‘When we’re kind to one person, it might actually be affecting around 16 people. Our behaviour had a three-stage knock-on, or ‘ripple’ effect, so when we help one person, that person then helps other people, who in turn helps others. The 3-Degree Ripple Rule.’
Dr. David Hamilton sourced from ‘Kindness, the little thing that matters most.’ by Jaime Thurston.
‘I shall ask for brains instead of a heart, for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one.’
‘I shall take the heart, for brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world.’
‘Sometimes the most political act is being yourself.’
–George O’Dowd from ‘Take It Like A Man‘ The Autobiography Of Boy George, with Spencer Bright.
‘Forgive as much as you can, forget a little and create a lot.’
‘The quantity makes the quality doubtful.’
‘Reading makes me feel I’ve accomplished something, learned something, become a better person. Reading makes me smarter. Reading gives me something to talk about later on. Reading is the unbelievable way my attention deficiency disorder medicates itself.’
‘The entire planet has become a whispering gallery, with a large portion of mankind engaged in making its living by keeping the rest of mankind under surveillance.’
–Marshall McLuhan from Strange Days Indeed by Francis Wheen.
A look back at international politics in the 1970’s.
‘I stopped seeing it (writing) as some silly self indulgence – and began seeing it as a birthright.’
‘You just made a permanent decision based on a temporary situation, now the devil’s got you.’
Unmasking The Devil – John Ramirez
‘One never knows what is going to happen in life, circumstances change. What we reject today, we long for tomorrow.’
