Thought for Today - Learn Meditation

"Why has meditation been the core practice of all wisdom paths for over two thousand years? Because it is the most effective method to access your innate wisdom, rediscover inner peace and enhance your creative ability. Meditation restores well being, and once your being is well again, all that you do will be successful and fulfilling. But maybe you think you are OK as you are. Perhaps you feel your being is well. But is it? Do you feel tense, worried, hopeless, mentally tired, emotionally upset...ever? Then your being is not well. Your body may be OK but you, the being, is unwell. Medication is for the body, and meditation is for the soul, that's you, and for your mind. Learning how to meditate is one of the greatest gifts you can give to yourself. Practising meditation says you care about yourself. Being in meditation can touch the minds and hearts of others a thousand miles away. It actually says that you care about others too. But first...your self." ~Thought for Today-UK

Edward Gibbon Quotes

"All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance." ~Edward Gibbon

"Gratitude is expensive." ~Edward Gibbon

"History is indeed little more than the register of crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind." ~Edward Gibbon, The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire (1776)

"I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect." ~Edward Gibbon on Opinions

"I was never less alone than when by myself." ~Edward Gibbon on Loneliness

"The wind and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators." ~Edward Gibbon

"We improve ourselves by victories over ourself. There must be contests, and you must win." ~Edward Gibbon

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WILLIAM COWPER Quotes

Poor old Nancy, I've been told of late that she is now taking residence in a Nursing Home. This is one of the Roses she planted around the compound where I live. (Taken 17 December 2011)

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"'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it." 

~William Cowper on Liberty

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Other Quotes:

"God moves in a mysterious way, 

His wonders to perform. 

He plants his footsteps in the sea, 

and rides upon the storm." 

~William Cowper 

"Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; 

Wisdom is humble that it knows no more." 

~William Cowper

"Not to understand 

a treasure's worth 

till time has stole away 

the slighted good, 

is cause of half 

the poverty we feel, 

and makes the world 

the wilderness it is." 

~William Cowper

“The faults of our neighbours
with freedom we blame,
But tax not ourselves,
though we practise the same.”
~William Cowper on Proverbs

“The path of sorrow, 

and that path alone,
Leads to the lands 

where sorrow is unknown.”
~William Cowper on Sorrow

"There is in souls a sympathy with sounds:
And as the mind is pitch'd the ear is pleased
With melting airs, or martial, brisk or grave;
Some chord in unison with what we hear
Is touch'd within us, and the heart replies."
~William Cowper

“Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing.” ~William Cowper

"When we look back upon our forefathers, we seem to look back upon people of another nation, almost upon creatures of another species ... We can hardly believe it possible that a people who resembled us so little in their taste should resemble us in anything else.

"But in everything else, I suppose, they ever were our counterparts exactly; and time, that has served up the slashed sleeve and reduced the large trunk hose to a neat pair of silk stockings, has left human nature just where it found it.

"The inside of a man at least has undergone no change. His passion, appetites and aims are just what they ever were. They wear perhaps a handsomer disguise than they did in the days of yore, for philosophy and literature will have their effect upon the exterior; but in every other respect, a modern is only an ancient in a different dress." ~William Cowper, TFBFG 1998/mpw

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Woodrow Wyatt - eyes and ears

“A man falls in love through his eyes, a woman through her ears.” ~Woodrow Wyatt on Men and women

Thought for Today - Flexibility

"With humility and love, flexibility becomes natural. When I come across someone who is not being co-operative I need to become humble and try to understand what the other person is communicating, If not through words at least through actions. When I am able to listen with love and understanding, I will not be rigid anymore but will be able to adapt to communicate and co-operate with others." ~Thought for Today-UK

CHRISTINA ROSSETTI Quotes

"Better by far you should forget and smile than that you should remember and be sad." ~Christina Rossetti

"Consider the lilies of the field whose bloom is brief: Like them we fade away as doth a leaf." ~Christina Rossetti 

"Love shall be our token; love be yours and love be mine." ~Christina Rossetti

"My heart is like a singing bird." ~Christina Rossetti

"Open wide the windows of our spirits and fill us full of light; open wide the door of our hearts, that we may receive and entertain Thee with all our powers of adoration. " ~Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)

"Silence is more musical than any song." ~Christina Rossetti

"Spring bursts today. For love is risen and all the earth's at play." ~Christina Rossetti, (1830-1894, British poet, lyricist)

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James Freeman Clarke Quotes

“Never hurry. Take plenty of exercise. Always be cheerful. Take all the sleep you need. You may expect to be well.” ~James Freeman Clarke on Advice / experience / wisdom

