WyzWmn's Words to the Wise

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. – Terry Pratchett

The problem of power is how to achieve its responsible use rather than its irresponsible and indulgent use – of how to get men of power to live for the public rather than off the public. – Robert F Kennedy

Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are…you need one. – Jane Howard

Unless I accept my faults, I will most certainly doubt my virtues. – Hugh Prather

Liars when they speak the truth are not believed. – Aristotle

Get all the fools on your side and you can be elected to anything. – Frank Dane

Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both. – John Andrew Holmes

Any new venture goes through the following stages: enthusiasm, complication, disillusionment, search for the guilty, punishment of the innocent, and decoration of those who did nothing. – Unknown

If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things. – Rene Descartes

“Three things cannot be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.” – Buddha