“Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.”
(Edmund Burke)
Category Archives: Quotes
… favorite sayings …
Schopenhauer on loss…
“Mostly it is loss which teaches us the worth of things.”
(Arthur Schopenhauer)
Exhilarated…
“Live the full life of the mind, exhilarated by new ideas, intoxicated by the romance of the unusual.”
(Ernest Hemingway)
Love, strength and courage…
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
(Lao Tzu)
The way things should be…
“There isn’t a way things should be. There’s just what happens, and what we do.”
(Terry Pratchett)
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New eyes…
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.”
(Marcel Proust)
Discovering new lands…
“One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.”
(André Gide)
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The year to come…
A Christmas paradox…
“Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home.”
(G.K. Chesterton)
Building a snowman…
“Building a snowman is great for family bonding and even better for teaching your kids about the ephemeral nature of existence!”
(Stephen Colbert)
A Hansen Chronicle 