Lists

As the year draws to an end, the list makers go into overdrive. The various media are awash with lists of the bests…….movies, TV shows, albums, books, video games, tech gadgets and restaurants to name but a few of the categories.

I would like to add a new list to the annual “best of” binge. I am calling my list “The Best Quotations I Have Stumbled Upon In 2014.”

  • Define the universe and give three examples.
    Anonymous Graffiti
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  • The human mind is at its inventive best when misinterpreting data to support a specific hope.
    Randy Wayne White
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  • Though the situation is hopeless, it should not prevent us from doing our best.
    Aldo Leopold
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  • But remember, the oligarchs want us at each other’s throats. Divide and rule is the goal. Don’t fall for it.
    Jon Talton
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  • You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats.
    Proverb
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  • Free your mind and the rest will follow.
    Seen in France on the front of a woman’s Tee shirt
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  • True religion consists in establishing the relationship of each of us to the infinite life that surrounds us, the life that unites us to the infinite, and guides us in all our acts.
    Leo Tolstoy

For any of us in search of a New Year’s resolution, the following words of Pope Francis will more than suffice.

  • We must restore hope to young people, help the old, be open to the future, spread love. Be poor among the poor. We need to include the excluded and preach peace.

Amen and Happy New Year.
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