Two Thoughts (15 - 21 October)
Sunday, 15 October
Two thoughts from Frédéric Bastiat
"It's always tempting to do good at someone else's expense"
“When goods do not cross borders, soldiers will.”
Monday, 16 October
Two thoughts from Anita Moorjani
“the universe only gives me what I’m ready for, and only when I’m ready.”
“beliefs only allow what we deem credible while keeping out everything else.”
Tuesday, 17 October
Two thoughts from William Feather
"Everybody loves to find fault, it gives a feeling of superiority"
“If we don't discipline ourselves, the world will do it for us.”
Wednesday, 18 October
Two thoughts from Christian N. Bovee
"A panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination."
“False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade.”
Thursday, 19 October
Two thoughts from Edgar Watson Howe
“A reasonable probability is the only certainty.”
"A good scare is worth more to a man than advice."
Friday, 20 October
Two thoughts from Walter Landor
"We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier."
"Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature; for never is life so low or so little as when occupied with the present."
Saturday, 21 October
Two thoughts from Paul Valéry
"The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up."
"Our judgments judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the attitude of pronouncing upon our fellows."
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