Todays Thought

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth. 

-Oscar Wilde, writer (16 Oct 1854-1900)

Todays Thought

One will rarely err if extreme actions be ascribed to vanity, ordinary actions to habit, and mean actions to fear. 

-Friedrich Nietzsche, philosopher (15 Oct 1844-1900)

Todays Thought

To be nobody but myself -- in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else -- means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting. 

-E.E. Cummings, poet (14 Oct 1894-1962)

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Todays Thought

When Alexander the Great visited Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for the famed teacher, Diogenes replied: 

"Only stand out of my light." 

Perhaps some day we shall know how to heighten creativity. Until then, one of the best things we can do for creative men and women is to stand out of their light. 

-John W. Gardner, author and educator (8 Oct 1912-2002)

Todays Thought

A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It is a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity. 

-Jimmy Carter, 39th US President, Nobel laureate (b. 1 Oct 1924)