Wednesday 31 July 2013


Tuesday 30 July 2013

I have just three things to teach: 
simplicity, patience, compassion. 
These three are your greatest treasures.

Monday 29 July 2013


Sunday 28 July 2013

The mind is not a vessel to be filled 
but a fire to be kindled.

Saturday 27 July 2013


Friday 26 July 2013

The purpose of art is to wash the dust of daily life off our souls.

Thursday 25 July 2013


Wednesday 24 July 2013

Listen to many, 
speak to a few.

Tuesday 23 July 2013


Monday 22 July 2013

There is no wealth like knowledge, 
and no poverty like ignorance.

Sunday 21 July 2013


Saturday 20 July 2013

The true sign of intelligence
is not knowledge
but imagination.

Friday 19 July 2013


Thursday 18 July 2013

It is the mark of an educated mind 
to be able to entertain a thought 
without accepting it.

Wednesday 17 July 2013


Tuesday 16 July 2013

Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast,
To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.

Monday 15 July 2013


Sunday 14 July 2013

The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect 
if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, 
nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.

Saturday 13 July 2013


Friday 12 July 2013

We don't know,
but we can dream,
can't we?

Thursday 11 July 2013


Wednesday 10 July 2013

The keenest sorrow 
is to recognise ourselves 
as the sole cause 
of all our adversities.

Tuesday 9 July 2013


Monday 8 July 2013

Lives of great men all remind us, 
we can make our lives sublime, 
and, departing, leave behind us, 
footprints on the sands of time.

Sunday 7 July 2013


Saturday 6 July 2013

It is godlike ever to think 
on something beautiful 
and on something new.

Friday 5 July 2013


Thursday 4 July 2013

A book should serve as the axe
 for the frozen sea within us.

Wednesday 3 July 2013


Tuesday 2 July 2013

Eternity is not the hereafter … this is it. 
If you don't get it here, 
you won't get it anywhere.

Monday 1 July 2013