Robert L. Peters

30 March 2015

Goethe… on growth.

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Thanks Chaz.


16 March 2015

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the human race.

H. G. Wells (1866-1946)


13 March 2015

Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.

—Mahatma Gandhi

(Thanks to friend Debby Fox for the quotable).


10 March 2015

When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), 3rd U.S. President


8 March 2015

Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows.

Helen Keller (1880-1968)


2 March 2015

Non-conformity has its upside…

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Many more quotables here


16 February 2015

The words you speak become the house you live in.

—Hafiz (14th-century Persian mystic and poet)


13 February 2015

It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1986)


10 February 2015

Don’t make excuses for nasty people. You can’t put a flower in an asshole and call it a vase.

(Thanks to neighbour Pat for the quotable, original source unknown).


27 January 2015

When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death…

When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.

—Tecumseh, Shawnee leader (1768-1813)


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