In the small matters trust the mind, in the large ones the heart. - Sigmund Freud
"Where's home for you?" a stranger asked a fellow traveler.
"Wherever she is," came the reply, as the man pointed at his wife.
overheard conversation
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret:  It is only with the heart that one can see
rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."  - Antoine de Saint-Expiry
"The second principle of magic:...Things which have been in contact with each other  continue
to act on each other at a distance after the physical contact has been severed." -  Sir James
G. Frazier
"He would walk into my mind as if it were a town and he a torchlight procession of one,
lighting up my streets..." - Eulogy  by one friend for another
They are not long,
the weeping and the laughter,
Love and desire and hate:
I think they have no portion in us after 
We pass the gate.
They are not long,
the days of wine and roses;
Out of a misty dream
Our path emerges for a while,
then closes
Within a dream. -
Ernest Dowson
" And the king wanted an inscription good for a thousand years 
and after to the end of the world?"
"Yes, precisely so."
"Something so true and awful 
that no matter what happened it would stand?"
"Yes, exactly that."
"Something no matter who spit on it or laughed at it
there it would stand and nothing would change it?"
"Yes, that was what the king ordered his wise men to write."
"And what did they write?"
Five words:
"And This Too Shall Pass Away."
- Carl Sandburg
The magic of compounding interest is truly the eighth wonder of the world! - Albert Einstein
Credit card debt getting you down??
Maybe it's time for a little plastic surgery.
Any fool can spend, but it takes someone with real character to save.
The art of managing your money will allow you to enjoy 
life while living within your means.
The best time to start saving money :20 years ago.
The second-best time: today!
Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday-
and all is well. - Corrie ten Boom
There is no dignity quite so impressive and no independence 
quite so important as living within your means. - Calvin Coolidge
Security is not measured by the things you have
 but rather bye the things you can do without.
For every dollar you have, you can only part with it once. 
 You can spend it, or you can save it.
It's easy to meet expenses.  Everywhere we go, there they are.