Power of Positivity

"Character is how you treat those who can do nothing for you."

William of Gloucester

Queen Elizabeth's second cousin, a pilot fell in love with a Hungarian divorcee Zsuzsi Starkloff, a flight attendant- model. His life was more tragic though because he died at 30 during an air race. They say Prince Charles named William after him.

Cicero

 "The evil was not in bread and circuses, per se, but in the willingness of the people to sell their rights as free men for full bellies and the excitement of games which would serve to distract them from the other human hungers which bread and circuses can never appease."

Follow

 "Not the majority but the right way." CTTO

Where to weigh a pie?

"Somewhere over the rainbow, weigh a pie." CTTO

"Wit" film by Mike Nichols

"I have Stage 4 Metastatic Ovarian Cancer. There is no Stage 5." (Professor character played by Emma Thompson on HBO Signature)

Anxiety & Freedom Today

"I don't trust words anymore. I only trust actions. People can pretend to do a lot without being serious about it." 

Sen. Risa Hontiveros

"I am not alone" in the opposition

Allan Watts

"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it."

Michael Tan

"I thought back to how neglected UP's varsity teams had been, with a sharp line drawn between favored needs and neglected jocks. We actually had faculty members who refused to take in varsity ayers in their classes.

It wasn't luck, it wasn't destiny.  It was tenacity, boldness, and courage- hallmarks of a UP education that gets us into trouble all the time, but which moves the nation forward.  We must develop these traits even more in the years ahead, in and out of basketball courts, in and out of UP."

To Kill a Mockingbird

Atticus: "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view."

Winston Churchill

"Never let a good crisis go to waste."

Nuelle Duterte

"Without consequences, no one learns how to change their bad behaviors. 

Lying is bad behavior. So are cheating, stealing, killing, and engaging in corruption.

This ought to be basic, but in an upside down world, it has to be said explicitly over and over again."

Loida Cruz

"Presence.

Nothing but love. Healing." (Bahay Dalangin Zendo)

First They Came

"First, they demanded my respect, and I gave it to them because I thought it was just good manners.

Then, they demanded discipline, and I gave it to them because everyone else was doing the same thing.

Then, they demanded my obedience, and I followed just as I followed my parents.

Finally, they demanded my silence, and I kept quiet because I didn't want the consequences.

Before I knew it, I had nothing else left. They had already taken everything from me."

(Inspired by Martin Niemoller)

Jack of all Trades

"He is a Master of None, but often times better than a Master of One." CTTO

Gandhi

"If there is an idiot in power, it means those who elected him are well represented."

Life

"It does not cause suffering but our expectation that life should be the way we want." CTTO

George Bernard Shaw

"Beware of false knowledge. It is more dangerous than ignorance."

CS Lewis

"One of the most cowardly things ordinary people is to shut their eyes to facts."

A String of Hope

"You can only build upon truth. Anything built on lies will eventually crumble and fall."

A Blessed and Beautiful Weekend

"As you go about your day today...Remember God has a plan for you. Everything happens for a reason. What is meant to be will always find a way. Things will fall into its own rightful place in its own time and at its own pace. Be patient. Be ready and allow what is aligned for you to just happen. You deserve it."

Sophocles

"Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud."

Archbishop Chaput

"Evil preaches tolerance till it is dominant then it tries to silence good."

Apolinario Mabini

"Marami ang gustong makialam para sa pagmamahal daw sa bayan nguni't kung aaralin mo ang kilos nila pansariling interes lamang ang kanilang iniisip."

Yvonne Jereza

"I will never regret supporting someone who has moral principles, clean track record, outstanding credentials, values and competency."

Ex

"Sometimes God sends one back into your life to see if you're still stupid." CTTO

Kakie Pangilinan

"I may never understand how things came to be but I will never forget the very distinct brand of love this election bred in each and every single one of our hearts."

Sara Duterte sa DepEd

"Dapat ang unang gawin ni Sara bilang Education Secretary- patapusin niya ng pagaaral si BBM" at mag-refresher course rin siya ng GMRC!

Jose Rizal

"Kaydali ninyong malinlang ng matatamis na pangako na hindi manlang pinag-aralan ang magiging bunga." Crisostomo Ibarra

Relationships

"Like seat belts, if they don't click, we never feel safe." Simon Sinek

Lost and Found

VP Leni may appear to have lost the election but a Picasso waa found hanging on the Marcos sala.

Turkish Proverb

"The forest was shrinking but the trees kept voting for the axe for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood he was one of them."

Stages of Grief

1. Shock- paralysis

2. Denial- avoidance

3. Anger- frustration

4. Bargain- way out

5. Depression- inevitability

6. Testing- solution

7. Acceptance-way forward

Mahatma Gandhi

"When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible but in the end, they always fall. Think of it- always "

Comelec

Slow in replacing faulty Vote Counting Machines but fast in transmitting election results.

Lao Tzu

"The good leader is s/he who the people revere."

Latin American proverb

"The people united shall never be defeated."

Simon Reeve

"Smell of duty, smell of money- shady people, sunny places" describing Monaco in Extreme Treks at BBC Earth

Runi

"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field.. I'll meet you there."

Erin Chatters

"Travelling through life with curiosity rather than judgement is how one finds the magic in each moment."

Jane Fonda

"Lily's been pushing me around for decades so I'm really glad she's going to put her hands in cement."

Balance

"When all else in the environment is intimidating us, stay centered and balance the human heart with the heavenly heart." CTTO

Erin Chatters

"Travelling through life with curiosity rather than judgement is how one finds the magic in each moment."

Barack Obama

"In recent years, we've seen how quickly disinformation spreads, especially on social media. This has created real challenges for our democracy."

Eduardo A. Barrenechea II

"Yeah, I judge people based on their political choices, because it's always a reflection of your morals. That when you were presented with facts yet you chose to look away and vote for someone who is inherently evil and selfish is just... unacceptable."

Luie Guia

"A candidate whose ego is larger than his ability to be calm, composed and prudent, is dangerous when he wins." Even if he doesn't, we add.