swami vivekananda

"Whatever you believe, that you will be. If you believe yourselves to be sages, sages you will be tomorrow...

"For if there is one common doctrine that runs through all our apparently fighting and contradictory sects, it is that all glory, power, and purity are within the soul already."

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Lyndon Johnson Day

August 27 every year

Today, the state of Texas (I mean, the former Republic of Texas) celebrates Lyndon Johnson Day.

Before entering politics, Johnson was a teacher. He graduated from Southwest Texas State Teacher’s College and preferred high school to grade school, teaching debate at the former:

“I felt about my students very much like I feel [...]

August 27th, 2009 | Category: August holidays, Other, United States | Leave a comment

Saint Monica

August 27 annually

There is no more pathetic story in the annals of the Saints than that of Monica…
The Catholic Encyclopedia

Take Wilshire Blvd west all the way to the Pacific Ocean, and just before you crash over the cliff above PCH, you will have run over a white statue that serenely overlooks the bay that bears her name.

August 27th, 2009 | Tags: | Category: August holidays, Catholic, Other, Saints Days | One comment