December 2008


“A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.” - Aristotle

“In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west;
people create distinctions out of their own minds
and then believe them to be true.” - Buddha

“What is the good of your stars and trees,
your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into your daily lives?”
- E. M. Forster

“A fool can throw a stone in a pond that 100 wise men can not get out.”
- Saul Bellow

“Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams - they all have different names,
but they all contain water. Just as religions do - they all contain truths.”
- Muhammad Ali

 ”A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand.
Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible
to one passing through the valley than to those
who inhabit the mountain?” - Kahlil Gibran