Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – Henry Miller

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American Novelist, Attention, Destiny, Henry Miller, Love, Submission, Wednesday, wisdom

Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him.

Henry Miller

Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such.

Henry Miller

The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.

Henry Miller

The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we never give enough of is love.

Henry Miller

True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself.

Henry Miller

This is one colorful character. Take a look at his bio on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Miller What a great life!

Have a great Wednesday, folks!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – Aristotle Onassis

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Aristotle Onassis, Greece, Monaco, Rich, Saudi Arabia, Shipping, The Kennedys, Wealth, Wednesday, wisdom

If women didn’t exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning.

Aristotle Onassis

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Aristotle Onassis

After a certain point, money is meaningless. It ceases to be the goal. The game is what counts.

Aristotle Onassis

The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows.

Aristotle Onassis

Don’t sleep too much. If you sleep three hours less each night for a year, you will have an extra month and a half to succeed in.

Aristotle Onassis

If you’d like to learn more about Aristotle Onassis, here’s a Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle_Onassis

Have a great Wednesday, folks!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – Carl von Clausewitz

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Art of War, Carl von Clausewitz, conflict, French Revolution, Napolean, Prussia, Soldier, War, Wednesday, wisdom

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

Carl von Clausewitz

Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.

Carl von Clausewitz

War is the continuation of politics by other means.

Carl von Clausewitz

Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead.

Carl von Clausewitz

War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering.

Carl von Clausewitz

For those readers who are either in the military or have served, you’ll know who this guy instantly. For those of you who are unfamiliar, check out his Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_von_Clausewitz

Have a great Wednesday, folks.

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – Lillian Hellman

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Blacklisted, Lillian Hellman, People, Playwright, Quotes, Trivia, Wednesday, wisdom

People change and forget to tell each other.

Lillian Hellman

People change and forget to tell each other.

Lillian Hellman

God forgives those who invent what they need.

Lillian Hellman

Failure in the theater is more dramatic and uglier than any other form of writing. It costs so much, you feel so guilty.

Lillian Hellman

You lose your manners when you are poor.

Lillian Hellman

If you’d like to know more about Lillian Hellman, take a quick look at her Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillian_Hellman This gal had a really colorful and crazy life.

Have a great Wednesday, folks!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – Charles Baudelaire

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Charles Baudelaire, France, French, Monet, Poet, Poetry, Wednesday, Wikipedia, wisdom

To say the word Romanticism is to say modern art – that is, intimacy, spirituality, color, aspiration towards the infinite, expressed by every means available to the arts.

Charles Baudelaire

Nature is a temple in which living columns sometimes emit confused words. Man approaches it through forests of symbols, which observe him with familiar glances.

Charles Baudelaire

The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the additional merit of being human and palpable. Dancing is poetry with arms and legs.

Charles Baudelaire

Inspiration comes of working every day.

Charles Baudelaire

There are moments of existence when time and space are more profound, and the awareness of existence is immensely heightened.

Charles Baudelaire

To learn more about this French poet, check out his Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Baudelaire I think you’ll find some of his friends to be quite interesting.

Have a great Wednesday, folks!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday –

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Chile, Literature, Nobel Prize, Pablo Neruda, Poem, Poet, Poetry, Wednesday, wisdom

You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming.

Pablo Neruda

A child who does not play is not a child, but the man who doesn’t play has lost forever the child who lived in him and who he will miss terribly.

Pablo Neruda

The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading; but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty.

Pablo Neruda

Peace goes into the making of a poem as flour goes into the making of bread.

Pablo Neruda

I grew up in this town, my poetry was born between the hill and the river, it took its voice from the rain, and like the timber, it steeped itself in the forests.

Pablo Neruda

If you guessed that Pablo Neruda was a poet, you’d be right. In fact, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971. Check out is Wikipedia page to learn more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Neruda

Happy Wednesday folks! The weekend is almost here. Have a terrific day!

Until next time…

Dave

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Cinema, Director, Film, Hollywood, Movies, Mr. Robot, Sam Esmail, Wednesday, wisdom

I think technology gives the illusion that you are connecting with people, social media particularly.

Sam Esmail

It’s not necessarily bad that you have angst or you have anger – it’s what you do with it, how you interpret it into something profoundly moving.

Sam Esmail

The one thing that I know from the personal experiences that I’ve had with hackers and from people in tech who are brilliant at this thing, is there’s a lot of angst.

Sam Esmail

I did not love going out to parties or even get-togethers, really – I went to the movies, which, if you think about it, is an isolating experience anyway – and this was because I had anxiety about interacting with people.

Sam Esmail

I used to want to be a critic. I think it’s an awesome job. You get to watch all this stuff and then write about it and analyze it and give insight into it. That’s an amazing job. I was terrible at it, though.

Sam Esmail

To me Sam’s most notable work is Mr. Robot. If you haven’t seen it, it’s definitely worth a watch. Here’s his Wikipedia link to learn more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Esmail

Have a great Wednesday, folks!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – Ralph Nader

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Author, Auto Safety, Consumer Safety, Environment, Lawyer, Lobbyist, Politics, Ralph Nader, Wednesday, wisdom

A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.

Ralph Nader

Turn on to politics, or politics will turn on you.

Ralph Nader

The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the velocities with which their knees hit the floor when corporations knock on their door. That’s the only difference.

Ralph Nader

When strangers start acting like neighbors… communities are reinvigorated.

Ralph Nader

This country has far more problems than it deserves and far more solutions than it applies.

Ralph Nader

Ralph Nader is my second choice for prominent Arab Americans this month. Here’s his Wikipedia page if you’d like to learn about him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Nader

Have a great Wednesday, folks!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – Elias James Corey

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Arab American Heritage Month, Chemistry, Elias James Corey, Nobel Prize, Professor, Wednesday, wisdom

To a synthetic chemist, the complex molecules of nature are as beautiful as any of her other creations. The perception of that beauty depends on the understanding of chemical structures and their transformations, and, as with a treasured work of art, deepens as the subject is studied, perhaps even to a level approaching romance.

Elias James Corey

My special fascination has been to understand better the world of chemistry and its complexities.

Elias James Corey

To the field of synthetic chemistry belongs an array of responsibilities which are crucial for the future of mankind, not only with regard to the health and needs of our society, but also for the attainment of a deep understanding of matter, chemical change, and life.

Elias James Corey

I only found these three quotes by this Nobel Laureate. Here’s his Wikipedia link, if you’d like to learn more about this chemist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_James_Corey

Since this is Arab American Heritage Month, this is the first of many I’ll be posting about.

Have a great Wednesday, folks!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – Jane Austen

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Author, Famous Women, Jane Austen, March, Wednesday, Wikipedia, wisdom, Writer

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

Jane Austen

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

Jane Austen

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

Jane Austen

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

Jane Austen

My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.

Jane Austen

Jane is the first woman I wanted to highlight this month for Women’s History Month. Here’s a link to her Wikipedia page, if you’d like to learn more about her: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Austen

Have a great Wednesday, folks!

Until next time…

Dave