The Goosepath: Celtic New Year

Words to Live By

Sometimes life is merely a matter of coffee and whatever intimacy a cup of coffee affords.
Richard Brautigan

War does not determine who is right, only who is left.
Bertrand Russell

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
Buddha

Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.
Emily Bronte

There is a crack in everything. That is how the light gets in.

-Leonard Cohen

I am what I am, Leila, and if there are self-made purgatories, then we all have to live in them. Mine can be no worse than anyone elses.

-Spock, "This Side of Paradise"

Points to Ponder

Not all of us drink because we are poets. Some of us drink because we are not. -Arthur Bach

A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.
Oscar Wilde

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.

Albert Einstein, in defense of Bertrand Russell

Whatever talents I possess may suddenly diminish or suddenly increase. I can with ease become an ordinary fool. I may be one now. But it doesn't do to upset one's own vanity.
Dylan Thomas

You can’t say that civilization don’t advance, however, for in every war they kill you in a new way.
- Will Rogers

"The Government of the United States is in no sense founded on the Christian religion."
-John Adams

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Sunday, December 25, 2011

Celtic New Year

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