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Feb, 2011
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Hatred does not cease
by hatred,
but only by love;
this is the eternal rule.
Siddhārtha Gautama (Buddha), 563–483 BC
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There isn’t any formula or method.
You learn to love by loving — by
paying attention and doing what one
thereby discovers has to be done.
— Aldous Huxley
Maybe all one can do is hope to end
up with the right regrets.
— Arthur Miller
To love deeply in one direction makes us
more loving in all others.
— Anne Sophie Swetchine
Two things a man cannot hide: that he is
drunk, and that he is in love.
— Antiphanes
To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the
sake of loving is angelic.
— Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine, 1790–1869
I think I love her, Luke, and I haven’t even told her that I love her.
I spelled it out in chocolate-covered Oreos once, but she was really
hungry, and I’m not sure she read it first.
— Sean Gunn, Gilmore Girls, “Raincoats and Recipes”
If you love something, set it free. If it comes back to you, it’s, well,
broken.
— Minnie Driver, Grosse Point Blank
It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire
which those who love generously know.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
There is no bitterness to be compared with that between two
people who once loved.
— Euripides, 480–406 bc
I only married you to get even.
— Oscar Levant
I’m sure we all agree that we ought to love one another, and I know
there are people in the world who do not love their fellow human
beings, and I hate people like that!
— Tom Lehrer
Story writers say that love is concerned
only with young people, and the
excitement and glamour of romance end
at the altar. How blind they are. The best
romance is inside marriage; the finest
love stories come after the wedding, not before.
— Irving Stone
The life of man is the true romance, which when it is valiantly
conducted will yield the imagination a higher joy than any fiction.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
You need not attempt to shake off or to banter off Romance. It is
an evil you will never get rid of to the end of your days. It is a part
of yourself . . . of your soul. Age will only mellow it a little, and
give it a holier tone.
— Edgar Allan Poe
She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the
universal act of woman to proclaim ownership). — O. Henry
A salesman has the curiosity of a cat, the
tenacity of a bulldog, the friendliness of a little
child, the diplomacy of a wayward husband,
the patience of a self-sacrificing wife, the
enthusiasm of a Sinatra fan, the assurance of a
Harvard man, the good humor of a comedian,
the simplicity of a jackass and the tireless
energy of a bill collector.
— Harry G. Moock
At one time English spinsters were the subjects
of a special Act of Parliament. They were ordered
to refrain from using perfumes to “betray into
matrimony” the unwary English males of their
choice. The law was not obeyed, and bootlegged
perfume soon became available all over England.
Men kept on letting themselves be lured into
matrimony, and even unto this day one hears of
Englishmen getting married. There is little hope
that this year the damsels of Britain (and
elsewhere) will hearken to the plea of the ancient Parliament and
give up their enticing scents. The merry chase will go, on and
on . . . forever.
Light travels faster
than sound.
This is why some people appear
bright until you hear them speak.
Policeman: “Did you get the license
number of the car that hit you?”
Woman Victim: “No, but the lady
driving it wore a black turban trimmed
with red and her coat was imitation fur.”
Part Payment
Norma: “Mom, how much am I worth to you?”
Mom: “You’re worth a million dollars.”
Norma “Then could you advance me ten bucks?”
Poor Call
Tyler’s mother, a believer in the be-a-little-gentleman-anddon’t-fight school of upbringing, was trying to instill this noble
outlook into her pugnacious young son. “Tyler, when that naughty
boy threw stones at you, why didn’t you come and tell me instead
of throwing them back?”
“What good would that do?” snorted Tyler. You can’t hit the
side of a barn.”
What is it?
Harassed butcher to fussy customer: “Anything else you’d like
to know — perhaps the name of the cow?”
Tea for Two
Little Emily was left to fix lunch. When her mother returned
with a friend, she noticed Emily had already strained the tea.
“Did you find the tea strainer?” the mother asked.
No, Mother, I couldn’t, so I used the fly swatter,” replied Emily.
Her mother nearly fainted, so Emily hastily added, “Don’t get
excited, Mother. I used the old one.”
