Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – 5 Quotes

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Discovery, France, Jacques Yves Cousteau, Nature, Science, Scuba Diving, Undersea Exploration

The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.

Jacques Yves Cousteau

People protect what they love.

Jacques Yves Cousteau

We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.

Jacques Yves Cousteau

The sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope. Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat.

Jacques Yves Cousteau

When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.

Jacques Yves Cousteau

I used to watch Jacques Yves Cousteau on the National Geographic show when I was a kid. If you’d like to learn more about him, here’s a Wikipedia link for your convenience: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Cousteau

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – Frank Lloyd Wright

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Architect, Architecture, Art, Buildings, Design, Frank Lloyd Wright, Homes, Skyscrapers, Wednesday, wisdom

Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Form follows function – that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.

Frank Lloyd Wright

I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.

Frank Lloyd Wright

The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Space is the breath of art.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Today, I dropped some quotes by Frank Lloyd Wright. If you have never heard of him, here’s the Wikipedia link to learn more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lloyd_Wright

Have a great Wednesday, folks!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – Robert Quillen

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5 Quotes, Humor, journalism, Learning, new, Robert Quillen, Satire, Things, Trivia, wisdom

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.

Robert Quillen

There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word, that raises us above ourselves.

Robert Quillen

Great art is never produced for its own sake. It is too difficult to be worth the effort.

Robert Quillen

If we wish to make a new world we have the material ready. The first one, too, was made out of chaos.

Robert Quillen

As we grow older, our bodies get shorter and our anecdotes longer.

Robert Quillen

For those of you who do not who this guy is, here’s a Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Quillen

I hope you enjoy reading about him. He had a terrific and interesting life.

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – Frederick Douglass

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Abolition, Civil War, Frederick Douglass, Freedom, Human Rights, Juneteenth, Oratory, Slavery, Struggle

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In light of Juneteenth’s national recognition this month, here are some quotes from Frederick Douglass.

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

Frederick Douglass

The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.

Frederick Douglass

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

Frederick Douglass

Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.

Frederick Douglass

To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.

Frederick Douglass

If you’d like to learn more about Frederick Douglass, check out his Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Douglass

Have a great Wednesday!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – 5 Quotes

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5 Quotes, Benjamin Disraeli, Earl, Fiction Writer, Parliament, Prime Minister, UK, Wednesday, wisdom

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

Benjamin Disraeli

I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.

Benjamin Disraeli

Never complain and never explain.

Benjamin Disraeli

Change is inevitable. Change is constant.

Benjamin Disraeli

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

Benjamin Disraeli

Here’s a link to learn about Benjamin Disraeli: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Disraeli This is a really interesting character!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – Hosea Ballou

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5 Quotes, Hosea Ballou, Learning, Quotes, Trivia, Tufts College, Universalism, Wikipedia, wisdom, Wisdom Wednesday

Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.

Hosea Ballou

Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.

Hosea Ballou

No one has a greater asset for his business than a man’s pride in his work.

Hosea Ballou

Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.

Hosea Ballou

Education commences at the mother’s knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character.

Hosea Ballou

Here is a Wikipedia link for those of you who would like to know more about this interesting individual: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosea_Ballou

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – 5 Quotes

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5 Quotes, Chinese Philosopher, Interesting facts, Mencius, philosophy, Trivia, Wikipedia, wisdom

The people are the most important element in a nation; the spirits of the land and grain are the next; the sovereign is the least.

Mencius

The great man is he who does not lose his child’s-heart.

Mencius

There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.

Mencius

Sincerity is the way to heaven.

Mencius

Truth uttered before its time is always dangerous.

Mencius

Mencius was considered the “second sage” in China, after Confucius. Here’s a Wikipedia link for you to learn more about him. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mencius

His name threw me, as I thought he was a Greek philosopher initially. I hope you enjoy this. I like to grab random people and find their quotes. I like some of these.

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – 5 Quotes

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5 Quotes, Activism, Activist, Civil Rights, James Baldwin, Wednesday, wisdom

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To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.

James Baldwin

The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.

James Baldwin

Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.

James Baldwin

Those who say it can’t be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.

James Baldwin

I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.

James Baldwin

I hope you enjoyed these quotes from another great American civil rights activist and novelist. Here’s a Wikipedia link to learn more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Baldwin I love learning about different people. This makes Wednesday one of my favorite days as I explore the web for interesting content. Have a great Wednesday, folks!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – 5 Quotes

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5 Quotes, COVID-19 shots, cures, Immune System, Jonas Salk, polio, vaccinations, vaccine, wisdom

Before providing you with your weekly dose of wisdom, I have to say that the second COVID shot is nothing to be afraid of. Yeah, I woke up this morning with a few aches and pains, but after a few hours, drinking lots of water, I am feeling much better. I figure the side effects of COVID two will subside by tomorrow. My folks, who also got the COVID vaccinations, are also dealing with flu-like symptoms (headache and body aches, a little temperature). I wanted to get this shot to protect them and enable my return to my gym. The vaccination does not prevent infection; it prevents the life-threatening aspects of COVID-19 should we get infected. So there’s that. On to the 5 quotes.

The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.

Jonas Salk

Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.

Jonas Salk

Nothing happens quite by chance. It’s a question of accretion of information and experience.

Jonas Salk

Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next.

Jonas Salk

I pictured myself as a virus or a cancer cell and tried to sense what it would be like.

Jonas Salk

Jonas Salk, among his many achievements, discovered the vaccine that prevented polio in children, a disease that ravaged generations and crippled many, including the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Here’s a Wikipedia link in case you are curious about his life: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Salk

Have a great Wednesday, folks!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – 5 Quotes

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Charity, family, Feeding, Love, Mother Teresa, Selfless Service, Smile, Wikipedia

Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.

Mother Teresa

Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.

Mother Teresa

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.

Mother Teresa

Peace begins with a smile.

Mother Teresa

If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.

Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa was an example of selfless service. Here is the Wikipedia link, should you like to learn more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Teresa

Have a great day, all!

Until next time…

Dave