Quotations are the fundamental distillation of a writer’s life and thinking as recorded in words and phrases for posterity. Through them the reader is afforded the unique opportunity to share in the thoughts, the life and the experiences of the writer. In a special way, they offer the reader a window into the mind of the author and hopefully an inducement to read further and learn more about the author and the story he relates.

On a wider scale, they are, as William Feather wrote, “the wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages preserved into perpetuity“, and as such they are available for the enrichment and enhancement of humanity, regardless of age, sex, race, educational or economic status. They are indeed, as the Talmud states, “food for the famished”.

The collection of quotations presented in this blog, have been chosen by me because of their special impact upon me. They have been published so that you too, may experience the joy I have had over the years reading them and getting to know the authors.

I trust that you will come to know the feeling of deep satisfaction possible from reading them, searching out the author and meditating upon their meaning and their impact on your life.

Thursday, June 5, 2008

SHARE

Thousands of candles can be lit by one candle,
And the life of the candle will not be shortened.
So too, Happiness never decreases by being shared. ……Buddha

We are channels made for sharing,
Not cisterns made for hording. ……Billy Graham

Sharing is the essence of Teaching.
It is, I have also come to believe, the essence of Civilization. …..Bill Moyers

To share often and much; to leave the world a little better;
to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
That is to have succeeded. ……. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Riches unshared are a prison. ……. C. Wayne Owens

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than Giving. …….Mary Catherine Bateson
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