08/31/1870

One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child. Maria Montessori, happy birthday Maria.

08/30/1972

You haven't partied until you've partied at dawn in complete silence with Buddhist monks. Cameron Diaz, happy birthday Cameron.

08/29/2019

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. George Bernard Shaw

08/28/2019

The aim of education is the knowledge not of facts but of values.
William Inge

08/27/2019

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. Saul Bellow

08/26/2019

 Where it ends, actually is the beginning, because the beginning always ends.

CRS

08/25/1954

I find it to be the ultimate backhanded compliment when you are compared against yourself. Elvis Costello, happy birthday Elvis.

08/24/2019

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.
Galileo Galilei

08/23/2019

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.
Groucho Marx

08/22/1920

If you enjoy living, it is not difficult to keep the sense of wonder. Ray Bradbury, happy birthday Ray.

08/21/2019

Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. Francis of Assisi

08/20/1890

The process of delving into the black abyss is to me the keenest form of fascination.
H. P. Lovecraft, happy birthday Howard Phillips.

08/19/1921

Time is the fire in which we burn. Gene Roddenberry, happy birthday Gene.

08/18/1936

Be careful of success; it has a dark side. Robert Redford, happy birthday Robert.

08/17/1943

I think Hollywood has a class system. The actors are like the inmates, but the truth is they're running the asylum.
Robert De Niro, happy birthday Robert.

08/16/1888

The printing press is the greatest weapon in the armoury of the modern commander. T. E. Lawrence, happy birthday, Lawrence of Arabia...

08/15/1972

There's a lot of noise in the world, and the Internet magnifies that energy. Ben Affleck, happy birthday Ben.

08/14/2019

The greatest remedy for anger is delay.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

08/13/2019

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. Dalai Lama

08/12/1929

And I said, 'Why not? It's the truth! Why can't I say I'm a Beatles fan?' I used to get criticized for that. Buck Owens, happy birthday Buck.

08/11/2019

To spend life for something which outlasts it. William James

08/10/2019

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not. Dr. Seuss

08/09/2019

If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.
Tallulah Bankhead

08/08/2019

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.  Stanislaw Lec

08/07/2019

The only Zen you can find on the mountain top, is the Zen you bring with you...
CRS

08/06/2019

The reward of suffering is experience. Harry S Truman

08/05/1937

Today's Mandala is dedicated to Josephine Crawford, happy birthday Josephine.

08/04/2019

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
Henry David Thoreau

08/03/2019

If Mr. Einstein doesn't like the natural laws of the universe, let him go back to where he came from. Robert Benchley

08/02/2019

The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values. William S. Burroughs

08/01/2019

When I am told or ordered to do something, I begin to see the boundaries of my autistic limits.

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