Golden Rule
- Treat others as you wish to be treated.
-- Author(s) lost in history
Platinum Rule
- Treat others as they wish to be treated.
-- Len Tower
U-235 Rule
- Treat others as they need to be treated.
-- Len Tower
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail.
- Dr. Robert Schuller, quoted in the Fall 2004
catalog of the Institute for Integrated Nutrition.
True affluence is not needing anything.
- Gary Snyder
Sub-cultures are known by their fringes.
- Kyle Cassidy
Never too late,
never too old,
never too bad,
never too sick.
Get started.
The journey is the destination.
- yoga master Bikram
The best way I know of persuading you of anything, is not to plead
with you to trust me, not to invoke authority in general, not even to
call upon some expert, but to show you just what it is that persuaded
me.
- Phillip Morrison, Technology Review, Feb/Mar 1992
from the program of his Memorial Celebration, Sat 10 Sep 2005, Kresge
Auditorium
The greatest medicine of all is to teach people how not to need it.
- found on an envelope from Clinical Pearls Pubications, quoted in the Fall 2004
catalog of the Institute for Integrated Nutrition.
Where you turn when you're in trouble reveals your character.
- Warren Wiersbe
To create is to touch the spirit.
- Micheal Cassou and Stewart Cubley
The point of the work is the work.
- Julia Cameron
Of all the gifts life may bestow none is so constant, steady and sure
as the tender heart of a friend.
- Author Unknown
Mystery is not an argument for the existence of God; mystery is an
experience of the existence of God.
- Peter J. Gomes, past Chaplain of Harvard University
With mysticism defined as one's sense of direct connectedness to God:
Christian mysticism has emphasized the 'dark night of the soul,' but
a number of religious traditions emphasize the light of the soul
rather than the dark night. The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali, for instance,
offers a marvelous Hindu concept of mystical connection without the
negativity so prominent in Christianity.
- C. Norman Shealy
Word of Honor
Like flowers rising to meet the sky, we unfold in the presence of a
friend. Nothing is withheld, for the trust we exchange allows us both
to be all that we are. There is no greater freedom and no more
natural joy.
- Robert Sexton
Chains do not hold a marriage together.
It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads which sew people together
through the years
- Simone Signoret
Good, Fast, Cheap, pick any two.
- Author Unknown
"Books!" Dibs said. "Books and books and books." He lightly ran his
fingers over the books. "I love books," he said. "And isn't it funny
that little black marks on paper can be so good? Pieces of paper and
little tiny black marks and you've got a story."
"Yes", I replied. "It is quite remarkable."
- Virginia M. Axline,
"Dibs in Search of Self", 1964, Ballantine Books.
The beauty remains: the pain passes.
- Auguste Renoir
Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived.
- Thomas Merton
Why is it that the dexteruty, knowledge of art, and taste do not
necessarily add up to what we seek in art?
- Peter London
Look not backward in anger, nor forward in fear, but around with awareness.
- Author Unknown
Volunteering allows you to rise to the level of your competence,
not your credentials.
- Author Unknown
The difference between theory and practice is usually larger in
practice than in theory.
- Peter Salus
Don't sweat the small things.
- Author Unknown
Lefty: "That's the other cool thing about Unix: it seems to foster multiple personality syndrome."
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more
useful than a life spent doing nothing.
- G. B. Shaw
Q: What happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object?
A: An inconceivable disturbance.
- Author Unknown
Life's challenges are designed not to break us but to bend us toward God.
- Author Unknown
Fletcher's First Law of International Commerce:
People who want
to sell you something will find a way to communicate regardless of all
language barriers.
From the early days of USENET:
The best way to get information on USENET isn’t to post a
question. The best way to get
information on USENET is to post incorrect information.
- Author Unknown (Often true of the Internet, as well.)
Slow and steady wins the race.
- aesop
Yoga NEVER hurts.
- donna callahan and any good yoga teacher
Never teach a dummy.
- my Father, Len Tower Sr.
The Limelight is it's own curse.
- Len Tower
Look for the soul that glows with the glory of God.
- Len Tower
Some tasks are simple, but not easy.
- Len Tower
Cherish the people you love.
- Len Tower
The simple joys of intimacy with food, friends, family, home, nature
are among the deepest joys.
- Len Tower
When sys admining, wait for it to fail twice before spending time
figuring out why.
- Len Tower
Ask, rather then make an assumption.
- Len Tower .
Price and value are not the same.
- Len Tower .
There's a difference between "inexpensive" and "cheap".
- Len Tower .
Watch and/or read the instructions completely, before doing ANYTHING'
- Len Tower
Golden Rule
- Treat others as you wish to be treated.
-- Author(s) lost in history
Platinum Rule
- Treat others as they wish to be treated.
-- Len Tower
U-235 Rule
- Treat others as they need to be treated.
-- Len Tower
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