Welcome one and all to the latest addition to the ever expanding fold of the Temple. In here you'll find points to ponder, quirky deliberations, and other oddities. Some are the products of an over active imagination while most are procured from other members of The Inner Circle. Feel free to submit some of your own works to me and they will be duly added in. Hope you enjoy what is to follow.
"Hips that attract child-making don't make for good child-bearing."
"Methodological observation of the sociometrical behavior tendencies of prematurated isolates indicates that a causal relationship exists between groundward tropism and lachrimatory behavior forms."
In plainspeak?
"Children who fall down, tend to cry."
"Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, Death is not here. And when Death comes, we no longer exist."
Epicurus
"There are no such things as strangers. Just friends that we have yet to meet."
"Why is the real lemon in the detergent and the artificial in the food?"
"We are the people our parents warned us about."
"Smoking helps you lose weight, one lung at a time."
"To secure that which cannot be gotten, you must invoke the points of the compass and convince it to come to you."
"Conventionality is the refuge of a stagnant mind."
"If you invoke time as the 4th Dimension, all parallel lines will come to meet at a point."
We have taller buildings, but shorter tempers;
We have bigger houses and smaller families;
We drink too much,
We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.
We've been all the way to the moon and back,
We've conquered outer space, but not inner space;
We've learned to rush, but not to wait;
We build more computers to hold more information,
These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion;
These are the times of world peace, but domestic warfare;
These are days of two incomes, but more divorce;
These are days of quick trips,
It is a time when there is much in the show window
"You get the eggs by hatching, not cracking... So be patient."
"Nobody ever plans to fail, they just fail to plan."
"How to make a woman blind? Stick a windshield in front of her face..."
"If you would like to know the value of money, go and try to borrow some."
Benjamin Franklin
"To get profit without risk, experience without danger and reward without work, is as impossible as it is to live without being born."
A. P. Gouthey
In the fall when you see geese heading south for the winter flying along in the "V" formation, you might be interested in knowing what science has discovered about why they fly that way. It has been learned that as each bird flaps its wings, it creates an uplift for the bird immediately following. By flying in a "V" formation, the whole flock adds at least 71% greater flying range than if each bird flew on its own.
PEOPLE WHO ARE PART OF A TEAM AND SHARE A COMMON DIRECTION GET WHERE THEY ARE GOING QUICKER AND EASIER, BECAUSE THEY ARE TRAVELING ON THE TRUST OF ONE ANOTHER.
Whenever a goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of trying to go through it alone and quickly gets back into formation to take advantage of the power of the flock.
IF WE HAVE AS MUCH SENSE AS A GOOSE, WE WILL SHARE INFORMATION WITH THOSE WHO ARE HEADED THE SAME WAY WE ARE GOING.
When the lead goose gets tired, he rotates back in the wing and another goose takes over.
IT PAYS TO SHARE LEADERSHIP AND TAKE TURNS DOING HARD JOBS.
The geese honk from behind to encourage those up front to keep their speed.
WORDS OF SUPPORT AND INSPIRATION HELP ENERGIZE THOSE ON THE FRONT LINE, HELPING THEM TO KEEP PACE IN SPITE OF THE DAY-TO-DAY PRESSURES AND FATIGUE.
Finally, when a goose gets sick or is wounded by a gunshot and falls out, two geese fall out of the formation and follow the injured one down to help and protect him. They stay with him until he is either able to fly or until he is dead, and then they launch out with another formation to catch up with their group.
IF WE HAVE THE SENSE OF A GOOSE, WE WILL STAND BY EACH OTHER WHEN THINGS GET ROUGH.
The next time you see a formation of geese, remember... IT IS A REWARD, A CHALLENGE AND A PRIVILEGE to be a contributing member of a TEAM.
Economists use statistics much like a drunkard uses a lamp-post - for support rather than for illumination.
The only Christian doctrine for which we have empirical evidence is the doctrine of original sin.
Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others including Love. One day it was announced to the feelings that the island would sink, so all repaired their boats and left. Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to persevere until the last possible moment. When the island was almost sinking, Love decided to ask for help.
Richness was passing by Love in a grand boat. Love said, "Richness, can you take me with you?" Richness answered, "No, I can't. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no place here for you."
Love decided to ask Vanity who was also passing by in a beautiful vessel, "Vanity, please help me!" "I can't help you Love. You are all wet and might damage my boat," Vanity answered.
Sadness was close by so Love asked for help, "Sadness, let me go with you." "Oh... Love, I am so sad that I need to be by myself!"
Happiness passed by Love too, but she was so happy that she did not even hear when Love called her!
Suddenly, there was a voice, "Come Love, I will take you." It was an elder. Love felt so blessed and overjoyed that he even forgot to ask the elder her name. When they arrived at dry land, the elder went her own way.
Love realising how much he owed the elder, he went to Knowledge and asked, "Do you know who was it who helped me?"
It was Time," Knowledge answered.
"Time?" asked Love. "But why did Time help me?"
Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered, "Because only Time is capable of understanding how great Love is."
Failure doesn't mean you are a failure;
Failure doesn't mean you accomplished nothing,
Failure doesn't mean that you have been a fool.
Failure doesn't mean you've been disgraced.
Failure doesn't mean you don't have it.
Failure doesn't mean you are inferior.
Failure doesn't mean you've wasted your life.
Failure doesn't mean you should give up.
Failure doesn't mean you'll never make it.
"Treat them mean, to keep them keen."