Bliss, Happiness

I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest on pure joy!

- Louise Bogan (1897–1970), US-american Poet

Investment, Warren Buffett

We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.

- Warren Buffett, well-known investor

As his quote suggests, Buffett has achieved his tremendous success by doing just the opposite. In short, Buffett likes to "buy low and sell high." And that's good advice for all of us.

Season, Bill Gates

Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart.

- Bill Gates (1955- )

Advice, Book of Proverbs

A bribe seems a charm to its user; at every turn it brings success.

+ Book of Proverbs 17, 8

[17:8] An observation on the effect of the bribe upon the bribe-giver: it gives an intoxicating feeling of power (“seems”). In v. 23 the evil effects of a bribe are noted.

http://www.usccb.org/bible/proverbs/17

Advice, Chilean Proverb

Anguish is our worst advisor.

- Chilean Proverb

Love, Jesse Katsopolis

If every word I said could make you laugh,
I'd talk forever.
If the song I sing to you, could fill your heart with joy,
I'd sing forever.
Forever
Forever
I'd be so happy loving you

- Jesse Katsopolis sings to Rebecca on their wedding night, Full House

It is "Forever" originally by the Beach Boys

Advice, Chinese Proverb

If you don't scale the mountain, you can't view the plain.

- Chinese Proverb

Universe, Baruch Spinoza

Nothing in the universe is contingent, but all things are conditioned to exist and operate in a particular manner by the necessity of the divine nature.

- Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677)

Investment Philosophy, Blackstone

Buy it, fix it, sell it.

- Blackstone's Real Estate Investment Philosophy

Spring, Susan J. Bissonette

An optimist is the human personification of spring.

- Susan J. Bissonette

Advice, Chilean Proverb

A bad rumor is better than bad news.

- Chilean Proverb

Advice, Book of Proverbs

Fine words ill fit a fool; how much more lying lips, a noble!

+ Book of Proverbs 17, 7

http://www.usccb.org/bible/proverbs/17

Advice, Book of Proverbs, Proverbs, Old Testament, Bible,

Past, Jennifer Jareau from Criminal Minds

JJ: Queen Elizabeth I said, "The past cannot be cured."

- Jennifer Jareau from Criminal minds,It Takes a Village [7.1]

Past, Queen Elizabeth I

The past cannot be cured.

- Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603)

Life, Chinese Proverb

A man may know the world without leaving his own home.

- Chinese Proverb

Moon, George Carlin

There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.

- George Carlin (1937-2008)

Investment, Sir John Templeton

The four most dangerous words in investing are: 'this time it's different.'

- Sir John Templeton (1912-2008), legendary investor and philanthropist

As Templeton says, simply hoping that bad things won't happen again is not a sound investment strategy. Pay attention to mistakes and learn from them.

Spring, William Shakespeare

O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day;
Which now shows all the beauty of the sun,
And by and by a cloud takes all away.

- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), The Two Gentlemen of Verona (I, iii, 84-87)

Beginning, Danish proverb

Af god begyndelse haabes god endelse.

Idiomatic translation: A good beginning makes a good ending.

- Danish proverb

Meaning: Just trying something is a great way in order to solve a problem.
Strauss, Emanuel (1998). Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs (Abbreviated ed.). Routledge. p. 54. ISBN 0415160502.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Danish_proverbs

Advice, Book of Proverbs

Children’s children are the crown of the elderly, and the glory of children is their parentage.

+ Book of Proverbs 17, 6

Past, Aaron Hotchner from Criminal Minds

Hotch: Wendell Berry said, "The past is our definition. We may strive with good reason to escape it, or to escape what is bad in it, but we will escape it only by adding something better to it."

- Aaron Hotchner, Criminal minds, The Angel Maker [4.2]

Past, Wendell Berry

The past is our definition. We may strive with good reason to escape it, or to escape what is bad in it, but we will escape it only by adding something better to it.

- Wendell Berry (1934- )

Work, Chinese Proverb

空行空返。

- 中國俗談

No song, no supper.

- Chinese Proverb

Money, Juvenal

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

- Juvenal

Investment, Wall Street

Don't try to be a jack of all investments.

- Wall Street

Stick to the field you know best.

Spring, Western Proverb

April Showers bring May flowers.

- Western Proverb

Friend, Western Proverb

A life wthout a friend is a life without a sun.

- Western Proverb

Advice, Book of Proverbs

Whoever mocks the poor reviles their Maker; whoever rejoices in their misfortune will not go unpunished.

+ Book of Proverbs 17, 5

Civilization, Aaron Hotchner

"I'm not sure about automobiles. With all their speed forward, they may be a step backward in civilization." Booth Tarkington (1869-1946)

- Aaron Hotchner, Criminal minds, [Criminal Minds 04.23 Roadkill]

Advice, Sam Walton

Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom. If everybody else is doing it one way, there’s a good chance you can find your niche by going in exactly the opposite direction. But be prepared for a lot of folks to wave you down and tell you you’re headed the wrong way. I guess in all my years, what I heard more often than anything was: a town of less than 50,000 populations cannot support a discount store for very long.

- Sam Walton (1918-1992)

Automobile, Booth Tarkington

I'm not sure about automobiles. With all their speed forward, they may be a step backward in civilization.

- Booth Tarkington (1869-1946)

Greed, Chinese Proverb

我田引水。

- 中國俗談

Draw water to one's mill.

- Chinese Proverb

Thought, John F. Kennedy

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.

- John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)

Stock, Wall Street

Like the ocean, the stock market is never still.

- Wall Street

You can't predict. You can prepare.