Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise.  Seek what they sought.

Basho

I know I ask perfection of a quite imperfect world . . . And fool enough to think that’s what I’ll find.

  Lyrics from a Carpenters song (I Need to Be in Love)

The secret to living well and longer is: eat half, walk double, laugh triple and love without measure.

  Tibetan Proverb

I’ve always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying “Ain’t that the truth.”

  Quincy Jones

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

  Bertrand Russell

“I don’t fix problems.  I fix my thinking.  Then problems fix themselves.”

  Louise Hay

“You can only lose something that you have, you cannot lose something that you are”

  Eckhart Tolle

“I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot.”

  Abraham Lincoln

Hard times don’t create heroes. It is during the hard times when the ‘hero’ within us is revealed.

  Bob Riley