Two Thoughts (16 - 22 June)
Sunday, 16 June
Two thoughts from Idries Shah
“Worry is a cloud which rains destruction.”
“Opinion is usually something which people have when they lack comprehensive information.”
Monday, 17 June
Two thoughts from Nikolai Gogol
“Always think of what is useful and not what is beautiful. Beauty will come of its own accord.”
“Countless as the sands of the sea are human passions.”
Tuesday, 18 June
Two thoughts from Amos Oz
“Fundamentalists live life with an exclamation point. I prefer to live my life with a question mark.”
“Do not cut lose from your longings – for what are we without our longings?”
Wednesday, 19 June
Two thoughts from Katherine Mansfield
“Could we change our attitude, we should not only see life differently, but life itself would come to be different.”
“When we begin to take our failures non-seriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them.”
Thursday, 20 June
Two thoughts from Gary Halbert
“HALT stands for hungry, angry, lonely and tired and you should never make a decision when you are any of those things.”
“Self-reliance is the real motive of great business men and not money.”
Friday, 21 June
Two thoughts from Kelle Hampton
“We are all born to bloom in our own unique way.”
“The important thing is simply to keep trying. Keep striving. Keep believing in the beauty of your dreams.”
Saturday, 22 June
Two thoughts from Richard Brautigan
“For fear you will be alone you do so many things that aren’t you at all.”
“If you get hung up on everybody else’s hang-ups, then the whole world’s going to be nothing more than one huge gallows.”
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dear jim,
love these as always!
some faves this week:
Nikolai Gogol: “Always think of what is useful and not what is beautiful. Beauty will come of its own accord.”
Amos Oz: “Fundamentalists live life with an exclamation point. I prefer to live my life with a question mark.”
(fun that that last one ends with a period.)
thanks! love,
myq