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THE INNER COMMONPLACE
QUOTATIONS FROM A LIFETIME OF COLLECTION AND REFLECTION
TITLE QUOTATION AUTHOR SOURCE SUBJECT
FAILURE IS SUCCESS | 294 | Failure is Success forgetting to tie one shoelace. | Eric Pettigrew | DEP | Failure/Success |
JUST BECAUSE YOU MA | 295 | Just because you made it this far doesn't mean you're going to get there. | Eric Pettigrew | DEP | Success |
YOU GET KNOCKED DOW | 296 | You get knocked down by things you don't even see comin'
That'll leave you crawling like a baby back home. | Bruce Springsteen | Unknown | Life |
MY LIFE HAS A BRILL | 297 | My life has a brilliant cast but I can't figure out the plot. | Ashley Bullard | Unknown | Life |
NOTHING IS OFTEN A | 298 | Nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say. | Will Durant | Unknown | Silence |
AT THE AGE OF FOUR | 728 | At the age of four with paper hats and wooden swords we're all Generals. Only some of us never grow out of it.�. | Unknown | Email | Pretension |
MY SOUL WAS A BURDE | 405 | My soul was a burden, bruised and bleeding. It was tired of the man who carried it, but I found no place to set it down to rest. Neither the charm of the countryside nor the sweet scents of a garden could soothe it. It found no peace in song or laughter, none in the company of friends at a table or in the pleasures of love, none even in books or poetry.Where could my heart find refuge from itself? Where could I go, yet leave myself behind? | St. Augustine | Harper's Magazine | The soul |
THE SOUL IS BORN OL | 406 | The soul is born old but grows young. This is the comedy of life. The body is born young but grows old. This is life's tragedy. | Oscar Wilde | Richard Ellman | Life |
PRAY THAT YOU WILL | 407 | Pray that you will never have to bear what you are able to endure. | Jewish Proverb | Unknown | Endurance |
THE WORLD STEPS ASI | 408 | The world steps aside for those who know where they are going. | Jean Pettigrew | JAP | Achievement |
FROM LIFE'S GREAT T | 304 | From life's great trials we don't change; we only emerge as who we are. | Eric Pettigrew | DEP | Life |
FOR THE SACRIFICES | 305 | For the sacrifices of parents a child owes no debt; the debt is paid to his own children in turn. | James Gleick | Genius: The life of Richard Feyman | Parenthood |
NATURE USES ONLY TH | 306 | Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so each small piece of her fabric reveals the organisation of the entire tapestry. | Richard Feynman | Genius:The story of Richard Feynman | Nature |
DON'T WAIT FOR THE | 307 | Don't wait for the last judgement; it takes place every day. | Albert Camus | Unknown | Judgement |
HISTORY IS A LIE AG | 308 | History is a lie agreed upon. | Napoleon | Unknown | History |
NEVER KICK A FRESH | 309 | Never kick a fresh t*** on a hot day. | Harry Truman | Unknown | Anger |
GOOD JUDGEMENT COME | 310 | Good judgement comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgement. | Anon | Unknown | Experience |
IF YOU'RE RIDING AH | 311 | If you're riding ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still there. | Anon | Unknown | Leadership |
THE QUICKEST WAY TO | 312 | The quickest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it back in your pocket. | Anon | Unknown | Money |
NEVER ASK A BARBER | 313 | Never ask a barber if he thinks you need a haircut. | Anon | Unknown | Advice |
IMPROVEMENT MAKES S | 314 | Improvement makes straight roads; but the crooked roads without improvement are roads of Genius. | William Blake | Unknown | Genius |
GENIUS IS THE FIRE | 315 | Genius is the fire that lights itself. | James Gleick | Genius | Genius |
LONGING ON A GRAND | 316 | Longing on a grand scale is what makes up history. | Don Delillo | The Underworld | History |
ANOTHER MONTH END.
| 317 | Another month end.
All targets met.
All systems working.
All customers satisfied.
All staff enthusiastic.
