Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.
– Alexis de Tocqueville
Quotations
Flow
Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free: Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.
-Chuang-Tzu
Sad but true
“It’s hard to campaign against ‘The Candyman’ in a nation of self-indulgent children.”
Sensinger (found in John Farnam’s 20 Nov 2012 quip)
Quote for today
The devotion to tabloid is a symptom of our sick society. We don’t idolize heroes, we canonize failures, falls from grace, human weakness, Our priorities are warped and insensitive.
From the speech, Citizenship in a Republic, 1910
If a public man tries to get your vote by saying that he will do something wrong in your interest, you can be absolutely certain that if ever it becomes worth his while he will do something wrong against your interest.
– Theodore Roosevelt
Quote for today
When in doubt, just get really, really strong. It tends to cure most problems in training – and life.
A tidbit of wisdom
Besse Cooper is among an elite group of eight super centenarians who have lived to the age of 116.
Her secret to longevity? “I mind my own business,” Cooper says. “And I don’t eat junk food.”
Emphasis added.
Full story. (h/t Maku mozo!)
Quotes for today
From this article:
“I’m not saying you should outlaw guns, but I don’t see the point of hundred-round magazine clips and automatic weapons if you just want to target shoot,” said John Tyson, 66, of Winchester, Va.
I’ll respond with a quote from Mike Muir:
Just ’cause you don’t understand what’s going on don’t mean it don’t make no sense, and just ’cause you don’t like it don’t mean it ain’t no good.
Mr. Tyson continues:
“People say it’s their right to bear arms, but when the Constitution was written there was no such thing as an automatic weapon.”
People say it’s their right to free speech, but when the Constitution was written there was no such thing as the Internet.
thinking
“The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.”
-A.A. Milne
Thought for today
The biggest barrier between me and peace is my instinct to analyze why I didn’t, don’t, or might not have it. Stillness silences that instinct.
-Deschene
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