The Immortal Flow of Energy
Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves. Its eternal goal is life. –Smiley Blanton
Read moreThis is series is based on the collection of quotes which display in the sidebar of this site. I try to offer some insight into the background of the quote and its author, and some thoughts on my interpretation.
Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves. Its eternal goal is life. –Smiley Blanton
Read moreThe price of success is perseverance. The price of failure comes cheaper. –Anonymous
Read moreWe 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
Read moreEach 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
Read moreI 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
Read moreThe only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible. –Arthur C. Clarke
Read moreI 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
Read moreIt is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters, in the end. –Ursula K. LeGuin
Read moreWe 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.
Read moreToday’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.
Read moreYou cannot do wrong without suffering wrong.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson