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Confusion
“One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good. ” Edmund Burke Related articles Quote of the Day: December 3, 2011: Edmund Burke on Britain’s Internal Enemies (delong.typepad.com) Filed under:...
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Single conversation
A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a months study of books. —Chinese Proverb Related articles Facebook: Where Conversations Become Causes (community.constantcontact.com)...
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Liberal congratulations?
“The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it will please them to do, before we risk congratulations. ” —Edmund Burke Related articles Burke was...
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Dreams and dreamers
Dreams have only one owner at a time. That’s why dreamers are lonely. -Erma Bombeck, author (1927-1996) Related articles If you don’t have a dream, how can you have a dream come true?...
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Inner Fire
In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner...
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Cult of personality
“We are given to the cult of personality; when things go badly we look to some messiah to save us. If by chance we think we have found one, it will not be long before we destroy him. ” —Constantine...
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Leader Or Bully? There are Consequences
I’ve seen it a thousand times in business—rejection of an idea or a person by virtue of corporate status. The powers that be have authority, so they must be right. Right? Sure, the world’s flat too....
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Flattery
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering. -George Bernard Shaw, writer, Nobel laureate (1856-1950) Related articles Flattery or Fraud? (lisawieldswords.wordpress.com) Flattery...
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Adventure
Adventure is the result of poor planning. —Colonel Batchford Snell Related articles The Hunt of Adventure (musemechooseme.wordpress.com) Filed under: thought for today Tagged: -Colonel Batchford Snell,...
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Words
If words are to enter men’s minds and bear fruit, they must be the right words shaped cunningly to pass men’s defenses and explode silently and effectually within their minds. -J.B. Phillips, writer...
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Success unexpected in common hours
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dream, and endeavours to live the life which he had imagines, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. —Unknown Related articles...
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Dream no small dreams
“Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Filed under: thought for today Tagged: Dream Journals, Dream Sharing, dreams, goethe, Johann...
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Alexander Osborn: Creativity and praise
“Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud. Any of us put out more and better ideas if our efforts are truly appreciated.”...
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25 German Loanwords
The German language has provided English with a huge inventory of words, many of them pertaining to music, science, and politics, thanks to the influence of German-speaking people on those areas of...
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Elbert Hubbard: Flattery
“A woman will doubt everything you say except it be compliments to herself. ” Elbert Hubbard Related articles On Facebook, Imitation Is Flattery (allfacebook.com) Filed under: thought for today Tagged:...
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Anatole France: Vain sounds
The finest words in the world are only vain sounds if you cannot understand them. -Anatole France, novelist, essayist, Nobel laureate (1844-1924) Related articles Quote of the day...
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Make way for new words…
The Oxford English Dictionaryhas an insatiable appetite for new entries: Every three months, it expands its inventory with dozens of words. A recent newspaper article, however, sensationalized recent...
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Social versus societal
What’s the difference betweensocial and societal? Not much, but enough that you may become the victim of social stigma if you ignore subtle societal signals. Societal is the pedantic alternative...
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How to Ride the Euphemistic Treadmill
How do you refer to a person or people with characteristics outside the perceived norm? Why should you do so at all? Describing a person as belonging to a certain race or ethnic group or having a...
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Wallace Stevens: Freudian focus
“If some really acute observer made as much of egotism as Freud has made of sex, people would forget a good deal about sex and find the explanation for everything in egotism. ” Wallace Stevens...
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