#reminders for life

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

-Nelson Mandela

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those who sang best. -- Henry Van Dyke

Only as high as I reach can I grow,
Only as far as I seek can I go,

Only as deep as I look can I see,

Only as much as I dream can I be

-Karen Ravn

And there’s a dreadful law here - it was made by mistake but there it is - that if any one asks for machinery they have to have it and keep on using it. E Nesbit, 1910. The magic city

The times when you have seen only one set of footprints, my child, is when I carried you

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; there is where they should be. Now put foundations under them. -- Thoreau

I shall never believe God plays dice with the world.

-A Einstein

If cold December gave you birth,

The month of snow and ice and mirth,

Place on your hand a turquoise blue

Success will bless whate’er you do

Grownups love figures. When you tell them you have made a new friend, they never ask you any questions about essential matters. They never say to you "What does his voice sound like? What games does he love best? Does he collect butterflies?" Instead, they demand "How old is he? How many brothers has he? How much does he weigh? How much money does