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Being

Clay is molded to form a cup, B…

14 Jun , 2013  

Clay is molded to form a cup, But it is on its non-being that the utility of the cup depends. Doors and windows are cut out to make a room, But it is on its non-being that the utility of the room depends. Therefore turn being into advantage, and turn non-being into utility. Lao-Tzu

Understanding

Come hither, and I shall light a…

14 Jun , 2013  

Come hither, and I shall light a candle of understanding in thine heart, which shall not be put out. (2 Esdras, 14:25) Apocrypha

Adversity

Common and vulgar people ascribe…

14 Jun , 2013  

Common and vulgar people ascribe all ills that they feel to others; people of little wisdom ascribe to themselves; people of much wisdom, to no one. Epictetus

Communism

Communism is the death of the so…

14 Jun , 2013  

Communism is the death of the soul. It is the organization of total conformity – in short, of tyranny – and it is committed to making tyranny universal. Stevenson, Adlai

Heart

Come live in my heart, and pay n…

14 Jun , 2013  

Come live in my heart, and pay no rent. Lover, Samuel

Communism

Communism destroys democracy. D…

14 Jun , 2013  

Communism destroys democracy. Democracy can also destroy Communism. Malraux, Andre

Age

Common sense is the collection o…

14 Jun , 2013  

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. Einstein, Albert

Ability

Competence, like truth, beauty a…

14 Jun , 2013  

Competence, like truth, beauty and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder. Peter, Laurence J.

Change

Complainers change their complai…

14 Jun , 2013  

Complainers change their complaints, but they never reduce the amount of time spent in complaining. Cooley, Mason

Change

Complete adaptation to environme…

14 Jun , 2013  

Complete adaptation to environment means death. The essential point in all response is the desire to control environment. Dewey, John

Conflict

Conflict is the gadfly of though…

27 Apr , 2013  

Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplike passivity, and sets us at noting and contriving. Dewey, John

Diplomacy

Conferences at the top level are…

27 Apr , 2013  

Conferences at the top level are always courteous. Name-calling is left to the foreign ministers. Harriman, Averell