Abe and Durant quotes...

I've started to subscribe to the Quotes of the Day feed (feed here). Today are two great ones:

"When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad, and that is my religion."
- Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865), (attributed)

This is a neat quote. I've never been religious. Most of that comes from being raised by a reformed catholic (mother) and a refugee of the Church of Christ (father). The closest I've ever come to religion that felt "right" was hindu; yoga, karma and the vedas seem so much more "right" and sacred (e.g., the vedas are memorized by young brahmans and there is next to no variation in the text across the large cultural and linguistic differences in India). If Abe said this, I'd be that much more proud of him.

"One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say."
- Will Durant (1885 - 1981)

Ha! Another great quote... close to buddhism and yoga's teaching that your instincts should not be to react, but to consider it all with great weight.