Today is Friday, July 3, the 184th day of 2009. There are 181 days left in the year.

Today is Thursday, July 2, the 183rd day of 2009. There are 182 days left in the year.

Thought for today: I believe in the discipline of silence and can talk for hours about it — George Bernard Shaw, Irish-born playwright (1856-1950).

Thought for today: “A man, after he has brushed off the dust and chips of his life, will have left only the hard, clean question: Was it good or was it evil? Have I done well — or ill?” — John Steinbeck, American author (1902-1968).

Thought for today: “When I was a young man I vowed never to marry until I found the ideal woman. Well, I found her — but, alas, she was waiting for the perfect man.” — Robert Schuman, French statesman (1886-1963).

Thought for today: We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity — romantic love and gunpowder — Andre Maurois, French biographer (1885-1967).

Thought for today: “Suffering without understanding in this life is a heap worse than suffering when you have at least the grain of an idea what it’s all for.” — Mary Ellen Chase, American author (1887-1973).

Thought for today: You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it — Samuel Butler, English satirist (1835-1902).

Thought for today: One has two duties — to be worried and not to be worried — E.M. Forster, British author (1879-1970).

Thought for today: Neither beg of him who has been a beggar, nor serve him who has been a servant — Anonymous.