Tag: wisdom
group name: points2ponder
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March 31, 2008 11:56 AM EDT --
Again something I found in the Farmers almanac too beautiful not to share.
Legend has it that the Portuguese attached this poem to the trees in their forests:
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November 26, 2007 09:17 AM EST --
"Mankind must remember their peace is not God's gift to his creatures; it is our gift to each other."
Elie Wiesel
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July 04, 2008 10:38 AM EDT --
It's been a while since I published my last list for all you knowledge seekers.
1. Technically snow is considered a mineral.
2. Someone paid $14,000 for the bra Marilyn . . . more
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August 27, 2007 10:07 AM EDT --
"It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others."
The Dalai Lama
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July 09, 2008 08:22 PM EDT --
Okay so I can't remember how many of these articles I have written. One of my favorite things to do when I have time is to learn weird things and share them with you, so here's another list. . . . more
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November 21, 2007 02:30 PM EST --
Thanksgiving may be a time to express gratitude and love...but getting together with friends and relatives at holiday times is not always easy. There may be hidden issues and agendas and feelings . . . more
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July 04, 2008 11:04 AM EDT --
Cats are quickly becoming America's most popular pet. Here are six things you may not know about them.
FAMILY FLAVOR
Does your cat lick its fur clean after it rubs against you??? . . . more
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August 21, 2007 09:45 AM EDT --
The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit. And the habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care. And let it spring from . . . more
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November 19, 2007 02:26 PM EST --
A material evil done by a person does not return to the evildoer, bu the evil feeling which was created by the sinful deed will fester in his soul and sooner or later makes him suffer.
If . . . more
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January 13, 2008 05:24 PM EST --
Before it happens you are the epitome of delighted anticipation.
Then your being is hurling toward some unknown tomorrow and you think you can , if you make it through . . . more
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November 12, 2007 02:26 AM EST --
Moral perfection is the impossible goal, but moving to it is the law of human life.
Some people say, "Man is selfish, greedy, and dissipated, and cannot be kind to other people." . . . more
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October 13, 2007 03:34 PM EDT --
The boy walked the path that rose upward leading to the farm perched on the side of the hill in Appalachian country. The autumn sun was weak and miserly with its warmth, and he fastened the top button . . . more
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November 17, 2007 12:26 AM EST --
We suffer from the past, and we spoil our future because we neglect the present.
The best the future can offer is dreams. There is only one thing which really exists: the present. . . . more
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November 29, 2007 10:11 PM EST --
When a humble person forgets himself, he is united with God.
People who try to force circumstances become their slaves. Those who use them become their masters. --The Talmud
There is nothing in . . . more
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December 02, 2007 11:58 PM EST --
Art is the activity whereby a person makes a conscious attempt to use the particular means at his disposal to transmit his feelings to others so that they feel them as intensely as he does.
In a true . . . more
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June 17, 2007 06:31 PM EDT --
The quotes below were taken from the beginning of the book “Cradle to Cradle”, on which I have written previously. Written by William McDonough & Michael Braungart, this ground-breaking . . . more
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December 11, 2007 02:14 AM EST --
( This introduction is a re-post from November 7th)
You may have heard of, read, or seen the movies of War and Peace and Anna Karenina, but are you familiar with the last major . . . more
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August 10, 2007 09:49 AM EDT --
READ SLOWLY
1. A day without sunshine is like night.
2. On the other hand, you have different fingers.
3. 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.
4. 99 percent of lawyers give the rest . . . more
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November 26, 2007 05:07 PM EST --
Just as one candle lights another and can light thousands of other candle, so one heart illuminates another heart and can illuminate thousands of other hearts.
Beware of those who want . . . more
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November 07, 2007 06:48 PM EST --
I am the mother of four wonderful sons, two of whom, Lee and Nile, never came home.
Although they died many years ago, I still have the Polaroid shots taken by their attentive . . . more
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