Marc Gilbert-Widmann

Category: General

  • Quote of the Day 27 December 2013 – Happiness (again)

                    “If I am to believe everything that I see in the media, happiness is to be six foot tall or more and to have bleached teeth and a firm abdomen, all the latest clothes, accessories, and electronics, a picture-perfect partner of the opposite sex who is both a…

  • “Santa’s Beard Has Always Been White” – His Beard, Say I…

    A VISIT FROM ST NICHOLAS, HIS “RACIALLY BENIGN” BEARD ALL WHITE. THE REST IT MATTERS NOT, WHAT THE COLOR IS, ONLY A SLEIGH FULL OF TOYS FOR CHILDREN OF ALL RACE, COLOR AND CREED. “The Night Before Christmas“ 1 ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all thro’ the house, 2 Not a creature was stirring,…

  • Quote of the Day 22 December 2013 – Echo

      LIFE IS AN ECHO. What you send out – comes back. What you sow – you reap. What you give – you get. What you see in others – exist in you. Do not judge – so you will NOT be judged. Radiate and give LOVE – and Love comes back to you.  …

  • Quote of the Day 21 December 2013 – Relationships

    “Happiness is not something that you can find, acquire, or achieve directly. You have to get the conditions right and then wait. Some of those conditions are within you, such as coherence among the parts and levels of your personality. Other conditions require relationships to things beyond you: Just as plants need sun, water, and…

  • Thought of the Moment, But Only For “A Moment”

  • Quote of the Day 20 December 2013 – Happiness

    “If someone offered the chance to be happy for the rest of your life, everyone in the room will bid, but what they don’t know that the secret is nothing, they all have the power already with them. One of the most bizarre quirks of human beings is that they have always craved for happiness…

  • Quote of theDay 19 December 2013 – Self-Respect

    “One of the causes of unhappiness among intellectuals in the present day is that so many of them, especially those whose skill is literary, find no opportunity for the independent exercise of their talents, but have to hire themselves out to rich corporations directed by Philistines, who insist upon their producing what they themselves regard…

  • Quote of the Day 18 December 2013 – Evidence

    “One of the biggest problems with the world today is that we have large groups of people who will accept whatever they hear on the grapevine, just because it suits their worldview—not because it is actually true or because they have evidence to support it. The really striking thing is that it would not take…

  • Words of the Day 16 December 2013 – Einstein

    “Professor: “You are a Christian aren’t you son?” Einstein: (as a student) “Yes sir.” “So you believe in God?” “Absolutely sir.” “Is God good”? “Sure.” “Is God all powerful?” “Yes.” “My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to heal him. Most of us would attempt to heal others who are ill.…

  • Science Quote of the Day 15 Dec 2013 – Religions

    “Many questions come to mind. How influenced by contemporary religions were many of the scholars who wrote the texts available today? How many scholars have simply assumed that males have always played the dominant role in leadership and creative invention and projected this assumption into their analysis of ancient cultures? Why do so many people…