It is Good

It is good to be brave
But sometimes it's far wiser to be a coward!
PAM BROWN, B. 1928

Bloom Where

Bloom where you are planted
ELLA GRASSO

To Love What You

To love what you do and feel that it matters - how could anything else be more fun?
KATHERINE GRAHAM

Our Chief Want

Our chief want in life is someone who will make us do what we can.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803-1882)

Time and Love

Time and love, those are the greatest gifts of all.
TONY HAWKS FROM "A SONG FOR SUDAN"

Do not to Others

Do not to others what you do not wish done to yourself;
and wish for others too what you desire and long for, for yourself-this is the whole of righteousness, heed it well....
THE MAHABHARATA

Life's Challenges are not Supposed to

Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyse you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.
BERNICE JOHNSON REAGON

To Watch

To watch the corn grow, and the blossoms set;
to draw hard breath over ploughshare or spade;
to read, to think, to love;
to hope, to pray - these are things that make people happy.
JOHN RUSKIN (1819-1900).

Pray that Success

Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.
ELBERT HUBBARD (1856-1915)

There is No

There is no education like adversity
BENJAMIN DISRAELI (1804-1881)

Develop Interest

Develop interest in life as you see it;
In people, things, literature, music-the world is so rich,
simply throbbing with rich treasures,
beautiful souls and interesting people.
Forget yourself.
HENRY MILLER (1891-1980)

To Keep Our Face

To keep our face toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.
HELLEN KELLER (1880-1968)

If You a Called

If you a called to be a street sweeper, you should sweep streets even as michel angelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry......
MARTIN L. KING, JR

The Only Way Out

The only way out is through.
HELLEN KELLER (1880-1968)

Wisdom is to See

Wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common......
RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803-1882)

A Thing of Beauty

A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.....
JOHN KEATS (1795-1821) FROM "ENDYMION"

Wisdom is a Universal

Wisdom is a universal blessing. It can exist in any time or place. In any individual, in any faith, or none. It gives to humankind a worth that far outweighs its significance in the scheme of things. It gives a shining glory to this little, little planet.
PAM BROWN, B. 1928.

Knowing What You

Knowing what you know, be serene also, like a mountain;
and do not be distressed by misfortune.
HAKIM ABU' L-MAJDDUD SANA I OF GHAZNA (HAKIM SANA'I)

The Most Important Thing

The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.
MORRIE SCHWARTZ

I am not Interested

I am not interested in the past. I am interested in the future, for that is where I expect to spend the rest of my life.
CHARLES F. KETTERING (1876-1958)

When You Have

When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.
CHINESE PROVERB

Personal Success

Personal success is never static. It usually comes in small steps leading to other small steps that lead to broader achievement...
WESS ROBERTS

No Question

No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW (1856-1950)

Think Contentment

Think contentment the greatest wealth.
GEORGE SHELLEY (1849-1927)

Yesterday Presentation

Yesterday presentation was great as it was in front of many professor and high ranking bureaucrats, although they had already retired.

Stand Through Life

Stand through life firm as a rock in the sea, undisturbed and unmoved by its ever-rising waves.
HAZRAT INAYAT KHAN (1882-1977)

Not To Do

Not to do honour to old age is to demolish in the morning the house wherein we are to sleep at night.
ALPHONSE KARR (1808-1890)

Admitting Errors

Admitting errors clears the score and proves you wiser than before
ARTHUR GUITERMAN (1871-1943)

Nothing Can Bring You

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself
RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803-1882)

Many Run About

Many run about after happines like an absent-minded man hunting for his hat, while it is in his hand or on his head.
JAMES SHARP (1613-1679)

When All Else

When all else fails only courage and love and wisdom survive
PAM BROWN, B. 1928

When We Forgive

When we forgive someone, the knots are untied and the past is released.
RESHAD FEILD

The One Important Thing

The one important thing I have learn over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking oneself seriously. The first is imperative, the second disastrous.
DAME MARGOT FONTEYN (1919-1991)

To Look Up

To look up and not down,
To look forward and not back,
To look out and not in, and
To lend a hand.
EDWARD EVERETT HALE (1822-1909)

You Miss

You miss a hundred percent of the shots you never take.
WAYNE GRETZKY, B. 1961.

Not to Know

Not to know certain things is a great part of wisdom
HUGO GROTIUS

We Have to Dare

We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.
MAY SARTON (1912-1995

Travel Lightly

Travel lightly.
Happines is inclined to get lost in the luggage.
PAM BROWN, B. 1928

Wise People

WISE PEOPLE TRAVEL TO DISCOVER THEMSELVES
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL (1819-1891)

I am Only One

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything. And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do something that I can do.
EDWARD EVERETT HALE (1822-1909)

Finish Each Day

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803-1882)

Life is Either

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
HELLEN KELLER (1880-1968)

Yesterday

Yesterday when I met Ichie at 7 Eleven Wahid Hasyim Street, I met preman drunken people that want to attack me. I avoid that preman because I don't like the situation. So, the Bahamas Men also made his friend calm although still drunken. However, even if they are conscious they are still preman from their behavior and style. So, it is better to leave the place with one reason to seek for another respondent, as I said to James Anderson.

From the sky

From the sky,
from the earth,
from a scrap of paper,
from apassing shape,
from a spider's web,
we must pick out what is good for us where we can find it.
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)

This Morning

This morning I met with three persons when I went to Pondok Gede with KCA minibus or angkot. I realized that the father and mother are blind, while their boy is normal, what I mean by this is the boy can see unlike his parents. I feel lucky if I think about the husband and wife, although I still in a lack situation economically at the time being. However, if I compare myself to both blind person I am still abundant with God Blessing. That's why I think other people should think and feel like this too if they are still in my situation. In the middle of the way I found that the husband and wife were arguing between themselves, and the blind wife tend to blame the blind husband about his mistake forgetting not to bring the photos although the wife had remind him about that before while they were still in their house. The wife said if the husband only focusing his mind on one thing and don't want to think about another think at the same time. The wife also said that the husband is very clever to argue for not confessing his mistake. I've just thinking about their behavior while on the minibus. This one of life lesson that I can take for granted to myself while trying to escape from the life difficulties I met. And before Pondok Gede those three persons get off and when I saw them it seems they were going to church. This is Sunday Morning I realize.......

While Modern Culture

While modern culture has generated oceans of information, we are rarely the wiser for it. Information is not our greatest need; opening our hearts to the creative and life-giving spirit of love is.
ELIZABETH ROBERTS & ELIAS AMIDON

Even If

Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
WILL ROGERS (1879-1935)

You Can't Help Someone

You Can't Help Someone Uphill without Getting Closer to the Top Yourself.
PROVERB

So Many People

So many people walk around with meaningless life. They seem half-a sleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things.
MORRIE SCHARTZ

Don't Hurry

Don't hurry, don't worry. You're only here for a short visit. So be sure to stop and smell the flowers.
WATER C. HAGEN (1892-1969)

Supposing

Supposing you have tried and failed again and again. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose.
MARY PICKFORD (1892-1979)

The Greatest

The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.
VINCE LOMBARDI (1913-1970)

Optimism and Humor

Optimism and Humor are the grease and glue of life. Without both of them we would never have survived our captivity.
PHILIP BUTLER, AMERICAN VIETNAM P.O.W.