Archive for the ‘Quote collection’ Category

Give a man a fish …

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

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

spirtuality

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, 2007

First 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