"In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain."

-- Plautus

#Certain Quotes #Lost Quotes #Grasping Quotes

“What do you really want? Sit down and write it out on a piece of paper, write it in the present tense. You might begin by writing, 'I am so happy and grateful now that...' and then explain how you want your life to be in every area.”
“I am hoping for better times. That's how you know us hapless gardeners - by our dirty fingernails and our absurd, unquenchable optimism about next year.”

Source : Mary McGrory, Phil Gailey (2006). “The Best of Mary McGrory: A Half-Century of Washington Commentary”, p.161, Andrews McMeel Publishing
“The hollows are heavy and dank With the steam of the Goldenrods.”
“Eating, and hospitality in general, is a communion, and any meal worth attending by yourself is improved by the multiples of those with whom it is shared.”

Source : Jesse Browner (2004). “The Duchess Who Wouldn't Sit Down: An Informal History of Hospitality”, p.5, Bloomsbury Publishing USA
“The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.”
“All our contemporary philosophers perhaps without knowing it are looking through eyeglasses that Baruch Spinoza polished. Spinoza was a philosopher who earned his livelihood by grinding lenses.”
“When learning becomes you, then it appears as you need it, when you are being you.”

Source : Chungliang Al Huang (2011). “Embrace Tiger, Return to Mountain: The Essence of Tai Ji”, p.103, Singing Dragon
“You're not allowed to call them dinosaurs any more," said Yo-less. "It's speciesist. You have to call them pre-petroleum persons.”

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