truisms

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Thu 22 March 2007 6:40 pm

God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.
Franz Kafka

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Thu 22 March 2007 6:42 pm

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.
Franz Kafka

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Thu 22 March 2007 6:45 pm

God created man with free will, which was part of God's goodness since a creature with free will is better than one without it.
Walter Kaufmann

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Fri 23 March 2007 5:41 pm

Those who want to be saved scrutinize not the shortcomings of their neighbor but always their own and they set about eliminating them. Such was the man who saw his brother doing wrong and groaned, 'Woe is me; him today - me tomorrow!' You see his caution? You see the preparedness of his mind? How he swiftly foresaw how to avoid judging his brother?
St. Dorotheos of Gaza.

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Fri 23 March 2007 7:55 pm

A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.
Muhammad Ali

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Fri 23 March 2007 7:56 pm

Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.
Muhammad Ali

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Fri 23 March 2007 7:59 pm

Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.
Muhammad Ali