Today's Words of Wisdom - August 26, 2015

Today is the birthday of the following people:

Guillaaume Apollinaire (1880 – 1918):

“Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.”

and

“Come to the edge," he said.

They said, "We are afraid."

Come to the edge," he said.

They came.

He pushed them...and they flew.”

and

“Without poets, without artists... everything would fall apart into chaos. There would be no more seasons, no more civilizations, no more thought, no more humanity, no more life even; and impotent darkness would reign forever. Poets and artists together determine the features of their age, and the future meekly conforms to their edit.”

Christopher Isherwood (1904 – 1986):

“The past is just something that's over.”

and

“One should never write down or up to people, but out of yourself.”

Mother Teresa (1910 – 1997):

“Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.

Life is beauty, admire it.

Life is a dream, realize it.

Life is a challenge, meet it.

Life is a duty, complete it.

Life is a game, play it.

Life is a promise, fulfill it.

Life is sorrow, overcome it.

Life is a song, sing it.

Life is a struggle, accept it.

Life is a tragedy, confront it.

Life is an adventure, dare it.

Life is luck, make it.

Life is too precious, do not destroy it.

Life is life, fight for it.”

and

“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”

and

“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”

and

“Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.”

Julio Cortázar (1914 – 1984):

“In quoting others, we cite ourselves.”

and

“What most people call loving consists of picking out a woman and marrying her. They pick her out, I swear, I’ve seen them. As if you could pick in love, as if it were not a lightning bolt that splits your bones and leaves you staked out in the middle of the courtyard. They probably say that they pick her out because-they-love-her, I think it’s just the opposite. Beatrice wasn’t picked out, Juliet wasn’t picked out. You don’t pick out the rain that soaks you to a skin when you come out of a concert.”

Shirley Manson (1966 - ):

“The sensation of never feeling good enough or pretty enough will always be there. It's a constant dialogue, and you just learn to be more powerful than that other voice. When you hear it come up, you shut it down.”