Daily Inspiration

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall.

- Confucius

Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Mon 13 Jan 2014

To encounter a true master is worth a century of studying his or her teaching.

- Thich Nhat Hanh

Wisdom of The East daily calendar; Tue 24 Dec 2013

Daily Inspiration

Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.

- Mahatma Gandhi

Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Sat/Sun 11/12 Jan 2014

We do not make harmony.

We do not achieve it or gain it.

It is there all the time.

- Maezumi Roshi

Wisdom of The East daily calendar; Mon 23 Dec 2013

Daily Factoid

Darn, That's Clever

On the Aran Islands off the coast of Ireland, knitting patters were derived from daily life. The lattice stitch, for example, represented the low stone walls dividing small patches of land throughout the countryside. 

- The Old Farmer's Everyday Almanac Calendar; Mon 30 Dec 2013 

Poor Richard's Advice

With the old Almanack and the old Year,

Leaves thy old vices, tho' ever so dear.

- Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack, 1742

- The Old Farmer's Everyday Almanac Calendar; Tue 31 Dec 2013

Daily Inspiration

To have little is to possess.

To have plenty is to be perplexed.

- Lao Tzu

Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Fri 10 Jan 2014

In the march of events, we notice the rise and fall, and we generally look towards the rise, forgetting the fall. Both are necessary, and both are great. This is the nature of the universe.

- Swami Vivekananda

Wisdom of The East daily calendar; Sat/Sun 21/22 Dec 2013

Daily Factoid

Is That Clear?

A polar bear's fur is not white, but transparent. Like snow, the fur scatters and reflects all wavelengths of sunlight, so it appears white.

- The Old Farmer's Everyday Almanac Calendar; Fri 27 Dec 2013 

To prevent chapped hands,

was them with flour of mustard [ground mustard seed].

Or, in bran and water boiled together.

- John Wesley, Primitive Remedies, 1776

- The Old Farmer's Everyday Almanac Calendar; Sat/Sun 28/29 Dec 2013

Daily Inspiration

Happily the peaceful live, discarding both victory and defeat.

- Buddha

Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Thu 9 Jan 2014

If one allows a problem to endure for a month or a day, or even for a few minutes, it distorts the mind.

- Krishnamurti

Wisdom of The East daily calendar; Fri 20 Dec 2013

Daily Factoid

If ice hand on the willow at Christmas,

clover may be cut at Easter.

- The Old Farmer's Everyday Almanac Calendar; Wed 25 Dec 2013 

Be true to your work,

your word,

and your friend.

- Henry David Thoreau, American writer (1817-62)

- The Old Farmer's Everyday Almanac Calendar; Thu 26 Dec 2013

Daily Inspiration

Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.

- Confucius

Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Wed 8 Jan 2014

For what purpose should one cultivate wisdom?

May you always ask yourself this question.

- Daisaku Ikeda

Wisdom of The East daily calendar; Thu 19 Dec 2013

Daily Factoid

Well, even then, though cake and pie do service on the side,
And coffee is a luxury that may not be denied,
Still of the many viands there is one that's hailed as chief,
And that, as you are well aware, is rare roast beef.
- Eugene Field, American poet (1850-95)
- The Old Farmer's Everyday Almanac Calendar; Mon 23 Dec 2013 



Dear Old Rudy
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, the brainchild of department store ad copywriter Robert May, was "born" in 1939, whn the poem of the same name was published as a promotional giveaway.
- The Old Farmer's Everyday Almanac Calendar; Tue 24 Dec 2013 

Daily Inspiration

To take what is required may be profitable; to have more given to you is highly likely to be a burden. To overload a stomach is to court slow death.

- Mahatma Gandhi

Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Tue 7 Jan 2014

By being spiritually minded, you become aware of your unity with the Supreme Being. That is life, truly speaking.

- Swami Satprakashananda

Wisdom of The East daily calendar; Wed 18 Dec 2013