Mom & Pop

If poverty is the mother of crime, stupidity is its father. - Jean de La Bruyere

The festival & cruise

Life is a festival only to the wise. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

I would add that it is a festival to those who have faith and believe in something greater than themselves or the given moment. Rather than worry about the existential "meaning of life", just accept that life does have meaning and we are privileged to contribute our small part to its overall mystery.

Old and young, we are all on our last cruise. - Robert Louis Stevenson

OUCH!  A bit grim given the previous quote, but his point is no less true.  SO, enjoy the cruise for as long as it goes.

This weeks quotes come to you from The Most Brilliant Thoughts of All Time .  A bit pretentious in title, but a good collection of quotes.

Work worth doing

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing. - Theodore Roosevelt


Happy Labor Day to all!   I hope it is relaxing and enjoyable.

Mirror, mirror on the wall

The greatest of faults . . . is to be conscious of none. - Thomas Carlyle

Contradiction in terms

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die. - Chesterton

Listening more closely

When I don't like a piece of music, I make it a point of listening more closely. - Florent Schmitt

Unlearning

The chief object of education is not to learn things but to unlearn things. - Chesterton