Pursuing Truth, Goodness, and Beauty
Sage sayings, maxims and quotable quotes
How many undervalue the power of simplicity! But it is the real key to the heart. – William Wordsworth I have deep faith that the principle of the universe will be beautiful and simple. – Albert Einstein I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. – Lao…
“Change is not merely necessary to life, it is life.” – Alvin Toffler “Everything changes but change itself.” – John F. Kennedy “In this world of change, nothing which comes stays, and nothing which goes is lost.” – Anne Sophie Swetchine “Plus ca change, plus c’est la même chose — The more things change, the…
Here are 25 of our most recent FAV tweets from the By George Journal Twitter stream: There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way. – Christopher Morley There is more to life than increasing its speed. – Gandhi It’s not what happens to you, but how…
Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956) was an American satirist – one of the cleverest American writers of the early 1900’s. Here are a dozen of his bons mots: The cosmos is a gigantic flywheel making 10,000 revolutions per minute. Man is a sick fly taking a dizzy ride on it. For every complex problem, there…
From the scribes at CG&A COMMUNICATIONS have a very happy, healthy and prosperous 2013! To toast to your health and happiness in the New Year, here is our collection of cheers! NEW YEAR TOASTS Here’s to a bright New Year and a fond farewell to the old; here’s to things that are yet to…
In Meditations, Marcus Aurelius provides us with a very sobering view of one’s own significance. In a powerful way, he speaks to the need for each of us to seize the moment, live each day as if it’s our last, and appreciate the lightness of our being. Here are a few remarkable statements about time…
Thou canst pass thy life in an equable flow of happiness, if thou canst go by the right way, and think and act in the right way. These two things are common both to the soul of god and to the soul of every rational being, not to be hindered by another; and to hold…
The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once. – Albert Einstein Time … thou ceaseless lackey to eternity. – William Shakespeare Time is what we want most, but… what we use worst. – Willaim Penn We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they’re called memories. Some take…
Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone. – Pablo Picasso Perhaps the worst sin in life is knowing right and not doing it. – Martin Luther King People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character. – Ralph Waldo…
Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it and, above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light. — Joseph Pulitzer Easy reading is damn hard writing. — Nathaniel Hawthorne Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it….
An apt quotation is as good as an original remark. – Proverb The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations. – Benjamin Disraeli I quote others only the better to express myself. – Michel de Montaigne I hate quotations, tell me what you know. – Ralph Waldo Emerson Every quotation…
The Seven Sages of Greece (c. 620 BC–550 BC) is the title given to seven ancient Greek philosophers, statesmen and law-makers who were internationally renowned in the following centuries for their wisdom. Traditionally, each of the seven sages represents an aspect of worldly wisdom which is summarized by an aphorism. Here are the wise…
The human race has had long experience and a fine tradition in surviving adversity. But we now face a task for which we have little experience, the task of surviving prosperity. – Alan Gregg The three horrors of modern life – talk without meaning, desire without love, work without satisfaction. – Mignon McLaughlin The secret…
“Think like a publisher, not a marketer.” – David Meerman Scott, Marketing Strategist “If content is king, then conversion is queen.” – John Munsell, CEO of Bizzuka “Focus on how to be social, not on how to do social.” – Jay Baer, Convince & Convert “Social marketing eliminates the middlemen, providing brands the unique opportunity…
Here are 25 of our most recent FAVs as tweeted @ByGeorgeJournal. We welcome you to join us on Twitter to receive daily #quotes that will #inspire & #motivate Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Make your dream your most habitual thought. –…
Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Aurelius Antoninius) was a Roman Emperor 161 – 180 AD. He is a world-renown Stoic and author of an ageless philosophical piece called “Meditations.” Here are 15 remarkable musings from the works of Marcus Aurelius. The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts. Waste no more time arguing…