Harry Truman Quote – Pessimist vs. Optimist
“A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.” – Harry Truman
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Martin Buber Quote – Secret Destinations
“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.” – Martin Buber
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Christmas on Antarctica 100 Years Ago
Just before Christmas… November 1915, while camping on the thawing ice of the Weddell Sea, Shackleton and his men saw their ship, Endurance, going down into the waters of this sea. “She’s going, boys!” Shackleton shouted the evening of November 21, 1915. “She went down bows first, her stern raised in the air. She then gave one quick dive and […]
Read morePoem – light in darkness (By Nicolo Santilli)
Light In Darkness – By Nicolo Santilli the eyes must grow used to the light of darkness to discover its resplendent depths to suffer with a twinkle in the eye that does not dismiss suffering or fail to mourn its painful losses but never loses sight of beauty ~
Read moreW. Somerset Maugham Quote – Always At His Best
“Only a mediocre person is always at his best.” – W. Somerset Maugham
Read morePoem – Holy Land, Batman (By Mankh)
Holy Land, Batman (a tragi-comic poetic journey) – By Mankh Holy land, Batman. The holy is all upside down. And the big question is not if Jesus will attend the Second Coming (I’ve knee-mailed Him and haven’t heard back) but if Netanyahu will ever really smile. For Christ’s, er, Jehovah’s sake, Jewish People are supposed to be funny (i should […]
Read moreAristotle Quote – No Education At All
“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” – Aristotle
Read moreHuman remains found in 2,100-year-old shipwreck
According to researchers the human remains found on an ancient shipwreck from 2100 years ago will shed some light on the past that was thought to be lost. The researchers found human remains off the Greek Island of Antikythera in the Aegean Sea and have been studying them at a site in Falmouth, Massachusetts. Because of the deaths they are […]
Read moreLive Off Of What Life Gives You
“Live off of what life gives you, and not from what it takes away.”
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