quotes from valentines day

On every stem, on every leaf,... and at the root of everything that grew, was a professional specialist in the shape of grub, caterpillar, aphis, or other expert, whose business it was to devour that particular part. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes



Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them. ~Francesco Guicciardini



When a man forgets his ideals he may hope for happiness, but not till then. ~John Oliver Hobbes



I believe in a real, physical world. I figure if the world existed only in my mind, it would pay more attention to me. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com



Actually, all education is self-education. A teacher is only a guide, to point out the way, and no school, no matter how excellent, can give you education. What you receive is like the outlines in a child's coloring book. You must fill in the colors yourself. ~Louis L'Amour



Television has changed a child from an irresistible force to an immovable object. ~Author Unknown



Let God's promises shine on your problems. ~Corrie Ten Boom



Epitaph: an inscription on a tombstone in memory of the one buried there; a brief literary piece commemorating a deceased person.



Why should anyone steal a watch when he could steal a bicycle? ~Flann O'Brien



Golf is a good walk spoiled. ~Mark Twain



When Mozart was composing at the end of the eighteenth century, the city of Vienna was so quiet that fire alarms could be given verbally, by a shouting watchman mounted on top of St. Stefan's Cathedral. In twentieth-century society, the noise level is such that it keeps knocking our bodies out of tune and out of their natural rhythms. This ever-increasing assault of sound upon our ears, minds, and bodies adds to the stress load of civilized beings trying to live in a highly complex environment. ~Steven Halpern



Trust is letting go of needing to know all the details before you open your heart. ~Author Unknown



Pro football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners, only survivors. ~Frank Gifford



Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness. ~Dag Hammarskjold



Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it. ~Buddha



Words signify man's refusal to accept the world as it is. ~Walter Kaufmann



There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do. ~Freya Stark, The Journey's Echo



But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see.



Ink smears, as thoughts sometimes do. ~Terri Guillemets



No one is moved to act, or resolves to speak a single word, who does not hope by means of this action or word to release anxiety from his spirit. ~Ali ibn-Hazm