“The secret source of humor itself is not joy, but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven ..."
~ Mark Twain

“Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is ...”
~ Francis Bacon

“We can often endure an extra pound of pain far more easily than we can suffer the withdrawal of an ounce of accustomed pleasure ...”
~ Sydney J. Harris

“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time ...”
~ Sir J. Lubbock.

p.s. I had penned my thoughts abt this quote on my blog sometime back. You can read that blabber here.

““Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself ...”
~ Robert Ingersoll.

“If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters ...”
~ Alan Simpson

“Without forgiveness life is governed by... an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation ...”
~ Roberto Assagioli

“Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought ...”
~ Matsuo Basho

“What flatterers say, try to make true ...”
~ German Proverb

“Those who wish to sing always find a song ...”
~ Swedish Proverb

“You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now. ...”
~ Anonymous

“Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking ...”
~ Albert Einstein

“If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization ...”
~ Anonymous

“The impossible is often the untried ...”
~ Jim Goodwin

“Being happy doesn’t mean everything’s perfect, it means you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections ...”
~ Albert Camus

“Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endureth his torments willingly ...”
~ Anonymous

“The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention ...”
~ Dr Richard Moss

“People know you for what you've done, not for what you plan to do ...”
~ Anonymous

“Don't try to be different. Just be good. To be good is different enough ...”
~ Arthur Freed

“Miracles start to happen when you give as much energy to your dreams as you do to your fears...”
~ Anonymous

“When an obstacle comes in your way, stop crying and start trying ...”
~ Anonymous

“The time to relax is when you don't have time for it ...”
~ J Harris

p.s. I had written a post on this quote sometime back. You can read that post here.

“A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's ...”
~ Richard Whately

“When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel. Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free...”
~ Anonymous

“If it weren't for the fact that the TV set and the refrigerator are so far apart, some of us wouldn't get any exercise at all...”
~ Joey Adams

“We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves by our intentions...”
~ Ian Percy

“Beware of the half truth. You may have gotten hold of the wrong half...”
~ Anonymous

“To be Yourself in a World that is constantly trying to make you something Else is the greatest Accomplishment...”
~ Anonymous

“God grant me serenity to accept the things that cannot change, the courage to change the things that I can, and the wisdom to know the difference ...”
~ Anonymous

“Tomorrow and Never are synonymous ...”
~ Anonymous

“Do not set your goals by what other people deem important. Only you know what is best for you...”
~ Anonymous

“In giving advice, seek to help, not to please, your friend ...”
~ Anonymous

“New Year's eve is like every other night; there is no pause in the march of the universe, no breathless moment of silence among created things that the passage of another twelve months may be noted; and yet no man has quite the same thoughts this evening that come with the coming of darkness on other nights ...”
~ Hamilton Wright

Wish you all a wonderful 2009 .... rock on !!!