Theres a basic human weakness inherent in all people which tempts them to want what they cant have and not want what is readily available to them. – Robert J. Ringer
Appreciation is a combination of understanding, quiet amazement, and gratitude. Appreciating something permits its experience and integration. – Harry Palmer
It is impossible for any number which is a power greater than the second to be written as a sum of two like powers. I have a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain. – Pierre de Fermat
I have seen a flower blooming in beauty in a secluded vale, and, ere I had a chance to look again, a chilly breath of air had scattered its petals and left it a ruin. – Charles Lanman, “Musings,” 1840
However painful the process of leaving home, for parents and for children, the really frightening thing for both would be the prospect of the child never leaving home. – Robert Neelly Bellah