Category: Thought for the week

The pupil dilates in darkness and in the end finds light, just as the soul dilates in misfortune and in the end finds God.

Victor Hugo
If people were as concerned with their obligations as they are with their rights, we would be living in a utopian world.

Comment by checkout assistant at a supermarket: “I have to sanitise my hands so often each day that if I get breathalysed on the way home from work I’m sure I’ll be over the limit.”
If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.

Lao Tzu
Independence is a constant adjustment to today, letting go of old things, but building on the strengths of yesterday to meet the challenges of tomorrow.

George Shinn
If you’re going to wait to learn from people who don’t make mistakes or don’t have tragedy enter their life, you’re going to spend a long time waiting to learn something.

Jordon Peterson
A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.

Benjamin Franklin
If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.

Jim Rohn Fake news? (Click each image for the stories)
The world’s shortest story: For sale: baby shoes, never worn.

Ernest Hemingway