April 7, 2014

Good Morning!

Today is the birthday of William Wordsworth (1770 – 1850) who said:

“Wisdom is oft-times nearer when we stoop

Than when we soar.”

and

“Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.”

and

“Though nothing can bring back the hour

Of splendor in the grass, of glory in the flower;

We will grieve not, rather find

Strength in what remains behind;

In the primal sympathy

Which having been must ever be...”

and

“The best portion of a good man's life: his little, nameless unremembered acts of kindness and love.”

and

“Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.”

It is also the birthday of Charles Fourier (1772 – 1837) who said:

“Social progress and changes of historical period take place in proportion to the advance of women toward liberty, and social decline occurs as a result of the diminution of the liberty of women.”

Happy Birthday to Gabriela Mistral (1889 – 1957) who said:

“Love that stammers, that stutters, is apt to be the love that loves best.”

Also to Ole Kirk Christiansen (1891 – 1958), founder of Lego, who said:

“The most important function of education at any level is to develop the personality of the individual and the significance of his life to himself and to others.”

Today is the birthday of Donald Barthelme (1931 – 1989) who said:

“Write about what you're afraid of.”

and

“Succeed! It has been done, and with a stupidity that can astound the most experienced.”

Also of Daniel Ellsberg (1931 - ) who said:

“Only we, the public, can force our representatives to reverse their abdication of the war powers that the Constitution gives exclusively to the Congress.”

Happy Birthday to Francis Ford Coppola (1939 - ) who said:

“We want you to take from us. We want you, at first, to steal from us, because you can't steal. You will take what we give you and you will put it in your own voice and that's how you will find your voice.”