"Think of journaling as baltering with pen in hand." ~ Terry Hershey

Sunday, August 31, 2025

Words of Wisdom, II







More quotes from my last 11 years of reading. Original explanation having already been given, there's no need for more. Only addendum would be I'm finding that some that meant a lot to me when I found them are seemingly now not that special anymore. 

We read, we learn, we grow, we change.


The hardest-learned lesson: that people have only their kind of love to give, not our kind.                                                                                                                        Mignon McLaughlin, journalist and author (6 Jun 1913-1983)

History is a vast early warning system.                                                                                                              Norman Cousins, editor and author (24 Jun 1915-1990) 

I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.                                                                                                                                                  John Cage, composer (5 Sep 1912-1992) 

Would the boy you were be proud of the man you are?                                                                                                                       Laurence J. Peter, educator and author (16 Sep 1919-1990) 

Anger is the middleman of emotions. We’re angry because we’re sad or hurt. Why not cut right to the real one?                                                                                                                                      paraphrased for the book by Catherine Ryan Hyde, When I Found You



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