All pigs fed and ready to fly. | Anon | Unknown | Truth |
THERE IS A BIG DIFF | 318 | There is a big difference between momentum and progress. You can gain momentum very fast from rolling downhill out of control. What I want here is not momentum. What I want is progress. | Elizabeth Zwickey | Unknown | Progress |
BOREDOM IS A SKILL. | 319 | Boredom is a skill. So perfect it. | Toby Pettigrew | RTP | Boredom |
PLACE ME BY COOL MU | 320 | Place me by cool music
Shake away the storm
I only need some sunshine
And I will be reborn | Christina Pettigrew | Steens | Epitaph |
EVERYONE'S LIFE IS | 321 | Everyone's life is a talk show waiting to happen. | Jerry Springer | Unknown | Life |
PROBLEMS WORTHY OF | 322 | Problems worthy of attack
Prove their worth by fighting back. | Piet Hein | Kumbel Kumbell-Grooks | Problem Solving |
QUIT NOW AND ALL YO | 323 | Quit now, and all you have left is Hope and Dreams, and when they leave they take away the sunshine. | Eric Pettigrew | DEP | Perseverance |
THE GOAL IN LIFE IS | 324 | The goal in life is to die young, as late in life as possible. | Jane Brody | IHT | Life |
TO A MAN WITH A HAM | 325 | To a man with a hammer everything seems a nail. | Gensha | Unknown | Perception |
KNOWLEDGE CAN BE RE | 326 | Knowledge can be remembered; wisdom cannot. | Barry Long | Unknown | Knowledge |
CREATIVITY IS THE S | 327 | Creativity is the successful resolution of internal conflict. | PD James | Unknown | Creativity |
A LIFE OF REALITY H | 328 | A life of reality, however terrible, is surely better than a slow death of disillusion. | Sheridan Morley | Unknown | Life |
AN ECONOMIST IS AN | 329 | An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday will not happen today. | The Economist | The Economist | Economists |
SOMEWHERE SOMEONE I | 330 | Somewhere, someone is practicising, and when you meet him in face to face competition, he will win. | Old Tibetan Saying | Unknown | Competition |
WHEN I WAS YOUNG I | 331 | When I was young, I could remember anything, whether it happened or not. | Mark Twain | Unknown | Youth |
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW | 332 | If you want to know your past life,
Look at your present condition.
If you want to know your future,
Look into your present action. | Padmisambha | Unknown | Life |
OUT OF CLUTTER FIND | 333 | Out of clutter, find simplicity
From discord, find harmony
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. | Albert Einstein | Unknown | Simplicity |
MOST MEN PURSUE PLE | 334 | Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it. | Soren Kierkegaard | Unknown | Happiness |
KNOWING IS NOT ENOU | 335 | Knowing is not enough
We must Apply.
Willing is not enough;
We must Do. | Goethe | Unknown | Achievement |
HALF OF THE WORLD'S | 336 | Half of the world's misery comes from ignorance;
The other half comes from intelligence. | Bonar Thompson | Unknown | Humans |
LOVING IS SO SHORT | 337 | Loving is so short and forgetting so long.
PUEDO escribir los versos m�s tristes esta noche.
Escribir, por ejemplo: " La noche est� estrellada,
y tiritan, azules, los astros, a lo lejos".
El viento de la noche gira en el cielo y canta.
Puedo escribir los versos m�s tristes esta noche.
Yo la quise, y a veces ella tambi_n me quiso.
En las noches como _sta la tuve entre mis brazos.
La bes_ tantas veces bajo el cielo infinito.
Ella me quiso, a veces yo tambi_n la quer�a.
C�mo no haber amado sus grandes ojos fijos.
Puedo escribir los versos m�s tristes esta noche.
Pensar que no la tengo. Sentir que la he perdido.
O�r la noche inmensa, m�s inmensa sin ella.
Y el verso cae al alma como pasto el roc�o.
Qu_ importa que mi amor no pudiera guardarla.
La noche est� estrellada y ella no est� conmigo.
Eso es todo. A lo lejos alguien canta. A lo lejos.
Mi alma no se contenta con haberla perdido.
Como para acercarla mi mirada la busca.
Mi coraz�n la busca, y ella no est� conmigo.
La misma noche que hace blanquear los mismos �rboles.
Nosotros, los de entonces, ya no somos los mismos.
Ya no la quiero, es cierto, pero cu�nto la quise.
Mi voz buscaba el viento para tocar su o�do.
De otro. Ser� de otro. Como antes de mis besos.
Su voz, su cuerpo claro. Sus ojos infinitos.
Ya no la quiero, es cierto, pero tal vez la quiero.
Es tan corto el amor, y es tan largo el olvido.
Porque en noches como _sta la tuve entre mis brazos,
mi alma no se contenta con haberla perdido.
Aunque _ste sea el �ltimo dolor que ella me causa,
y _stos sean los �ltimos versos que yo le escribo | Pablo Neruda | Unknown | Love |
NO VICTOR BELIEVES | 338 | No victor believes in chance. | Neitzche | Unknown | Victory |
JUNGE HUREALTE BETS | 339 | Junge Hure,alte Betschwester.
A young w**** makes an old nun. | Anon | Unknown | Redemption |
THE OPPOSITE OF LOV | 340 | The opposite of love is indifference. | Erin | Unknown | Love |
NO MEDICINE CURES W | 341 | No medicine cures what happiness cannot. | Gabriel Garcia Marquez | Unknown | Happiness |
WORRY IS A THIN STR | 342 | Worry is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If you don't take action, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained | Anon | Unknown | Worry |
HAPPINESS IS THE PL | 343 | Happiness is the place between too little and too much. | Anon | Unknown | Happiness |
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