Quotes, Poems

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the NOW the primary focus of your life. — Eckhart Tolle Unfoldandbegin.com


You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality – Ayn Rand


Weakening the 2nd Amendment only empowers two groups: the government and criminals.


I started with nothing and I still have most of it left. I never fail, I just succeed in finding out what doesn’t work.


“At some point during every day, you suddenly realize nothing else productive is going to happen the rest of that day. For me, it usually occurs around 9 am.”  Unknown


“When you’ve been granted the privilege of being heard, take great care of that power and watch every word!”  
Found at https://hallsofkarma.wordpress.com


“Fear, Fear leads to Anger, Anger leads to Pain, Pain leads to Suffering… This is the Path to the Darkside.”
Yoda. Also see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GITb6rzpTWM


Calling illegal aliens undocumented immigrants — is like calling heroin dealers undocumented pharmacists.


“You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we will sentence them to take the first step into a thousand years of darkness.” Ronald Reagan


“I no longer have patience for certain things, not because I’ve become arrogant, but simply because I reached a point in my life where I do not want to waste more time with what displeases me or hurts me. I have no patience for cynicism, excessive criticism and demands of any nature. I lost the will to please those who do not like me, to love those who do not love me and to smile at those who do not want to smile at me. I no longer spend a single minute on those who lie or want to manipulate. I decided not to coexist anymore with pretense, hypocrisy, dishonesty and cheap praise. I do not tolerate selective erudition nor academic arrogance. I do not adjust either to popular gossiping. I hate conflict and comparisons. I believe in a world of opposites and that’s why I avoid people with rigid and inflexible personalities. In friendship, I dislike the lack of loyalty and betrayal. I do not get along with those who do not know how to give a compliment or a word of encouragement. Exaggerations bore me and I have difficulty accepting those who do not like animals. And on top of everything I have no patience for anyone who does not deserve my patience.” _ Meryl Streep