March 26, 2014

Good Morning! 

Today is the birthday of A.E. Housman (1859 – 1936) who said:

“I do not choose the right word, I get rid of the wrong one.”

An epic birthday to Joseph Campbell (1904 – 1987) who said:

“Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer.”

and

“We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”

Happy Birthday to Victor Frankl (1905 – 1997) who said:

“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”

and

“For the first time in my life I saw the truth as it is set into song by so many poets, proclaimed as the final wisdom by so many thinkers. The truth - that Love is the ultimate and highest goal to which man can aspire. Then I grasped the meaning of the greatest secret that human poetry and human thought and belief have to impart: The salvation of man is through love and in love.”

Today is the birthday of Tennessee Williams (1911 – 1983) who said:

“What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart, oh, no, it's curved like a road through mountains.”

and

“Time doesn't take away from friendship, nor does separation.”

It is also the birthday of poet Gregory Corso (1930 – 2001) who said:

“If you believe you're a poet, then you're saved.”

and

“Standing on a street corner waiting for no one is power.”

Judicious birthday wishes to Sandra Day O’Connor (1930 - ) who said:

“Do the best you can in every task, no matter how unimportant it may seem at the time. No one learns more about a problem than the person at the bottom.”

and

“We don’t accomplish anything in the world alone and whatever happens is the result of the whole tapestry off one’s life and all the weavings of individual threads from one to another that create something.”

Finally, a happy birthday to Patrick Süskind (1949 - ) who said:

“Talent means nothing, while experience, acquired in humility and with hard work, means everything.”