Give a man a fish, and he’ll eat for a day. Give a fish a man, and he’ll eat for weeks!
Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005
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Give a man a fish …
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008spirtuality
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience.
We are spiritual beings having a human experience.”
— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: Was a French Jesuit, scientist, and philosopher
I’ve heard this from Wayne Dyer as well.
Epictetus – what you would be …
Friday, November 16th, 2007First say to yourself what you would be; and then do
what you have to do.”
Epictetus: Ancient Greek philosopher
Dr. Tom Morris on Thoughts
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007“We need to understand that thoughts are tools. Are we using them as productively as we can? Are our thoughts serving us well, or are we their victims? It’s up to us.”
Dr. Tom Morris: Business speaker; chairman of Morris Institute for Human Values
Living vs. Existing – Michael E. Gerber
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006“The difference between great people and everyone else is that
great people create their lives actively, while everyone else is
created by their lives, passively waiting to see where life takes
them next. The difference between the two is the difference between
living fully and just existing.”
- Michael E. Gerber