The wise find pleasure in water; the virtuous find pleasure in hills. The wise are active; the virtuous are tranquil. The wise are joyful; the virtuous are long-lived.
~ Confucius
Monthly Archives: March 2009
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To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.
~ Lao Zi
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The creator of the new composition in the arts is an outlaw until he is a classic.
~ Gertrude Stein
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Since man is mortal, the only immortality possible for him is to leave something behind him that is immortal since it will always move.
~ William Faulkner
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As a rule, begin each paragraph with a topic sentence; end it in conformity with the beginning.
~ William Strunk, Jr.
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It is our utopias that make the world tolerable to us: the cities and mansions that people dream of are those in which they finally live.
~ Lewis Mumford
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