“Worry is spiritual near-sightedness, a fumbling way of looking at little things and magnifying their value.”
Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay (1864–1948) American author, and the first woman to earn a doctorate at the University of Pennsylvania.
Archive for January, 2011
Brainy Quote – Worry; fumbling way of looking at little things
Friday, January 21st, 2011Brainy Quote – Do not seek to have events happen as you want them to
Friday, January 21st, 2011“Do not seek to have events happen as you want them to, but instead want them to happen as they do happen, and your life will go well.”
Epictetus (AD 55 – AD 135) Greek Stoic philosopher.
Brainy Thought – Adversity
Friday, January 21st, 2011“Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Which like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.”
William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist.