Randy Andy

Never praise or blame people on common grounds; look to their judgements only. Because that is what makes our actions either good or bad.

If they are wise, do not quarrel with them; if they are fools, ignore them. Epictetus

Always give your best; never get discouraged; never be petty...others may hate you...[if] you hate them, then you destroy yourself. -Nixon

A wise man should consider..and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses. -attributed to hippocrates

Life is short, science is long; opportunity is elusive, experiment is dangerous, judgement is difficult. -attributed to hippocrates

Three pitchers of beer and you still can't ask

It never ceases to amaze me: we all love our selves more but care much more for others' opinions of us than our own! -Marcus Aurelius

As you think, so you become. Avoid superstitiously investing events with power or meanings they don't have. -Epictetus

Look at this bigeyed fish swimming in the sea/ How it dreams to be a bird../So caught a big wave up on to the beach/now he’s dead you see...

Ever frm himself each man flees. If not he is ever his most burdensome companion. We struggle not with where we go but ourselves our faults

Stop wandering about. You aren't likely to read your own notebooks you've collected to enjoy in old age. Get active in your own rescue. -m.a

To refrain from imitation is the greatest revenge -Marcus Aurelius

What I'm about to tell you is going to sound crazy. But you have to listen to me. Your very lives depend on it. -edge of tomorrow

Wherever there is a human being there is an opportunity for crisis -Lucius Annaeus Seneca

He now knew that every angry thought he had ever had was justified and every generous thought misplaced. Strange and Norrell p461

Do not dread death or pain, dread the fear of death and pain. -Epictetus

If you judge a fish by its ability to climb trees it will spend its whole life thinking it is stupid. -A genius

There is no secret ingredient. -Kung Fu Panda

"Other people's views and troubles can be contagious. Don't sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative attitudes" --- Epictetus

The key is to keep company only with those who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best. -Epictetus