Wednesday, May 21, 2008

More Worthy Quotes

Living fully doesn't mean having it all and going everywhere and doing everything and being all things to all people. Many of us are beginning to see that too much is too much; it gets in the way of being able to enjoy the things we do want in our lives and to simply be who we are.
--Elaine St. James

Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny.
--Carl Schurz

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
-- Margaret Mead

Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.
-- Henry David Thoreau

The question is not what you look at, but what you see.
-- Henry David Thoreau

The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love.
-- Margaret Atwood

All of life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied to a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly.
-- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.
-- Rachel Carson

In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is.
Yogi Berra

There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.
- Johann Sebastian Bach

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