FAVORITE QUOTES FROM PHILOSOPHERS

  • "Without philosophy we would be little above the animals."
  • "By nature men are alike. Through practice they have become far apart."
  • "What is important is not liberation from the body but liberation from the mind. We are not entangled in our own body, but entangled in our own mind."
  • "To know what you do not know is best. To pretend to know what you do not know is a disease."
  • "When the people don't respect those in power, then what they greatly fear is about to arrive."
  • "Great man demands it of himself; petty man, of others."
  • "Great man is always at ease; petty man is always on edge."
  • "When strict with oneself one rarely fails."
  • "Whether you like it or not, you'd better accept reality the way it occurs: as highly imperfect and filled with most fallible human beings. Your alternative, continual anxiety and desperate disappointment."
  • "When the government is muddled and confused, the people are genuine and sincere. When the government is discriminate and clear, the people are crafty and cunning."
  • "When you find something that is bad or that turns out bad, drop it and leave it alone."
  • "Only the most intelligent and the most stupid do not change."

Monday, July 21, 2008

NOTICEABLY SHORTER

I have always hated it when July rolls around(not to mention summer solstice in June), because that means that summer is coming to a close.  I know that there are at least another 6 weeks of summer left, but the days are getting noticeably shorter and the anxiety of getting school supplies  for all of the kids and the school clothes and choosing between hot or cold lunches all of that is just so buggy!  I hate the thought of getting up before 8:00 again, running the kids into town for school and just the whole homework thing.  It is a very unpleasant thought to say the least.
  
I have enjoyed summer with the kids home.  We laugh, play, picnic and just be.  It's a sad, sad day when you are already looking forward to next summer and here I am in the middle of the present summer as I type!  Typical depressed person?
That's how it goes these days....faster and faster.

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