Please Sir, I Want Some More. — Oliver Twist. Now the story of Oliver is not about greed. It’s about a starving child. However, consumerism — the false promises of more — is an insatiable beast. How many times have you said or heard, “I just need to get one more thing for Judy/John?” No matter how…
Tag: St. Augustine
Mystery Causes Us To Wonder
Men go forth to wonder at the heights of mountains, the huge waves of the sea, the broad flow of the rivers, the vast compass of the ocean, the courses of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering. — St. Augustine. I have been fortunate enough to watch my children and grandchildren grow…
A Calm And Modest Life
“A calm and modest life brings more happiness than the pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness.” — Albert Einstein I came across an article yesterday about the auction of Einstein’s handwritten note that recently sold for $1.56 Million. It seems that during Einstein’s trip to Japan in 1922 to receive the Nobel Prize in…
Abstinence Is Easier Than Moderation
Total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation — St. Augustine I love this quote because it is so vey true. The Lenten season brings this wisdom home for me every year. One oatmeal raisin cookie will send me off on a bender, where if I can totally abstain I might just make it forty days. (Notice…
Anger
Anybody can become angry — that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way — that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy. — Aristotle The above reminds me of St. Augustine’s famous quote — Abstinence is far easier…