Rainer Maria Rilke: Quote for July 5, 2011

When anxious, uneasy and bad thoughts come, I go to the sea, and the sea drowns them out with its great wide sounds, cleanses me with its noise, and imposes a rhythm upon everything in me that is bewildered and confused.

-- Rainer Maria Rilke

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Thomas Jefferson: Quote for July 4, 2011

To preserve the freedom of the human mind then and freedom of the press, every spirit should be ready to devote itself to martyrdom; for as long as we may think as we will, and speak as we think, the condition of man will proceed in improvement.

-- Thomas Jefferson

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Thich Nhat Hanh: Quote for July 3, 2011

If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. If we really know how to live, what better way to start the day than with a smile? Our smile affirms our awareness and determination to live in peace and joy. The source of a true smile is an awakened mind.

-- Thich Nhat Hanh

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Michael Moore: Quote for July 2, 2011

The worst way to defend our freedom is to let our leaders start taking away our freedoms! It is exactly during times like these that we need more freedom of speech, a strong and critical press, and a citizenry that is not afraid to stand up and say that the emperor has no clothes and even less of a brain.

-- Michael Moore

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Carol Bartz: Quote for July 1, 2011

We've got to believe in ourselves. Because if we believe, there's no stopping us....So you'll hear this in the coming months: Do you believe? Over and over. Until you come up to me and say, 'I believe.'

-- Carol Bartz

Ms. Bartz is the current CEO of Yahoo.

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Dr. Mary Ruwart: Quote for June 30, 2011

The Swiss people are the best practitioners of the ideals of non-aggression. The Swiss national government posts are part-time positions. Most decisions are made at the canton (state) level. Swiss per capita income is the highest in the world, showing that non-aggression pays.

How did the Swiss come to adopt a relatively non-aggressive constitution in an aggressive world? In the mid-1800s, they imitated our constitution and stuck with it!

-- Dr. Mary Ruwart

from: Healing Our World (Book 1992)

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Sir Winston Churchill: Quote for June 29, 2011

Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty — never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

-- Sir Winston Churchill

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Irish Blessing: Quote for June 28, 2011

May there always be work for your hands to do,
rnMay your purse always hold a coin or two.
rnMay the sun always shine on your windowpane,
rnMay a rainbow be certain to follow each rain.
rnMay the hand of a friend always be near you,
rnMay God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.

-- Irish Blessing

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John Maynard Keynes: Quote for June 27, 2011

Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.

-- John Maynard Keynes

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Lucille Ball: Quote for June 26, 2011

Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it, and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: hard work — and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.

-- Lucille Ball

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Thomas Malthus: Quote for June 25, 2011

The constant effort towards population, which is found even in the most vicious societies, increases the number of people before the means of subsistence are increased.

-- Thomas Malthus

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Jimmy Carter: Quote for June 24, 2011

In order for us human beings to commit ourselves personally to the inhumanity of war, we find it necessary first to dehumanize our opponents, which is in itself a violation of the beliefs of all religions. Once we characterize our adversaries as beyond the scope of God's mercy and grace, their lives lose all value. We deny personal responsibility when we plant landmines and, days or years later, a stranger to us — often a child – is crippled or killed. From a great distance, we launch bombs or missiles with almost total impunity, and never want to know the number or identity of the victims.

-- Jimmy Carter

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Robertson Davies: Quote for June 23, 2011

Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.

-- Robertson Davies

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Vladimir Lenin: Quote for June 22, 2011

When one makes a Revolution, one cannot mark time; one must always go forward - or go back. He who now talks about the "freedom of the press" goes backward, and halts our headlong course towards Socialism.

-- Vladimir Lenin

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Oprah Winfrey: Quote for June 21, 2011

What I know for sure is that you feel real JOY in direct proportion to how connected you are to living your truth.

-- Oprah Winfrey

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