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Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. – Thomas Alva Edison (1847 – 1931) (Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using… More »
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. – Thomas Alva Edison (1847 – 1931) (Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using… More »
Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. – Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955) (Image by Kevin King(Chandana Perera) from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
On a quiet Friday afternoon, a man stormed into a place of peaceful worship and took away the lives of 50 people. … I know that as a nation we wish to provide every comfort we can to our Muslim… More »
8. Both Bull and Self Transcended. [Ox and Herdsman Vanished.] – Kuòān Shīyuǎn [Kaku-an] (Late 12th century): Ten Bulls [Ten Ox Herding Pictures] / (Bull [Ox] = True self; Bull [Ox] herder = Self seeking true self) / (7. The… More »
7. The Bull Transcended. [Ox Vanished, Herdsman Remaining.] – Kuòān Shīyuǎn [Kaku-an] (Late 12th century): Ten Bulls [Ten Ox Herding Pictures] / (Bull [Ox] = True self; Bull [Ox] herder = Self seeking true self) / (6. Riding the Bull…… More »
1. In Search of the Bull. [Looking for the Ox.] – Kuòān Shīyuǎn [Kaku-an] (Late 12th century): Ten Bulls [Ten Ox Herding Pictures] / (Bull [Ox] = True self; Bull [Ox] herder = Self seeking true self) / (List of… More »
You can’t please everyone [all men]. [It is hard to please all parties.] / One cannot be in two places at once. (Image by pasja1000 from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
One for all, all for one. [All for one and one for all.] / (Each individual should act for the benefit of the group, and the group should act for the benefit of each individual.) (Image by Chris Reading from… More »
The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not. – George Bernard Shaw (1856 – 1950) (Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the… More »
Old garden lake! / The frog thy depths doth seek, / And sleeping echoes wake. // – Matsuo Bashô [Bashō] (1644 – 94); trans. by Hidesaburo Saito [斎藤秀三郎] (1866 – 1929) (Image by Jill Wellington from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound… More »