http://robgreen.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Robert G. en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:34:26 GMT 2009-12-29T02:34:26Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977494437 " Do you not know that there comes a midnight hour when every one has to throw off his mask? Do you believe that life will always let itself be mocked? Do you think you can slip away a little before . . . Sat, 01 Nov 2008 02:38:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977494437 Robert G. 2008-11-01T02:38:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977493547 " October. This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks in. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August, and February. " . . . Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:54:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977493547 Robert G. 2008-10-31T03:54:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977492361 "You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late."   Ralph Waldo Emerson Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:03:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977492361 Robert G. 2008-10-30T01:03:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977491401 "No race can prosper til it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem."   Booker T. Washington Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:54:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977491401 Robert G. 2008-10-29T01:54:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977490303 "The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."   Franklin D. Roosevelt . . . Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:03:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977490303 Robert G. 2008-10-27T22:03:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977488004 "Time does not change us. It just unfolds us."  Max Frisch Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:45:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977488004 Robert G. 2008-10-25T00:45:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977487048   "The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them." . . . Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:44:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977487048 Robert G. 2008-10-24T01:44:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977486017   "Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck."   Dalai Lama Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:10:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977486017 Robert G. 2008-10-23T02:10:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977484872   "Education makes machines which act like men and produces men who act like machines." Erich Fromm Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:39:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977484872 Robert G. 2008-10-21T22:39:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977483970 "We are what we imagine. Our very existence consists in our imagination of ourselves... The greatest tragedy that can befall us is to go unimagined." N. Scott Momaday Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:11:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977483970 Robert G. 2008-10-21T02:11:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977481158   "If I were reincarnated, I'd want to come back a buzzard. Nothing hates him or envies him or wants him or needs him. He is never bothered or in danger, and he can eat anything." . . . Sat, 18 Oct 2008 02:38:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977481158 Robert G. 2008-10-18T02:38:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977479644   "No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow." Alice Walker Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:50:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977479644 Robert G. 2008-10-16T19:50:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977478229   "Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms (of government) those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny."   Thomas . . . Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:11:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977478229 Robert G. 2008-10-15T12:11:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977477259 "There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you."   Will Rogers Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:50:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977477259 Robert G. 2008-10-14T14:50:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977476405 "Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it."   Marian Anderson Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:32:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977476405 Robert G. 2008-10-13T18:32:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977473458   "We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself."   Lloyd Alexander Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:42:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977473458 Robert G. 2008-10-10T11:42:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977472457     "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure...."   Maryanne Williamson (Nelson Mandela used . . . Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:47:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977472457 Robert G. 2008-10-09T10:47:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977471666   "Living apart and at peace with myself, I came to realize more vividly the meaning of the doctrine of acceptance. To refrain from giving advice, to refrain from meddling in the affairs . . . Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:39:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977471666 Robert G. 2008-10-08T16:39:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977470306     "I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world." Socrates from Plutarch, Of Banishment Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:42:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977470306 Robert G. 2008-10-07T12:42:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977469809     "It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society."  Jiddu Krishnamurti Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:56:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977469809 Robert G. 2008-10-06T21:56:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977466841     "We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the product of several, and the majority of our controversies come from that."  Marcus . . . Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:06:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977466841 Robert G. 2008-10-03T17:06:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977466052     "Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith . . . Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:02:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977466052 Robert G. 2008-10-02T21:02:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977464661   "You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him."     James D. Miles Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:17:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977464661 Robert G. 2008-10-01T16:17:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977463107       "Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort   when you have forgotten your aim."   George Santayana Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:28:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977463107 Robert G. 2008-09-30T12:28:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977462575 "Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do." Shaquille O'Neal Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:18:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977462575 Robert G. 2008-09-29T17:18:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977459808   "Are right and wrong convertible terms, dependant upon popular opinion?" William Lloyd Garrison Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:21:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977459808 Robert G. 2008-09-26T13:21:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977459027   "Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."   Thomas Alva Edison Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:23:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977459027 Robert G. 2008-09-25T17:23:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977458016     "Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish."   Ovid Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:58:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977458016 Robert G. 2008-09-24T17:58:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977456908   "Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world." Jane Addams Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:58:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977456908 Robert G. 2008-09-23T16:58:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977455706   "You just need to be a flea against injustice. Enough committed fleas biting strategically can make even the biggest dog uncomfortable and transform even the biggest nation." . . . Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:10:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977455706 Robert G. 2008-09-22T14:10:30Z