Daily Quote – Hermann Hesse

"The world is not imperfect or slowly evolving along a path to perfection. No, it is perfect at every moment, every sin already carries grace in it."

 

Daily Quote – Epictetus

"In order to please others, we loose our hold on our life's purpose."

 

Daily Quote – Keynes

When Ludwig Wittgenstein returned to Cambridge University in 1929 John Maynard Keynes declared, "Well, God has arrived. I met him on the 5:15 train".

 

Daily Quote – Henry David Thoreau

"As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives."
 

 

Daily Quote – Plato

"Philosophy is the highest music."

 

Daily Quote – John Luckacs

Poker is the game closest to the western conception of life, where life and thought are recognized as intimately combined, where free will prevails over philosophies of fate or of chance, where men are considered moral agents and where – at least in the short run – the important thing is not what happens but what people think happens.  

 

Daily Quote – Carl Sandburg

Time is the coin of your life.  It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent.  Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

 

Daily Quote – Henri Barbusse

"Affection is the greatest of human feelings because it is made of repect, of lucidity and light. To understand the truth and make one's self equal to it is everything; and to love is the same thing as to know and to understand. Affection, which i  call also compassion, because i see no difference between them, dominates everything by reason of its clear sight. It is a sentiment as immense as if it were mad, and yet it is wise, and of human things it is the only perfect one. There is no great sentiment which is not completely held on the arms of compassion.

 

Daily Quote – Aulus Cornelius Celsus

Live in rooms full of light
Avoid heavy food
Be moderate in the drinking of wine
Take massage, baths, exercise, and gymnastics
Fight insomnia with gentle rocking or the sound of running water
Change surroundings and take long journeys
Strictly avoid frightening ideas
Indulge in cheerful conversation and amusements
Listen to music.
 

 

Daily Quote – Susan B. Anthony

"Independence is happiness."