Wednesday, June 17, 2015

True Friendship, Sirach 6,5


TRUE FRIENDSHIP

Pleasant speech multiplies friends, and gracious lips, friendly greetings.

- Sirach 6,5

http://www.usccb.org/bible/sirach/6

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Another Exorcist, Mark 9,40


Another Exorcist.

For whoever is not against us is for us.

- Gospel of Mark 9,40

http://www.usccb.org/bible/mark/9

Monday, June 15, 2015

Friends, Czech proverb


Do not protect yourself by fence, but rather by your friends.

- Czech proverb

Thursday, June 4, 2015

Dokdo, Islander


If you call Dokdo Takeshima, the island must not look so beautiful.

- Islander

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Life, Albert Einstein


Let us not forget that knowledge and skills alone cannot lead humanity to a happy and dignified life. ... I claim credit for nothing. Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, forces over which we have no control. It is determined for the insects as well as for the stars, Human beings, vegetables or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.

- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Monday, June 1, 2015

Body, Novalis


There is but one temple in the universe and that is the body of man.

- Novalis (1772-1801)

Sunday, May 31, 2015

Deity, Albert Einstein


My sense of god is my sense of wonder about the universe.

- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Saturday, May 23, 2015

Mysteriousness, Albert Einstein


The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.

- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Sunday, May 17, 2015

Money, George Bernard Shaw


Lack of money is the root of all evil.

- George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)

Friday, May 15, 2015

The Rewards of Wisdom, Sirach 4,19


THE REWARDS OF WISDOM

But if they turn away from me, I will abandon them and deliver them over to robbers.

- Sirach 4,19

http://www.usccb.org/bible/sirach/4

Thursday, May 14, 2015

The Rewards of Wisdom, Sirach 4,17-18


THE REWARDS OF WISDOM

I will walk with them in disguise, and at first I will test them with trials. Fear and dread I will bring upon them and I will discipline them with my constraints. When their hearts are fully with me, then I will set them again on the straight path and reveal my secrets to them.

- Sirach 4,17-18

http://www.usccb.org/bible/sirach/4

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

The Rewards of Wisdom, Sirach 4,16


THE REWARDS OF WISDOM

If they remain faithful, they will possess me; their descendants too will inherit me.

- Sirach 4,16

http://www.usccb.org/bible/sirach/4

Thursday, May 7, 2015

Dreams, Spencer Reid


Bob Dylan once said, "I think the truly natural things are dreams, which nature can't touch with decay."

- Spencer Reid (played by Matthew Gray Gubler) [Criminal Minds 04x06 The Instincts]

http://www.criminalmindsfanwiki.com/page/Season+4+Quotes

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Dreams, Bob Dylan


I think the truly natural things are dreams, which nature can't touch with decay.

- Bob Dylan (1941- )

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Advice, Chinese Proverb


入乡随俗 [rùxiāngsuísú]

- 中國俗談

When you are in a village,do as the village does.

- Chinese Proverb

When you are in Rome,do as the Romans do.

Monday, April 20, 2015

The Rewards of Wisdom, Sirach 4,15


THE REWARDS OF WISDOM

Whoever obeys me will judge nations; whoever listens to me will dwell in my inmost chambers.

- Sirach

http://www.usccb.org/bible/sirach/4

Sunday, April 19, 2015

Saturday, April 18, 2015

The Rewards of Wisdom, Sirach


THE REWARDS OF WISDOM

Those who hold her fast will attain glory, and they shall abide in the blessing of the LORD.

- Sirach 4,13

http://www.usccb.org/bible/sirach/4

Friday, March 27, 2015

Change, Nelson Mandela


There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

- Nelson Mandela (1918-2013), A Long Walk to Freedom

Monday, March 16, 2015

Sunday, March 15, 2015

Saturday, March 14, 2015

Marriage, Swiss Proverb


Marriage is a covered dish.

- Swiss Proverb

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Paradise, Hippolyta


I named it Paradise Island for one reason—there are no men on it!!!

- Queen Hippolyta (Season 1, episode 1)

http://wonder-woman-quotes.tumblr.com/

Saturday, February 14, 2015

Love, John


The Vine and the Branches.

No one has greater love than this,j to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

+ John (15,13)

http://www.usccb.org/bible/john/15

Friday, February 13, 2015

Love, John


The Vine and the Branches.

This is my commandment: love one another as I love you.

+ John (15,12)

http://www.usccb.org/bible/john/15

Thursday, February 12, 2015

Filial Behavior, Sirach


RESPONSIBILITIES TO PARENTS

Those who respect their father will live a long life;
those who obey the Lord honor their mother.

- Sirach (3,6)

http://www.usccb.org/bible/books-of-the-bible/index.cfm

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Knowledge, French Proverb


Knowledge finds its price.

- French Proverb

Monday, February 9, 2015

Fire, French Proverb


Fire is put out by fire.

- French Proverb

Saturday, February 7, 2015

Wander-thirst, Prentiss


Emily Prentiss: [closing quote, voiceover] "Beyond the East the sunrise, beyond the West the sea, And the East and West the wander-thirst that will not let me be." Gerald Gould.

- Emily Prentiss, Criminal Minds [4x05 Catching Out (2008)]

Wander-thirst, Gerald Gould



Beyond the East the sunrise, beyond the West the sea, And the East and West the wander-thirst that will not let me be.

- Gerald Gould (1885–1936)

Saturday, January 31, 2015

Love, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


That is the true season of love, when we believe that we alone can love, that no one could ever have loved so before us, and that no one will love in the same way after us.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Food, Anthelme Brillat-Savarin


The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a new star.

- Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826)

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Myth, Alan Watts


A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world.

- Alan Watts (1915-1973)

Friday, January 16, 2015

Creation, Genesis


The Story of Creation.

God looked at everything he had made, and found it very good.

- Genesis 1,31

http://www.nccbuscc.org/bible/books-of-the-bible/index.cfm

Thursday, January 8, 2015

Tears, Roy Batty (Blade Runner, 1982 film)


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe... [laughs] Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion, I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain...

- Roy Batty from Blade Runner (1982)