You Have A Right To Be Here

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You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.

Max Ehrmann, Desiderata, Copyright 1952

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Be Gentle With Yourself

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Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.

Max Ehrmann, Desiderata, Copyright 1952

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Nurture Strength of Spirit

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Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Max Ehrmann, Desiderata, Copyright 1952

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Enjoy the Wisdom That Comes With Age

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Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

Max Ehrmann, Desiderata, Copyright 1952

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Be Yourself

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Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.

Max Ehrmann, Desiderata, Copyright 1952

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Be Cautious In Business. See Virtue In Others.

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Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Max Ehrmann, Desiderata, Copyright 1952

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Be Interested In Your Own Career

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Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Max Ehrmann, Desiderata, Copyright 1952

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Enjoy Your Achievements

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Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Max Ehrmann, Desiderata, Copyright 1952

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Do Not Compare Yourself With Others

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If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Max Ehrmann, Desiderata, Copyright 1952

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Avoid Aggressive People

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Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.

Max Ehrmann, Desiderata, Copyright 1952

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Speak Quietly, Clearly, and Listen

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Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.

Max Ehrmann, Desiderata, Copyright 1952

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Be On Good Terms

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As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons.

Max Ehrmann, Desiderata, Copyright 1952

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Two Kitties In 18 Hours :(

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Sad, Sad Days

Monday afternoon, about 430pm, one of my kitties died. Tuesday morning, about 945am, another of my kitties died. 

Yes, I am sad.

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Peace in Silence

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Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.

Max Ehrmann, Desiderata, Copyright 1952

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Happy 4th of July 2010

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He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach himself.  ~Thomas Paine

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.  ~Abraham Lincoln

My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.  ~Adlai Stevenson, speech, Detroit, 1952

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.  ~Thomas Paine

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.  ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

Freedom is the oxygen of the soul.  ~Moshe Dayan

There are two freedoms – the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where he is free to do what he ought.  ~Charles Kingsley

Freedom is not enough.  ~Lyndon B. Johnson

Liberty doesn’t work as well in practice as it does in speeches.  ~Will Rogers

Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.  ~Mahatma Gandhi

Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.  ~Theodore Roosevelt

We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.  ~Edward R. Murrow

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
Mahatma Gandhi

My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.  ~Adlai Stevenson, speech, Detroit, 1952

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.  ~Thomas Paine

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.  ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

Freedom is the oxygen of the soul.  ~Moshe Dayan

There are two freedoms – the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where he is free to do what he ought.  ~Charles Kingsley

Freedom is not enough.  ~Lyndon B. Johnson

Liberty doesn’t work as well in practice as it does in speeches.  ~Will Rogers

Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.  ~Mahatma Gandhi

Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.  ~Theodore Roosevelt

We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.  ~Edward R. Murrow

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
Mahatma Gandhi

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