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Today's Quotations –  ANGER:

 


He who holds back rising anger like a rolling chariot, him I call a real driver; other people are bu holding the reins.

— Dhammapapa, c. 5th Century BC

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Reason opposes evil the more effectively when anger ministers at her side.

—  Pope St. Gregory the Great, 0584

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God clearly cannot be angry – at least in the crude sense of being in a rage, and loosing his temper and throwing things at people – for to suffer such anger is limitation, and God is unlimited.

—  Christopher Hollis

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There is a holy anger, excited by zeal, which moves us to reprove with warmthh those whom our mildness failed to correct.

  —  St. Jean Baptiste de la Salle

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As long as anger lives, she continues to be the fruitful mother of many unhappy children.

—  St. John Climacus

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He is a fool who cannot be angry; but he is a wise man who will not.

— Proverb

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Anger deprives a sage of his wisdom, a prophet of his vision.

—  Simeon, Talmud c. 500

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Anger It is a universal poison of an infinite object; for no man was ever so amorous as to love a toad, none so envious as to repine at a condition of the miserable, no man so timorous as to fear a dead bee; but anger is troubled at every thing, and every man, and every accident.

– Jeremy Taylor, Holy Living 1650


 

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  Today's Word – MOLLIFY
   

 


mol·li·fy
transitive verb mol·li·fied, mol·li·fy·ing, mol·li·fies. 1. To calm in temper or feeling; soothe. Synonym pacify. 2. To lessen in intensity; temper. 3. To reduce the rigidity of; soften. [Middle English mollifien, from Old French mollifier, from Late Latin mollific³re ]


Mr. Chillip was fluttered again, by the extreme severity of my aunt's manner; so he made her a little bow, and gave her a little smile, to mollify her.

DAVID COPPERFIELD
Charles Dickens


But the ready-witted Dorothea, who by this time so well understood Don Quixote's humour, said, to mollify his wrath, "Be not irritated at the absurdities your good squire has uttered, Sir Knight of the Rueful Countenance, for perhaps he did not utter them without cause, and from his good sense and Christian conscience it is not likely that he would bear false witness against anyone. We may therefore believe, without any hesitation, that since, as you say, sir knight, everything in this castle goes and is brought about by means of enchantment, Sancho, I say, may possibly have seen, through this diabolical medium, what he says he saw so much to the detriment of my modesty." 

DON QUIXOTE
Miguel de Cervantes


Definition from American Heritage Dictionary

 

 

Today's Fact

 


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The Cockroach
Fast on the Getaway

There are about 3,500 species of cockroaches. The most notable cockroaches are the common ones that infest households in the temperate regions. These cockroaches are considered one of the most obnoxious of household pests. Though these temperate roaches are prolific, most species are tropical. Some tropical roaches reach lengths of 3.6 inches, and many are colorful. Other adult cockroaches reach only a maximum length of 0.04 inches.


The cockroach has long, powerful legs and can run very fast. Their antennae and sensory bristles enable them to detect tiny amounts of food and moisture. The cerci, or sensory structures extending posteriorly from the abdomen, are able to sense minute air movements; in this way, cockroaches can start to flee from potential danger within 0.054 second. Most species have two pairs of wings. Wings are generally larger in the males. Although wings are present – not all species can fly.

Major Source: The Handy Science Answer Book - Visible Ink


 
   "And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good"

(Gen. 1:25)

 

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Today's SMILE

 

A cheerful heart is good medicine,
but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Proverbs 17:22 (NIV)

 
   

 

 

"What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable."

Joseph Addison

 

A FEW SMILES   

 

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After almost twenty years teaching kindergarten, Miss Grover had composed a note which she had each child carry home at the end of the first week of school. It read,

"Dear Parents -- if you promise not to believe everything your child says happens at school, I'll promise not to believe everything he or she says happens at home."

From: "Funny Pages Mailing List" funny-pages@plato.ens.gu.edu.au


Me and a friend of mine, Andy Jones, were both talking about shaving recently. He made the comment:

"You know, I keep on cutting my tongue when I shave."

"What? How in the world do you do that?"

He replied angrily, "Well okay then, Mr Know-it-all, how do you clean *your* razor?"

 

From: mak@ast.cam.ac.uk  (Matthew Kenworthy)



 

Why is Cinderella such a poor soccer player?
Because she has a pumpkin for a coach!


Why do gorillas have such big nostrils?
Because they have such big fingers.



What do you get when you cross an elephant with a kangaroo?
A lot of big holes in Australia.

zphhumor jprof@univ.com

 




WHERE IS GOD?

A couple had two little boys, ages 8 and 10, who were excessively mischievous. The two were always getting into trouble and their parents could be assured that if any mischief occurred in their town their two young sons were in some way involved. The parents were at their wits end as to what to do about their sons' behavior.

The mother had heard that a clergyman in town had been successful in disciplining children in the past, so she asked her husband if he thought they should send the boys to speak with the clergyman.

The husband said, "We might as well. We need to do something before I really lose my temper!"

The clergyman agreed to speak with the boys, but asked to see them individually. The 8-year-old went to meet with him first. The clergyman sat the boy down and asked him sternly, "Where is God?"

The boy made no response, so the clergyman repeated the question in an even sterner tone, "Where is God?"

Again the boy made no attempt to answer, so the clergyman raised his voice even more and shook his finger in the boy's face, "WHERE IS GOD?"

At that the boy bolted from the room and ran directly home slamming himself in his closet. His older brother followed him into the closet and said, "What happened?"

The younger brother replied, "We are in BIG trouble this time. God is missing and they think we did it!"



TRUE FACT ...

Humans begin laughing at two to three months of age. Six year olds laugh about 300 times per day, while adults laugh from 15 to 100 times per day.

SOURCE: NYT, Dr. William F. Fry, Stanford University


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