The Character of Culture
“Every age, every culture, every custom and tradition has its own character, its own weakness and its own strength, its beauties and cruelties; it accepts certain sufferings as matters of course, puts up patiently with certain evils. Human life is reduced to real suffering, to hell, only when two ages, two cultures and religions overlap.”
Hermann Hesse (German-born Swiss Novelist, Poet and, in 1946, Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1877-1962)
Golf
Father-in-law just proudly announced that he went round the Druid Hills course in 68.
I just couldn’t resist this quote from one of my heroes:
“Golf is a game whose aim is to hit a very small ball into a very small hole, with weapons singularly ill designed for the purpose.”
–Sir Winston Churchill (English Statesman, British Prime Minister, 1940-1945 and 1951-1955, and, in 1953, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1874-1965)
Master-Gardener of the Soul
“A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.”
–James Allen (English Mystic and Author, 1864-1912)
Producing Happiness
“We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.”
–George Bernard Shaw (Irish Dramatist, Socialist and, in 1925, Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1856-1950)
Following Your Purpose
“If we are striving, if we are working, if we are trying, to the best of our ability, to improve day by day, then we are in the line of our duty.”
–Heber J. Grant (American Minister, and from 1918-1945, Seventh President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1856-1945)
Reflecting Infinity
“An image of the infinite and eternal appears in the variety of all things.”
–Emanuel Swedenborg (Swedish Scientist, Mystic and Philosopher, 1688-1772)
A Compendium of the Theological Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg Samuel M. Warren
Change Yourself, Change the World
“In the power to change yourself is the power to change the world around you.”
–Anwar al-Sadat (Egyptian Soldier and Politician, 1918-1981)
Consciousness and Happiness
“Our consciousness seeks happiness because we are part and parcel of the Lord.”
–A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (Indian Gaudiya Vaishnava teacher and Founder-Acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, 1896-1977)
Finding Happiness
“If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe on her nose all the time.”
–Josh Billings (a.k.a. Henry Wheeler Shaw, American Humorist, Essayist and Lecturer, 1818-1885)
Keep Refining and Improving
“Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others.”
–H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (American Author and Advertising Executive, 1940-)
