Antennae for droplets of received wisdom

Friday, July 31, 2020

Thursday, July 30, 2020



"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear

and the blind can see."



Tuesday, July 28, 2020


“Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.” 

― Paulo Coelho



Sunday, July 26, 2020



“The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.”

-Ralph Waldo Emerson


Friday, July 24, 2020



“Your brain can play tricks, your heart can be blind, but your gut is always right.” 

~Rachel Wolchin


Thursday, July 23, 2020



“The earth laughs in flowers,” said Ralph Waldo Emerson


Wednesday, July 22, 2020



The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.” 

― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross



Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Monday, July 20, 2020





General George Patton said "walls are a monument to man's stupidity."


Sunday, July 19, 2020

Thursday, July 16, 2020



" 'What a terrible question to ask' 
is something George Orwell 
forgot to write."



Monday, July 13, 2020



“A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.”



- Mark Twain



Sunday, July 12, 2020


"He that is conscious of guilt cannot bear the innocence of others: So they will try to reduce all others to their own level."
- Charles James Fox


Saturday, July 11, 2020

Friday, July 10, 2020




"HONEST HUMANS have NO FEAR."


Thursday, July 9, 2020


“I don’t know what’s the matter with people: they don’t learn by understanding; they learn by some other way—by rote, or something.” ― Richard Feynman


Wednesday, July 8, 2020


“The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it.” - Neil deGrasse Tyson


Sunday, July 5, 2020


"I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong."

- President Abraham Lincoln


Wednesday, July 1, 2020


“The outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to be harmoniously related to his inner state...Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are.” 

― James Allen, As A Man Thinketh



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