Thought for the Day

[Duke of Buckingham]

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

Albert Einstein


Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.

Lao Tzu

[zombie67]

"The secret to a steady-cam is a chicken....grasshopper."



They have a super power! Who knew?

[Duke of Buckingham]

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

Theodore Roosevelt

[Duke of Buckingham]

“True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.”

― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

[Duke of Buckingham]

The wish for healing has always been half of health.


Lucius Annaeus Seneca




Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.

Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food


Hippocrates




It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.


Epictetus




When health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, art cannot manifest, strength cannot fight, wealth becomes useless, and intelligence cannot be applied.


Herophilus



People use drugs, legal and illegal, because their lives are intolerably painful or dull. They hate their work and find no rest in their leisure. They are estranged from their families and their neighbors. It should tell us something that in healthy societies drug use is celebrative, convivial, and occasional, whereas among us it is lonely, shameful, and addictive. We need drugs, apparently, because we have lost each other.


Wendell Berry

[Duke of Buckingham]

In every real man a child that wants to play is hidden.

Friedrich Nietzsche

[Justgeo1]

In every real man a child that wants to play is hidden.

Friedrich Nietzsche

My child is not hidden! I play all the time!

[Duke of Buckingham]

My child is not hidden! I play all the time!

I am not very sure about the translation of that sentence from Nietzsche. I translated from Portuguese maybe the sentence should be:

In every real man a child hidden that wants to play or In every real man a hidden child that wants to play.

I looked for the sentence in English but didn't find it.

And about playing, we are fortunate children that can play George, there are a lot of children being abused, working or serving Lords of war or other very bad things, denied from the childhood they are entitled, my main frustration is I can not do much about it.

Is a bad world for some and we are the lucky ones, something we all must be very aware of.

[Justgeo1]

I am not very sure about the translation of that sentence from Nietzsche. I translated from Portuguese maybe the sentence should be:

In every real man a child hidden that wants to play or In every real man a hidden child that wants to play.

I looked for the sentence in English but didn't find it.

And about playing, we are fortunate children that can play George, there are a lot of children being abused, working or serving Lords of war or other very bad things, denied from the childhood they are entitled, my main frustration is I can not do much about it.

Is a bad world for some and we are the lucky ones, something we all must be very aware of.

That is too true, my friend! We are the lucky ones and always have been... It's the third world kids that bear the burdens and take the abuse...

[Duke of Buckingham]

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

Buddha