(The master said:) When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves. – Confucius (551? – 479B.C.): Lun Yü [The Analects (of… More »
He’s a real nowhere man, / Sitting in his nowhere land, / Making all his nowhere plans for nobody; // Doesn’t have a point of view, / Knows not where he’s going to. / Isn’t he a bit like you… More »
How strangely do we diminish a thing as soon as we try to express it in words. – Comte Maurice Maeterlinck (1862 – 1947) More »
“I’m sure I’ll take you with pleasure!” the Queen said. “Two pence a week, and jam every other day.” Alice couldn’t help laughing, as she said, “I don’t want you to hire me – and I don’t care for jam.”… More »
I have a picture / Pinned to my wall. // – Tom Bailey/Alannah Currie/Joe Leeway “Thompson Twins”: Hold me Now More »
Man is a goal seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals. – Aristotle (384 – 322B.C.) (Image by Thanasis Papazacharias from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine… More »
If I wasn’t hard, I wouldn’t be alive. If I couldn’t ever be gentle, I wouldn’t deserve to be alive. – Philip Marlowe — Raymond Chandler (1888 – 1959): PLAYBACK ch.25 More »
I am neither an optimist nor pessimist, but a possibilist. – Max Lerner (1902 – 92) More »
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca (the Younger) (c.4B.C. – 65) (Image by Gordon Johnson from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by… More »
![IMAGE: I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do (the) something that I can do. [I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/thumbs-up-999787_640-200x133.jpg)
I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do (the) something that I can do. [I am only… More »
![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)
