My favorite quotes

Here is a selection of nice quotes:

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.
Plato

Coffee isn't my cup of tea.
Samuel Goldwyn

Chemically speaking, chocolate really is the world's perfect food.
Michael Levine, nutrition researcher, as quoted in The Emperors of Chocolate: Inside the Secret World of Hershey and Mars

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.
Maya Angelou

If music be the food of love, play on.
Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.
Helen Keller

The game isn't over until it's over.
Yogi Berra

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Number 12

The 12-step chocoholics program:
NEVER BE MORE THAN 12 STEPS AWAY FROM CHOCOLATE!
Terry Moore

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Pavement and Concrete

I like pavement... sometime there is no better place to chat. You know, it's just it. Fair enough, it's usually dirty, wet, cold, late... BEURK... It does not look as good as a cosy sofa (I like sofa too). But, it's the way it is. Whatever... You sit there, it's the night with the light of a new day starting to shine. I like it... so simple. You just let yourself going, speaking, listening. I can't say how many times, it happened so far here and there. With her or him.

Saturday morning thought

Like a dust being, a light being, we, humans appear so mysterious and in a way meaningless compared to the Universe. Who are we? What are we doing here? Why ? There are so many questions with no answers… Basically, we don’t know much about our world, about ourselves. The recipe of our life can not only sum up to a highly organized world of molecules. Matter, molecules are only the tip of the iceberg. The hidden part is so much more complex and important. We are more than just a chemical cathedral! Life is not just eating, drinking, sleeping and working. Among many texts about human conditions, I like the way some philosophers describe human beings as light beings, perfect reflection of what we are. Each one is unique, due to his weaknesses, his strengths, his fears, his hopes. But, we have to be aware of one thing. If we are on Earth, there must be a reason. A person can move mountains, improve our society. So, if you can contribute to our world, then just do it… even if your contributions may appear tiny and trivial.

What have you achieved in your life so far?
Probably, not enough…

Don’t be afraid to express yourself, your thoughts, to show your talent, to start new projects. Be ambitious. You are not born by accident. Everything has a meaning. Everything. That will be such a waste to realize you could have done better for yourself and the others. Ignore people criticizing you and your projects. Forget them, ignore them. These people are the ones that have NOT the courage and the motivation to live their dreams. Just try and improvise. We only live once. Don’t waste that chance. Please do, accomplish something even tiny. But, for God’s sake, leave a mark of your stay on our beautiful Earth !!!
François
PS: Sorry for the present post and my English... my brain is very slow this morning.

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Back in the old days...

Swing...

I can hear laughs far far away. And, I want to swing, like a child. No need to think of tomorrow. The wind is pushing me and the Sun is rising. I keep swinging. My eyes are closed now.
Fr.