“Never let a fool kiss you or a kiss fool you”
by Mardy Grothe
Monthly Archives: October 2011
Avoiding Reality
“You can avoid reality,
but you cannot avoid
the consequences of
avoiding reality.”
Ayn Rand, 1905-1982
Dangerous
“Nothing in the world is more dangerous
than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”
Martin Luther King Jr., 1929-1968
The Gift
“The artist is nothing without the gift,
but the gift is nothing without work.”
Emile Zola, 1840-1902
Freedom
“People demand freedom of speech
to make up for the freedom of thought
which they avoid.”
Soren Aabye Kierkegaard, 1813-1855
Something
Blue Ridge Parkway
“Try to learn something about everything
and everything about something.”
Thomas Henry Huxley, 1825-1895
New Idea
“A person with a new idea is a crank
until the idea succeeds.”
Mark Twain
Wake Me Up
Bass Lake, Blowing Rock
“I have left orders to be awakened
at any time in case of national emergency,
even if I’m in a cabinet meeting.”
Ronald Reagan, 1911-2004
Survive
“Life is difficult and complicated
and beyond anyone’s total control,
and the humility to know that
will enable you to survive its vicissitudes.”
J. K. Rowling, Harvard Commencement Address, 2008
What Is Charity?
“It is silence–when your words would hurt.
It is patience–when your neighbor’s curt.
It is deafness–when a scandal flows.
It is thoughtfulness–for others’ woes.
It is promptness–when a duty calls.
It is courage–when misfortune falls.”
Guideposts, August 2011
