Series: Deep Thoughts

You cannot do wrong without suffering wrong.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Today’s Smart Thought is by an anonymous author. It speaks of the power of ideas. The ability of an idea to change the world is well known. Most recently, think of the internet. It was designed for the government to be able to communicate in the event of nuclear war, but it has managed to change society and business forever.

We started our series on Smart Thoughts with Mark Twain, so it shouldn’t surprise you that I love many of his writings, and have lots of his sayings on this site. On of my favorite writings by Twain is his “The War Prayer.” It’s a short essay, and if you have never read it, you should.

It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters, in the end. –Ursula K. LeGuin

I find that the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving; To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it–but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor. –Oliver Wendell Holmes

The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible. –Arthur C. Clarke

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. –E.B. White

Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. –Pablo Casals

We realize that what we are accomplishing is a drop in the ocean. But if this drop were not in the ocean, it would be missed. –Mother Teresa

The price of success is perseverance. The price of failure comes cheaper. –Anonymous

Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves. Its eternal goal is life. –Smiley Blanton