It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man
of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.
— George Washington
I like to see a man proud
of the place in which he
lives. I like to see a man
live so that his place will
be proud of him.
— Abraham Lincoln
It takes little talent to see what lies under one’s nose, a good deal
to know in what direction to point that organ. — W. H. Auden
The Inner Man
By Estelle McConnel
He says “I seen” and “I have saw,”
“To boil” comes out “to bile.”
But when someone needs a helping hand
He is there with a cheery smile.
He wears old clothes and a battered hat,
He has no cash to spend.
But he’ll walk four miles in a blinding
rain
Just to comfort and help a friend.
Don’t judge him by the clothes he wears,
Or the way his words are said.
If you would truly know a man
Look into his heart instead.
— Home Life
Although I grew up in Kansas City, . . . I
have always kept more or less au courant of
Texas barbecue, like a sports fan who is
almost monomaniacally obsessed with
basketball but glances over at the N.H.L.
standings now and then . . . I’ve heard it
argued that, absent some slippage in
management, a barbecue restaurant can only get better over time:
many Texas barbecue fanatics have a strong belief in the beneficial
properties of accumulated grease.
— Calvin Trillin
“At just what point in time did the banker
tell you, ‘I can’t give you anything but love, baby’?
PUZZLE
Draw this figure
without taking your
pencil from the paper
and without retracing
any lines.
Solution on next
page.
I don’t remember forms or faces now, but I know the girl was
beautiful. I know she was; for in the bright moonlight nights, when
I start from my sleep, and all is quiet about me, I see, standing still
and motionless in one corner of this cell, a slight and wasted figure
with long black hair, which streaming down her back, stirs with no
earthly wind, and eyes that fix their gaze on me, and never wink or
close. . . .
— Charles Dickens
Consciousness is the mere surface of our minds, of which, as of the
earth, we do not know the inside, but only the crust.
— Schopenhauer
Writers on Writing
A writer’s problem does not change. It is
always how to write truly and having found
out what is true to project it in such a way that
it becomes part of the experience of the
person who reads it.
— Ernest Hemingway
Petite Month
February is the month when we
settle down to living in the new
year. By this time we remember to
put 2011 in our date lines instead of
2010. We’ve talked out the newness
of an election and our political
gripes are renewed. The frenzied
hustle and bustle of the Yule season
has become tempered into just a
fond memory, and our anticipation
is focused on those far off two weeks
with pay. Those bugaboos of the business world, yearly reports and
inventories, have all been made and neatly filed away. The storm
windows are up and the decision to paint or not to paint the screens
can conveniently wait. Any great enthusiasm generated by the
wonder of the beauty of a snowfall has been diminished by the
ugliness of the shovel.
This is the slow, easy time of the year when men have time to
dream favorite dreams of the things they would like to do or the
things they have done. A man warming his silk clad feet before a
marble fireplace or a man perching cotton socks on a pot belly stove
can equally enjoy the languid leisure of February. Books get read.
Souls get searched. And you can relax in the comfortable routine
of daily living.
February even manages to present us with two famous birthdays
and a day to remember sweethearts.
It’s a shame, indeed, that this wonderful
month, which gives us so much, has to be
short changed by the calendar.
Solution to puzzle on previous page.
Start 佡
A top executive began to find that he could no longer function as
efficiently as in former days. Half the things told to him seemed to
be lost. He would forget to keep appointments,
and his secretary would swear that she had
reminded him of them. It finally became
apparent to him that his hearing was at fault,
that he couldn’t catch much of what was going
on around him. So he made an appointment
with an ear specialist and eventually arrived at
the doctor’s office.
The physician sat his patient down in a comfortable
chair. Then he removed an old-fashioned gold watch
from his pocket, snapped the cover open and held it
next to the right ear of the executive. “Do you hear this
ticking?” he asked.
“Of course!” grunted the executive.
The specialist moved ten feet away. “And now?”
“I hear it, loud and clear.”
“You do?” And the ear doctor opened the door of his office and
walked some fifteen feet into the corridor. “Do you hear the ticking
now?” he shouted.
