Acton, Lord: (Power) "Power tends to corrupt; absolute
power corrupts absolutely."
Blake, William : (Belief) " A sincere belief that a thing is so, makes it so."
Camus, Albert : (Life) "If there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing
of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life."
Cooley, Mason: (Imprudence) Imprudence gets us into more trouble than actual misdeeds do.
Chinese Proverb: "Tell me and I'll forget;
Show me and I may remember;
Involve me and I'll understand."
Cowley, Malcolm (1898-1989): (Aging & the Mind)
"They tell me that you'll lose
your mind when you grow older.
What they don't tell you is that
you won't miss it very much."
Dalai Lama : (Compassion) "Through compassion, you find that all human beings are just like you."
Demosthenes : (Self-Deceit) " Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he
also believes to be true."
Einstein, Albert : (Mystery) "Mystery is the source of all true art and science. He who can no longer
pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe is as good as dead."
Gandhi, Mahatma : (Service) "Service is not possible unless it is rooted in love and nonviolence. The
best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others."
King Jr., Martin Luther : (Peace & Justice) "True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it
is the presence of justice."
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth : (Compassion & Suffering) " If we could read the secret history of
our enemies, we would find in each man's life a sorrow and a suffering enough to disarm all hostility."
Paine, Thomas : (Country & Religion) "My country is the world and my religion is to do good."
Ruiz, Don Miguel : (The Four Agreements)
1) BE IMPECCABLE WITH YOUR WORD
2) DON'T TAKE ANYTHING PERSONALLY
3) DON'T MAKE ASSUMPTIONS
4) ALWAYS DO YOUR BEST
Stein, Gertrude: (Listening)"Let me listen to me and not to them."
Teresa, Mother : (Doing) "We can do no great things, only small things with great love. Do not wait
for leaders; do it alone, person to person."
Twain, Mark (Samuel Clemens) : (Assumption & Belief)
"What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know,
it's what we know for sure that just ain't so."
(Very similar to Demosthenes above)
(Health)
"The only way to keep your health
is to eat what you don't want,
drink what you don't like,
and do what you'd rather not."
Voltaire: (Power & Belief)
"Those who can make you believe absurdities
can make you commit atrocities."
The Wolf Credo:
Respect the elders. Teach the young. Co-operate with the pack. Play when you can. Hunt when you must. Rest
in between. Share your affections. Voice your feelings. Leave your mark.
