Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.
- St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, 354-430, Berber philosopher and theologian
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Web Pages on Medieval Philosophy & Scholasticism
Department of Philosophy
Rockhurst University
Truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.
- Flannery O'Connor, 1925-1964, American writer
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Good Examples of Racism are Easy to Find in O'Connors "Good Man"
This is the Avenue to Success for 07/02/09
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- Lord Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, 1809-1892, Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom
Image source: Tennyson's Life A Timeline
- The Tennyson Page, Charon.sfsu.edu
Here are some recent posting about Tennyson's poems:
- Publilius Syrus, First century BC Roman writer
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Here are some blogs applying, and not just quoting Publilius Syrus:
One's life work, I have learned, grows with the working and living.
Do it as your life depended on it, and first thing you know you'll have
made a life out of it. A good life, too.
- Theresa Helburn, 1887-1959, Broadway Producer, Writer, Director, Production Crew
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The Theresa Helburn Theatre Collection
College Collections and Special Collections, Bryn Mawr College
This is the Avenue to Success for 05/28/09
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It wasn't the reward that mattered or the recognition you might harvest. It was your depth of commitment, your quality of service, the product of your devotion -- these were the things that counted in a life. When you gave purely, the honor came in the giving, and that was honor enough.
- Scott O'Grady, Born 1965, Former United States Air Force captain who ejected over Bosnia when his F-16C was shot down by a Bosnian Serb SA-6 on June 2, 1995 while patrolling the no-fly zone.
Caption to photo as it appeared in GPSNavigatorMagazine.com post The rescue of Capt. Scott O’Grady
Photo by Sgt. Stephen Alderete
This is the Avenue to Success for 05/20/09
Avenues to Success offers an opportunity for parents of college students to enroll them in an unique subscription service and, at the same time, support student programs at a college or university of their choice! They receive a daily motivational quotation specifically selected to help keep them focused on achieving their goals in life.
We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we move from the passive voice to the active voice - that is, until we have stopped saying "It got lost," and say, "I lost it."
- Sydney J. Harris, journalist (1917-1986)
Image source: Under the Dome: Something to ponder
Visit some blog postings that give meaning to Sidney Harris' words:
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