This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Shantananda Saraswathi, fully Swami Shantananda Saraswathi, born Chandrashekar
Different religions are only signposts. In all religions the basic tenets are joy and compassion.
Compassion | Joy | Tenets | Wisdom |
Healing is simply attempting to do more of those things that bring joy and fewer of those things that bring pain.
Robert Louis Stevenson, fully Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson
An aspiration is a joy for ever, a possession as solid as a landed estate, a fortune which we can never exhaust and which gives us year by year a revenue of pleasure activity.
Aspiration | Fortune | Joy | Pleasure | Wisdom | Aspiration |
Victor Weisskopf, fully Victor "Viki" Frederick Weisskopf
Science is an important part of the humanities because it is based on an essential human trait: curiosity about the how and why of our environment. We must foster wonder, joy of insight.
Curiosity | Important | Insight | Joy | Science | Wisdom | Wonder |
William Bolitho, pen name for Charles William Ryall
The most important thing in life is not simply to capitalize on your gains. Any fool can do that. The most important thing is to profit from your losses. That requires intelligence and it marks the difference between a man of sense and a fool.