverb

AT HOME 

AND 

AT CHURCH 

Quote for Today - November 29, 2013 - Friday

"Better to be kind in one's home than to burn incense in a temple."

Chinese Proverb

LOOK! 

LISTEN!  

THANK! 

TODAY 

 AND EVERYDAY! 

Quote for Today - Thanksgiving Day - November 28,  2013

"Notice! 
The world is full 
of enormous lights 
and mysteries, 
and we shut them out 
from ourselves
with one small hand!"

Baal Shem Tov

OH THE LIES 

WE TELL EACH OTHER

Quote for  Today - Wednesday - November 27, 2013

               "Two daiquiris
withdrew into a corner of a gorgeous room
and one told the other a lie."

John Berryman [1914-1972], 77 Dream Songs [1964], poem  no.16

SEARCHING

Quote for Today - Tuesday - November 26, 2013

"Solitude lies at the lowest depth of the human condition. Man is the only being who feels himself to be alone and the only one who is searching for the Other."

Octavio Paz [1914-1998]  The Labyrinth of Solitude [El Labrinto de la Soledad] [1950], Appendix

Painting: Walk Alone Painting by Kim Peto

HANDWRITING ON THE WALL

Quote for Today - Monday - November 25, 2013

"There was so much handwriting on the wall
That even the wall fell down."

Christopher Morley [ 1890-1957], Around the Clock, [1943]