The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot 
read and write but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. 
Alvin Toffler

Experience is not what happens to a man.  
It is what a man does with what happens to him.
Aldous Huxley  

The facts don't always reveal the truth,  
but the truth always reveals the facts.
Pete Townshend  ( psychoderlict  93 )    

Life can only be understood backward,  
but it must be lived forward.
Niehls Bohr 

The best portion of a good man's life is his little,
 nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.
 William Wordsworth

Let no man turn aside, ever so slightly,  from the broad path of honor, 
on the plausible pretence that he is justified by the goodness of his end. 
All good ends can be worked out by good means.  
Charles Dickens, 1841.

Whether you be man or woman you will never 
do anything in this world without courage. 
It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
-- James L. Allen

I AM SECURE
My room looks out to the wide open spaces
My heart is touched by awakening faces
I see the panic of people in motion
I can stand here and look out on an ocean
I am a wall awaiting a catch-word
I see the city laid out like a patchwork
My room is floating above all the fall out
No one can see me or hear if I call out
I see a child watch him sparkle and glisten
I see a boy with his mother's ambition
Performing for love, trained in submission

I am secure in this world of apartheid
This is my cell, but it's connected to starlight
Pete Townshend    ( White City 85 )  

Words from a card

"Every time a hand reaches out
to help another...
that is Christmas.
Every time someone puts anger
aside and strives for understanding...
that is Christmas.
Every time people forget their differences
   and realize their love for each other...
that is Christmas."
May this Christmas
bring us closer to the spirit
of human understanding,
closer to the blessing of peace.
Sent by one friend to another.

Dream as if you'll live forever,  live as if you'll die today.
James Dean

What you do instead of your
work is your real work
Roger   Ebert 

A frontier is never a place; it is a time and a way of life 
Hal Borland

To penetrate into the essence of all being and significance, 
and to release the fragrance of that inner attainment for the guidance of others,
by expressing in the world of forms, truth, love, purity and beauty

- this is the sole game which has any intrinsic and absolute worth
All other happenings, incidents and attainments can,
in themselves, have no lasting importance.
-- Avatar Meher Baba

19^th Century British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli 
reportedly said that "there are three kinds of lies:

Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics."

"You were under the impression
That when you were walking forwards
You'd end up further onward,
But things ain't quite that simple.
Pete Townshend   ( Quadrophenia  73 ) 

Love is the true means by which the world is enjoyed; 
our love for others, and others' love for us
Thomas Traherne

You once believed that crazy accidents
were happening to you
You were chasing a capricious wind
Whenever bad luck and trouble
happened to pursue you
The dice would surely save your skin
But when you look back you must realize
That nothing in your life's divine
Everything that's ever befallen you
Happened simply 'cause it crossed your mind
You're crashing by design

Pete Townshend    ( White City 85 ) 

"What we do for ourselves dies with us, 
what we do for others and the world 
remains and is immortal."
-Albert Pine

To understand the heart and mind of a person,  
look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to do.
Khalil Gibran

We promise, hope, believe, -- there breathes despair
Lord Byron. 1788-1824 

There is only one duty, only one safe course, 
and that is to try to be right.

 If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite 
period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in 
a peaceful and helpful way toward one another.

Personally, I'm always ready to learn, 
although I do not always like being taught.

The empires of the futures are the empires of the mind.

Winston Churchill
         

"True compassion is not just an emotional response, 
but a firm commitment founded on reason.

Therefore, a truly compassionate attitude toward 
others does not change, even if they behave negatively.

Through universal altruism, you develop a feeling 
of responsibility for others; the wish to help them
actively overcome their problems."

Tenzin Gyatso,
the 14th Dalai Lama

If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.

Chinese Proverb

I'm drinking from the saucer

If God gives me strength and courage,
When the way grows steep and rough,
I'll not ask for any blessings-
I'm already blessed enough.
May I never be too busy,
To help bear another's load.
I'm drinking from the saucer,
'Cause my cup has overflowed !

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; 
an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, 
when nations are strong, they are not always just, 
and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong.

Winston Churchill

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
 
Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
 
Genius will not; un-rewarded genius is almost a proverb.

Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
 
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

 Calvin Coolidge

Anonymous

No hugs dear, I’m British we only show affectionate to dogs and horses…
The British I've met!