"Seek to do good, and you will find that happiness will run after you." ~James Freeman Clarke

Thomas Paine Quotes

“A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right.” ~Thomas Paine

"An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot." ~Thomas Paine 

“As to religion, I hold it to be the indispensable duty of all government, to protect all conscientious professors thereof, and I know of no other business which government hath to do therewith.” ~Thomas Paine

"Character is much easier kept than recovered." ~Thomas Paine

"Everything of persecution and revenge between man and man, and everything of cruelty to animals, is a violation of moral duty." ~Thomas Paine

“For all men being originally equals, no one by birth could have a right to set up his own family in perpetual preference to all others for ever.” ~Thomas Paine

“He who dares not offend cannot be honest.” ~Thomas Paine

"I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection." ~Thomas Paine

“It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving, it consists in professing to believe what one does not believe.” ~Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason, 1794

"It is the duty of every man, as far as his ability extends, to detect and expose delusion and error. But nature has not given to everyone a talent for that purpose; and among those to whom such a talent is given, there is often a want of disposition or of courage to do it." ~Thomas Paine 

"Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice." ~Thomas Paine on Virtue

"My country is the world, and my religion is to do good." ~Thomas Paine

“Of more worth is one honest man to society and in the sight of God, than all the crowned ruffians that every lived.” ~Thomas Paine

“Oppression is often the consequence, but seldom or never the means of riches; and though avarice will preserve a man from being necessitously poor, it generally makes him too timorous to be wealthy.” ~Thomas Paine

“Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favour; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason.” ~Thomas Paine

“Some writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them; whereas they are not only different, but have different origins. Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first a patron, the last a punisher.” ~Thomas Paine

"The greatest remedy for anger is delay." ~Thomas Paine

"The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark." ~Thomas Paine 

"The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.”   ~Thomas Paine

"The Sun never shined on a cause of greater worth.” ~Thomas Paine

"The world is my country,  all mankind are my brethren and to do good is my religion. " ~Thomas Paine 

"There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the act of thinking, and those that bolt into the mind of their own accord” ~Thomas Paine

“This new world hath been the asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty from every part of Europe. Hither have they fled, not from the tender embraces of the mother, but from the cruelty of the monster; and it is so far true of England, that the same tyranny which drove the first emigrants from home, pursues their descendants still.” ~Thomas Paine

"Those who dares not offend,  cannot be honest." ~Thomas Paine 

"We have it in our power to begin the world over again." ~Thomas Paine from BrainyQuote

“When my country, into which I had just set my foot, was set on fire about my ears, it was time to stir. It was time for every man to stir.” ~Thomas Paine

“When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.” ~Thomas Paine

“Youth is the seed time of good habits, as well in nations as in individuals.” ~Thomas PaineThe

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Dean Briggs - work

"Do your work; not just your work and no more, but a little more for the lavishing's sake -- that little more which is worth all the rest." ~Dean Briggs on Inspirational

Thought for Today - Banish Worry

"Worry is otherwise known as 'fantasised catastrophising' where we create an image of the future and use it to frighten ourselves! Be aware that you are doing it, then stop doing it, otherwise the image will become a self fulfilling prophesy. Imagine only the brightest future, and so it will be. Besides there is nothing to worry about... unless you are under the illusion that your well-being and security are dependent on material things. If they are, then you will have many ways in which you can create worry. Possible loss, damage, separation, uncertainty are but a few. Look, you're killing yourself with worry, all because of the misuse of your imagination. Don't do it." ~Thought for Today-UK
 

VOLTAIRE Quotes

"A witty saying proves nothing." ~Voltaire

"Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills."~Voltaire

"Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well." ~Voltaire

"Doctors give drug of which they know little, into bodies, of which they know less, for diseases of which they know nothing at all." ~Voltaire

"Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do." ~Voltaire 

"Everything you say should be true but not everything true should be said." ~Voltaire 

"Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe." ~Voltaire

"God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well." ~Voltaire

 “History is a collection of agreed upon lies.” ~Voltaire, French philosopher 

“I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition.” ~Voltaire

"I do not have to agree with what you believe and what you say, but I will make sure that you are allowed to say what you want." ~Voltaire 

"I have chosen to be happy, it's good for my health." ~Voltaire

"I know of nothing more laughable than a doctor who does not die of old age." ~Voltaire

"It is dangerous to be right in matters about which the established authorities are wrong." ~Voltaire 

"It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere." ~Voltaire

"It's love; love, the comfort of the human species, the preserver of the universe, the soul of all sentient beings, tender love." ~Voltaire

"It is up to us to cultivate our garden."
~Voltaire, Candide 

"Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers." ~Voltaire

"Keep to old books, for they teach me something; from the new I learn very little." ~Voltaire

"Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world." ~Voltaire

"Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats." ~Voltaire

"Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination." ~Voltaire

"Minds differ still more than faces." ~Voltaire

"No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking." ~Voltaire

"Of all the journeys she travelled, the journey back to herself was the most magnificent." ~Voltaire

"One day everything will be all right, that is our hope. Today everything is alright, it is our illusion."-~Voltaire
("Eines Tages wird alles gut sein, das ist unsere Hoffnung. Heute ist alles in Ordnung, das ist unsere Illusion." ~Voltaire (German)

"Perfection is attained by slow degrees; she requires the hand of time." ~Voltaire

"Prejudices are what fools use for reason." ~Voltaire on Fool

"Stupid is the man who always remains the same." ~Voltaire   

"The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease." ~Voltaire

"The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself." ~Voltaire

"The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes." ~Voltaire

"The more I read, the more I meditate; and the more I acquire, the more I am enabled to affirm that I know nothing" ~Voltaire

"The most courageous decision that you can make each day is to be in a good mood." ~Voltaire 

"The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood." ~Voltaire

"...the safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death." ~Voltaire

"The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it." ~Voltaire

"To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticise." ~Voltaire

"To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered." ~Voltaire

"We're neither pure; nor wise; nor good; we do the best we know." ~Voltaire

"Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice and need." ~Voltaire

“Writing is the painting of the voice; the closer the resemblance, the better it is” ~Voltaire

BIO

Voltaire, born François-Marie Arouet on 21 November 1694, was a French writer,  historian and philosopher during the 18th century Enlightenment period.

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Miles Franklin - own worth

“It's a sign of your own worth sometimes if you are hated by the right people.” ~Miles Franklin on Hate

Dwight David - mind of the doer

"The sacrifice which causes sorrow to the doer of the sacrifice is no sacrifice. Real sacrifice lightens the mind of the doer and gives him a sense of peace and joy." ~Dwight David

Pedro Calderon de la Barca - madness

"When love is not madness, it is not love." ~Pedro Calderon de la Barca

Tanya Plibersek - Diversity

"I think it's really important to have a cabinet that reflects the diversity of the Australian community and that means having men and women, it means having older and younger people and people who have had all sorts of life experiences." ~Tanya Plibersek, Australian Federal Health Minister (Labor Gov't Recent Cabinet Reshuffle, 12 December 2011)

Henrik Tikkanen - madness

"Truly great madness cannot be achieved without significant intelligence." ~Henrik Tikkanen

Thought for Today - Divine Help

"Many times people report the feeling of divine help and strength when they come close to breaking point. Actually divine help is always there, but I am usually so busy doing things in my own little way that I only look for it when I face absolute defeat. The tranquil nature of enlightened souls comes from their ability to take God's help constantly. A state of true surrender will lead to the feeling of victory in everything I do." ~Thought for Today-UK

Thought for Today - Riches

"The greatest good we can do for others is not to share our riches with them, but to reveal to them their own." ~Thought for Today-UK
 

Laura Pensiero - bliss of eating

"If it tastes better, the pleasure of eating it goes way up. Biting into a mealy peach is a form of torture, after all. But a peach at its prime…that's bliss." ~Laura Pensiero

Jessica Kennedy - small package

"People wrapped up in themselves make very small packages." ~Jessica Kennedy

Leah C. Dancel - True Riches

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"A true rich person is one who gives from the heart and who gives willingly and unconditionally regardless of its size, value or quantity. One who gives without evil intent. One who doesn't slap on your face whatever goodness she has done to you in time you err. It is in the Quality and Thought of Giving that counts for it is blessed to Give than to Receive!" ~attributed to Noemi Dancel. She is my daughter and I am very proud of her!

Admiral Yi Sun Shin - Never truly Exists!

"The soldier who fights to death never dies, but the soldier who fights for existence never truly exists." ~Admiral Yi Sun Shin

Edward Albee Quotes

"Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into truth; a bad writer will, more often than not, accomplish the opposite." ~Edward Albee

"Sometimes it's necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly." ~Edward Albee

Leona Helmsly - nice people

"I don't hire people who have to be told to be nice. I hire nice people." ~Leona Helmsly

Thought for Today - Your Own Truth

"To follow someone else's truth is a trap. The best strategy is to know your own truth, face it and live by it. Others may inspire, guide, give you directions, but ultimately you have to cut your own way through the jungle. You could always be asking others where North is, and they will tell you. Someone will say North is this way and someone else that North is that other way - and both would have been sincere. But you alone have to find your true North." ~Thought for Today-UK