QotD "'Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness, and just be happy.' - Guillaume Apollinaire "

Some very nice Christmas poems from Dick Staub's web site.

Dick Staub

QotD:
Refdesk.com - Thought-of-the-Day Archive: "'You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.' - Ray Bradbury"

Refdesk.com - Thought-of-the-Day Archives: "'Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste they hurry past it.' - Soren Kierkegaard"

QotD2: "When things are investigated, then true knowledge is achieved; when true knowledge is achieved, then the will becomes sincere; when the will is sincere, then the heart is set right (or then the mind sees right); when the heart is set right, then the personal life is cultivated; when the personal life is cultivated, then the family life is regulated; when the family life is regulated, then the national life is orderly; and when the national life is orderly, then there is peace in this world." - Confucius

QotD: "God loves each one of us as if there was only one of us to love." Barclay in his commentary on Luke

QotD: "Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

And anothre bizarre quote from a politician.

Yahoo! News - Rumsfeld Ramble Wins 'Foot in Mouth' Award: "'I think that gay marriage is something that should be between a man and a woman,' was the odd statement from the new California Governor."

Our Defense Secretray at a news conference.

Yahoo! News - Rumsfeld Ramble Wins 'Foot in Mouth' Award:

"'Reports that say something hasn't happened are interesting to me, because as we know, there are known unknowns; there things we know we know,' Rumsfeld told the briefing.

'We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns -- the ones we don't know we don't know.'"