{"quotes":[{"text":"One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low.","author":"Thomas Fuller","tags":["mark","high","may "],"id":4050,"author_id":"Thomas+Fuller"},{"text":"The next morning, when Thomasin withdrew the curtains of her bedroom window, there stood the Maypole in the middle of the greek, its top cutting into the sky. It had sprung up in the night. Or rather early morning, like Jack's bean-stalk. She opened the casement to get a better view of the garlands and posies that adored it. The sweet perfume of the flowers had already spread into the surrounding air, which being free from every taint, conducted to her lips a full measure of the fragrance received from the spire of blossom in its midst. At the top of the pole were crossed hoops decked with small flowers; beneath these came a milk-white zone of Maybloom;then a zone of bluebells, then of cowslips, then of lilacs, then of ragged-rosins, daffodils and so on, till the lowest stage was reached.Thomasin noticed all these, and was delighted that the May revel was to be so near.","author":"Thomas Hardy","tags":["beanstalk","blossom","flowers","may","maypole"],"id":5900,"author_id":"Thomas+Hardy"},{"text":"To pursue science is not to disparage the things of the spirit. In fact, to pursue science rightly is to furnish the framework on which the spirit may rise.","author":"Vannevar Bush","tags":["rise","spirit","may "],"id":7706,"author_id":"Vannevar+Bush"},{"text":"I had a chat with May and I had a sweet talk with April but the lovely conversation that left me to ponder was the long talk I had with June. Mathematics came to tell me that May is 3, June is 4 and April is 5. ‘ This should have been the counting order’ Mathematics said to me, and added, if you add 3 and 5 you shall surely get 8 and if you find the mid of 8 you will get 4 which is June. Ask June why the disorder! So I quickly called June and asked, why have you change the order? June said, ‘my brother, in this era, you should least give men things which are in order. Let them ponder and put things in order and they will learn something better’. I had to ponder and wonder. Then June added, those who will ponder to know why I have change the order to be at the mid of the other shall get to the mid of the other and wonder why they are at the mid of the other and end the other in wonder but, those who would never see why they must ponder when they get to the mid of the other to know why I am there shall end the other in disorder. They shall end the other and wander in the end! I was quick to ask June, which other? June calmly said, the twelve disciples of the year. Disciples’? I asked. June quickly said, I mean months! In your journey of life, take a break as you journey and ponder over the journey; June concluded!","author":"Ernest Agyemang Yeboah","tags":["april","arise-and-do-something","awake","disordered-dreamers","dreams","forgetfulness","june","life","may","now-or-never","the-journey-of-life","the-journey-to-success"],"id":7879,"author_id":"Ernest+Agyemang+Yeboah"},{"text":"With copious evidence ranging from Plato's haughtiness to Beethoven's tirades, we may conclude that the most brilliant people of history tend to be a prickly lot.","author":"Stephen Jay Gould","tags":["people","brilliant","may "],"id":11139,"author_id":"Stephen+Jay+Gould"},{"text":"So to recap: we may or may not be going to war with Iraq because Saddam may or may not have weapons of mass destruction, which he may or may not use, or pass to other terrorists groups with whom he may or may not have links.","author":"Rory Bremner","tags":["going","may","which "],"id":15963,"author_id":"Rory+Bremner"},{"text":"Fear not, the people may be deluded for a moment, but cannot be corrupted.","author":"Andrew Jackson","tags":["moment","people","may "],"id":16204,"author_id":"Andrew+Jackson"},{"text":"I don't know what the future may hold, but I know who holds the future.","author":"Ralph Abernathy","tags":["know","may","hold "],"id":19827,"author_id":"Ralph+Abernathy"},{"text":"Failure to put the relationship on a slower timetable may result in an act that was never intended in the first place. Another important principle is to avoid the circumstances where compromise is likely. A girl who wants to preserve her virginity should not find herself in a house or dorm room alone with someone to whom she is attracted. Nor should she single-date with someone she has reason not to trust. A guy who wants to be moral should stay away from the girl he knows would go to bed with him. Remember the words of Solomon to his son, “Keep to a path far from her, do not go near the door of her house” (Proverbs 5:8). I know this advice sounds very narrow in a day when virginity is mocked and chastity is considered old-fashioned. But I don’t apologize for it. The Scriptures are eternal, and God’s standards of right and wrong do not change with the whims of culture. He will honor and help those who are trying to follow His commandments. In fact, the apostle Paul said, “He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear” (1Corinthians 10:13). Hold that promise and continue to use your head. You’ll be glad you did.","author":"James C. Dobson","tags":["1corinthians","act","advice","alone","and","apostle","are","attracted","avoid","away","be","bear","bed","beyond","can","change","chastity","circumstances","commandments","compromise","considered","continue","culture","day","did","do","door","eternal","failure","first","follow","girl","glad","go","god-s","guy","he","head","help","her","him","hold","honor","house","important","intended","is","keep","knows","let","likely","may","mocked","moral","narrow","near","never","not","old-fashioned","path","paul","place","preserve","principle","proberbs","promise","reason","relationship","remeber","result","right","scriptures","she","should","single-date","slower","solomon","someone","son","sounds","standards","stay","tempted","those","to","trust","trying","use","very","virginity","wants","what-you","whims","who","whom","will","with","words","would","wrong","you","you-ll","your"],"id":22652,"author_id":"James+C.+Dobson"},{"text":"Learning to give up on perfection may be just about the most romantic move any of us could make.","author":"Alain de Botton","tags":["romantic","perfection","may "],"id":31211,"author_id":"Alain+de+Botton"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":180,"pages":18,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}