Marc Gilbert-Widmann

Category: Books

  • Mindfulness of Life – Poetry of the Day 25MAR 2014

    When we understand that life is short and Time is precious and if we will have developed Some understanding of the Dharmma and life wisdom, It becomes more precious. Do not procrastinate, Do what should be done today, We don’t know whether we will be still alive tomorrow. Today, now, do what should be done,…

  • Happiness Quote of the Day 21 March 2014 – Mental Habits

    We have negative mental habits that come up over and over again. One of the most significant negative habits we should be aware of is that of constantly allowing our mind to run off into the future. Perhaps we got this from our parents. Carried away by our worries, we’re unable to live fully and…

  • Quote of the Day 20 March 2014 ~ Spring Fever

    “It’s spring fever.  That is what the name of it is.  And when you’ve got it, you want – oh, you don’t quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!” — Mark Twain Related articles Mark Twain no less! Mark Twain quotes February brings Spring…

  • An open letter to the people who hate Obama more than they love America

    Hello world… I take great pride in the accomplishment of keeping politics away from my facebook. Sometimes I just need to vent and hope and hope and hope, some people… some of my friends, will sit down and learn for themselves all of contemporary US history and not what you are told (repeatedly) by revisionists,…

  • Q/A of the Day ~ How Can You Create a Universe From Nothing?

    “How can you create a universe from nothing? Well if you calculate the total matter of the universe it is positive. If you calculate the total energy of the universe it is negative because of gravity. Gravity has negative energy. When you add the two together what do you get? Zero, so it takes no…

  • Quote of the Day 08 March 2014 – New Religion

                            “First dentistry was painless. Then bicycles were chainless, Carriages were horseless, And many laws enforceless. Next cookery was fireless, Telegraphy was wireless, Cigars were nicotineless, And coffee caffeineless. Soon oranges were seedless, The putting green was weedless, The college boy was hatless, The…

  • Quote of the Day 06 March 2014 ~ Voice of the People

    No serious sociologist any longer believes that the voice of the people expresses any divine or specially wise and lofty idea. The voice of the people expresses the mind of the people, and that mind is made up for it by the group leaders in whom it believes and by those persons who understand the…

  • Mindful Quotes for the Present Moment Wed 05 March 2014

    “In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to hate, so we will rally behind them. And if they do not have a real enemy, the will invent one in order to mobilize us.”   When we are mindful, deeply in touch with the present moment, our understanding of…

  • Quote of the Day 03Mar 2014 ~ Worthy Cause

    It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs…

  • Commandments for a Modern World Losing it’s Religion: A Sermon on a Sunday

    When Moses came down the mount, he had two plates and on them were commandments. According to legend, there were ten. Unfortunately, in a fit of rage, Moses spoke with his own interpretation of what was allegedly on those plates. We don’t really know what those commandments were… Why you ask? Eight generations passed before…