Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.
Whenever evil befalls us, we ought to ask ourselves, after the first suffering, how we can turn it into good. So shall we take occasion, from one bitter root, to raise perhaps many flowers.
The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.
Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.
Get pleasure out of life...as much as you can. Nobody ever died from pleasure.
Learning to live in the present moment is part of the path of joy.
Cheese - milk's leap toward immortality.