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Poignant quotes and verse, lest we forget… The living owe it to those who no longer can speak to tell their story for them. – Czeslaw Milosz, The Issa Valley The greatest glory of a free-born people is to transmit that freedom to their children. – William Havard We must be prepared to make heroic…
Jeremy Bentham (1748 – 1747) was an English philosopher and social reformer regarded as the founder of modern utilitarianism. Bentham defined as the “fundamental axiom” of his philosophy the principle that “it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong.” Bentham’s students included his secretary and collaborator…
Albert Camus (1913 – 1960) was a French philosopher, author, and journalist. At the young age of 44 Camus was awarded the 1957 Nobel Prize for Literature. His remarkable works include: The Stranger, The Plague, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Fall and The Rebel. (More on Camus below.) Here are By George Journal’s 15 favourite…
Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience. One day you’ll wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do them now. People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of. When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping…
March 25th marked the bicentennial anniversary of the War of Greek Independence. We rejoice: Zhto H Ellas! By George posts on the War of Greek Independence Reflecting on the bicentennial anniversary of the War of Greek Independence A Synopsis of the War of Greek Independence 10 Facts: Greek Independence Day Celebrating 200 Years of Freedom…
1. Greek Independence Day is a national holiday celebrated annually in Greece on March 25, commemorating the start of the War of Greek Independence in 1821. The “Greek Revolution” was a successful war of independence waged by the Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1830. 2. In celebration of Greek Independence Day,…
Lord Byron was one of the most renowned English poets of the Romantic Era and he is the most celebrated philhellene volunteer of the War of Greek Independence. Lord Byron travelled to the theatre of war in 1822, providing funds and supplies. His enchanting verse and vocal advocacy for the Hellenes stirred many to the…
Let go of people who aren’t ready to love you yet! This is the hardest thing you’ll have to do in your life and it will also be the most important thing: stop giving your love to those who aren’t ready to love you yet. Stop hard conversations with people who don’t want to change. Stop…
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Today, American country music icon Dolly Parton turns 75 years young. To honour her birthday, USA Today celebrated with some very special quotes from the lady herself… On having big dreams growing up in a small town: “I imagined it, I dreamed it, I worked for it, and God was good enough to let me…
There’s no one thing that is true. They’re all true. What is moral is what you feel good after. Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. Man is not made for defeat. Nobody knows what’s in him until he tries to pull it out. If there’s nothing or very little, the shock…
Here are three remarkable poems that capture the solemn and significant essence of Remembrance Day. These poems express sentiments for the ages. For the Fallen – Laurence Binyon With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, England mourns for her dead across the sea. Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit, Fallen…
Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding. – Ralph Waldo Emerson Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. – Baruch Spinoza A people free to choose will always choose peace. – Ronald Reagan It isn’t…
The boldness of endurance is the underline to almost every success. At first glance it may appear too hard. Look again. Always look again. Live boldly. Laugh Loudly. Love Truly. Play as often as you can Work as smart as you are able. Share your heart as deeply as you can reach. Find your balance…
“At times, our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.” – Albert Schweitzer “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others.” – Marcus Tullius…
If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies, Or being…
Regina Brett is not 90, but actually 54 years old. After being diagnosed with breast cancer, she wrote down a list of life lessons the very night before her 45th birthday. Over that past decade, these lessons have gone viral on the Internet amid claims that she is 90 years old. Regardless of her age,…
Here are a dozen remarkable quotes from the remarkable American poet and writer Maya Angelou. Achievement brings its own anticlimax. Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean. Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can’t practice any…
Leafing through a old February 2000 Esquire magazine last night, I came across a “John Wooden: What I’ve Learned” article. Here are ten short observations on life from the legendary basketball coach. He was 89 when he gave this interview: You can do more good by being good than any other way. Be more concerned…
Jessica Outram is a very creative school educator. Jessica is a playwright, director, actor, singer, publisher, as well as a poet. She is a member of the Playwrights Guild of Canada. In June 2019, she was appointed the Poet Laureate for Cobourg Ontario. Jessica writes a delightful blog called Sunshine in a Jar and a…