Author: Gem
We Were Brought Up
We were brought up with the value that as we sow, so shall we reap. We discarded the idea that anything we did was its own reward. — Janet Harris
When I Tell The Truth
When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do. — William Blake • See this smart saying in our shop.
Sooner Or Later
Sooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences. — Robert Louis Stevenson • See this smart saying in our shop.
The First Principle
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool. — Richard P. Feynman
If You Could Just Stay Focused
If you could just stay focused on the right things, your life would stop feeling like a reaction to stuff that happens to you and become something that you create: not a series of accidents, but a work of art. — Winifred Gallagher
No Face Which We Can Give
No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at last as the truth. This alone wears well. — Henry David Thoreau • See this smart saying in our shop.
There Is Nothing
There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly. — R. Buckminster Fuller • See this smart saying in our shop.
A Meditative State
A meditative state is pure perception: not being conceptual about the here-and-now. That’s what most Zen discipline is about: not past-tripping, not future-tripping, and not being conceptual in the here-and-now. — Stephen Gaskin • See this smart saying in our shop.
Nothing Great
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. — Ralph Waldo Emerson • See this smart saying in our shop.
The Habit Of Being Happy
The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the domination of outward conditions. — Robert Louis Stevenson • See this smart saying in our shop.
Unlike Religious Fundamentalists
Unlike religious fundamentalists, scientific fundamentalists do not realize that their opinions are based on faith. They think they know the truth. — Rupert Sheldrake
How Often I Found
How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else. — R. Buckminster Fuller • See this smart saying in our shop.
Do What You Love
Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still. — Henry David Thoreau • See this smart saying in our shop.