“Yes,” yelled back the patient.
The physician snapped the watch shut and returned to the office.
“My friend,” he said to the executive in a tone of exasperation,
“there’s absolutely nothing the matter with your hearing. You just
don’t listen!”
My granddad, viewing Earth’s worn cogs,
Said things were going to the dogs;
His granddad in his house of logs
Said things were going to the dogs;
His granddad in the Flemish bogs
Said things were going to the dogs.
There’s one thing that I have to state
The dogs have had a good long wait!
The story is told of a man who bought himself a silk hat, a cane,
and tail coat. In his hunger for dignity, he ordered his former
associates henceforth to call him “Mister Smith.”
Symbols of dignity alone, of
course, do not win respect; but in the
eye of “Mister” Smith was a newborn
attitude of self-respect which could
not be ignored. One of his associates
laughed at him — and nursed a swollen
jaw for more than a week!
“Mister” Smith began a program
of living up to his new self-assumed
dignity. He became serious, earnest,
industrious. He was important in his own eyes and gradually, as
they often do, men accepted him at something like his own
evaluation. The leading men of the town began to speak to him
when they met him.
“Mister” Smith became a tradition in his pioneer town of [150]
years ago, and became a wealthy citizen. Men must respect
themselves before they hope to have others respect them.
— Personal Efficiency Magazine
Brotherhood
Have faith in yourself this
morning;
Start out to reach a goal;
Be attentive in your actions;
Be understood in your soul.
Reach out for new horizons;
You can conquer fear with good.
You are not alone in life
If you’re living brotherhood.
— Jerry D. Mitchell
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onsider an aristocrat, a man born to wealth and eminence. He
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can reasonably expect to retain his status and privileges in
society so long as he does not behave too irresponsibly. If he
doesn’t rock the boat or behave like an idiot, he “has it made.”
Now consider another type, a man born into poverty and
obscurity. He too can expect to retain his status so long as he
doesn’t do something drastic about them. His success in life
depends upon positive factors. If he doesn’t get to work and do his
best to overcome his handicaps, he’s lost.
We mark the birthdays of two such men this month. Washington,
scion of a wealthy and prominent family, did not have to discipline
himself and risk his welfare and life in order to get along. He could
have coasted and lived a pleasant and elegant life. Lincoln, a
product of dire poverty and ignorance, could not have been blamed
too much if he had simply resigned himself to the conditions in
which he found himself. But he didn’t.
What would the history of America have been if either of these
two individuals had been satisfied to drift with the tide? We don’t
know, but we have a hunch that we’re all better off today because
these two men decided to shape their lives the way they did.
A rich woman
They huddled inside the storm door during the Depression — two
children in ragged, outgrown coats.
“Any old papers, lady?”
I was busy. I wanted to say so —
until I looked down at their feet. Thin
little sandals sopped with sleet.
“Come in and I’ll make you a cup
of hot cocoa,” I said. There was no
conversation. Their soggy sandals left
marks upon the hearthstone.
Cocoa and toast with jam fortified
against the chill outside. I went back
to the kitchen and started again on my
household budget.
The silence in the front room struck through me. I looked in.
The girl held her empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy
asked in a flat voice, “Lady, are you rich?”
“Am I rich? Mercy, no!” I looked at my shabby slipcovers and
worn place in the rug.
The girl put her cup in its saucer — carefully.
“Your cups match your saucers,” she said. Her voice was old,
with a hunger that was not of the stomach.
They left then, holding their bundles of papers against the wind.
They hadn’t said thank you. They didn’t need to. They had said
more than that. Plain blue pottery cups and saucers. But they
matched.
I tested the potatoes, and stirred the gravy. Potatoes and brown
gravy! Roof over our heads! My man with a steady job! These
things matched, too.
I moved the chairs back from the fire, and tidied the living room.
The muddy prints of small sandals were still wet on my hearth. I let
them be. I want them in case I forget how rich I am!
— Adapted from War Cry
SOUL MEETS SOUL
ON LOVERS’ LIPS.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
1792–1822
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