For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. For beautiful hair, let a child run his fingers through it once a day.… More »
For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone. – Audrey Hepburn (1929 – 93) / (For attractive lips…) (Image… More »
![IMAGE: The first and best [greatest] victory is to conquer self [yourself]; to be conquered by self [yourself] is of all things most shameful and vile.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/book-2127252_640-200x133.jpg)
The first and best [greatest] victory is to conquer self [yourself]; to be conquered by self [yourself] is of all things most shameful and vile. – Plato [Platon] (427 – 347B.C.) / (I count him braver…) (Image by moritz320 from… More »
Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it, so that when men come to be undeceived, it is too late; the jest is over, and the tale hath had its effect: like a man, who hath thought of a good… More »
Charlie Brown: “A friendship like ours is worth all the money in the world..” / Snoopy: “(On the other hand, if we had a little money, wo could buy some more cookies…)” // – Charles M. Schulz (1922 – 2000):… More »
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. – Touchstone — William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616): As You Like It, Act V, Scene I (Image by jhenning from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by… More »
The flowers withered, / Their color faded away, / While meaninglessly / I spent my days in the world / And the long rains were falling. // – Ono no Komachi (c.825 – c.900); trans. by Donald Keene [ドナルド・キーン] (1922… More »
“For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already,… More »
The future depends on what we do in the present. – Mahatma [Mohandas Karamchand] Gandhi (1869 – 1948) (Image by Daniel Christiansz from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
Find purpose. The means will follow. – Mahatma [Mohandas Karamchand] Gandhi (1869 – 1948) (Image by Dimitris Vetsikas from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
![IMAGE: The usefulness of (the) useless. [Everyone knows the usefulness of useful things, but no one knows the usefulness of useless things. / Everyone knows the use of the useful, but not the use of the useless.] (Even if something did not bring immediate benefit, it could still turn out to be valuable.)](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/place-name-sign-822236_640-100x71.jpg)
![IMAGE: Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. [Patriotism: Your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. / Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ai-generated-9017144_640-100x67.jpg)
![IMAGE: A good conscience is a soft pillow. [A clear conscience is a soft pillow.] / A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/baby-4116187_640-100x68.jpg)
