quotas de amistad

All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother. ~Abraham Lincoln



Childhood is a promise that is never kept. ~Ken Hill



Neurotics think of the past with resentment, and the future with dread; the present just doesn't exist. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966



To accept on faith is the basic requirement for getting on with life. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com



The more laws the more offenders. ~Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia, 1732



Human prosperity never rests but always craves more, till blown up with pride it totters and falls. From the opulent mansions pointed at by all passers-by none warns it away, none cries, "Let no more riches enter!" ~Aeschylus



A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease. ~John Muir



I have seen women walk right past a TV set with a football game on and - this always amazes me - not stop to watch, even if the TV is showing replays of what we call a "good hit," which is a tackle that causes at least one major internal organ to actually fly out of a player's body. ~Dave Barry



Unix never says "please." ~Rob Pike



Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. ~Mark Twain



Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction. ~E.F. Schumacher



When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty. ~Norm Crosby



Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself. ~Abraham Joshua Heschel, The Insecurity of Freedom: Essays on Human Existence, 1967



Worry ducks when purpose flies overhead. ~Terri Guillemets



Don't look for God where He is needed most; if you didn't bring Him there, He isn't there. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966



You're only as sick as your secrets. ~Author Unknown



Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth. ~Mohammed Ali



Be not the slave of Words. ~Thomas Carlyle, Sartor Resartus, Book I, chapter 8



The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him. ~Henry L. Stimson



It's strange that men should take up crime when there are so many legal ways to be dishonest. ~Author unknown, quoted in Sunshine magazine