The Great Quotes thread

[Normalguy31]

At home I am a nice guy: but I don't want the world to know. Humble people, I've found, don't get very far.-Muhammad Ali

[Normalguy31]

Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may, as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone.-Albert Einstein

[benevolentcrow]

My Reality Check...Bounced !!!

[phimonic]

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow. (mark twain)

[crosby]

April 11, 2011

"Life is like a landscape. You live in the midst of it, but can describe it only from the vantage point of distance."

-Charles A. Lindbergh (1902-1974)

have a great day.
warmest, corson

[John Parslow]

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear ...

Bible John:1

Love to all. JP :cool:

[phimonic]

there are some nice ones within the gospel of thomas: http://reluctant-messenger.com/gospel-thomas-Stephen_Patterson.htm

[Agape]

There are thousands little wisdoms at the end of thousands little journeys and squares of those numbers and more wisdoms sparking out of them
meeting together , on what's called the Way to Unity ,
valley of tears,
the sacred symbol,
and you have to be one of them...


:alien:

[crosby]

hi phimonic, could you do me the favor of pulling a few out from this link and posting them? my video card is beginning it's last journey on my lap top and everytime i try to go to a link, it crashes. would most appreciate it if you could. oh, and thanks for posting.
warmest regards, corson

agape, thank you. this is very interesting indeed. thank you.

[Gaia]

Friendship with oneself is all-important because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

Eleanor Roosevelt

[Normalguy31]

"Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children."

[guayabal]

After a time, you may find that "having" is not so pleasing a thing, after all, as "wanting". It is not logical, but it is often true.
-- Spock, "Amok Time", stardate 3372.7

[crosby]

Good morning everyone.... all of your quotes are so inspiring. they give me that 'feel good' attitude i need to get my day going in the right direction. i'd like to thank you all for that. have a wonderful avalonian day!

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

"Initiative is doing the right thing without being told."
-Victor Hugo, French writer (1802-1885)

warmest, corson

[benevolentcrow]

‎"What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others" - Pericles

[Lord Sidious]

I know what you're thinking. "Did he fire six shots or only five?" Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?

Well? Do ya?

[John Parslow]

‘Tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson 1809 - 1892


‘Tis better to have loved and lost, than had to pay the marriage cost …

JP :cool:

[benevolentcrow]

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.........Plato

[goldmother]

Build it..... he (or should I say they) will come !!!!!! :hail:

[Normalguy31]

"Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being the greatest of all; too much cleverness and too much learning, accompanied with ill bringing-up, are far more fatal." -Plato

[crosby]

April 13, 2011

"The only graceful way to accept an insult is to ignore it; if you can't ignore it, top it; if you can't top it, laugh at it; if you can't laugh at it, it's probably deserved."
-Russell Lynes, American author (1910-1991)

have a great day everyone.
warmest, corson

[jorr lundstrom]

Im god.

How do I know Im god?

Cos today when I was praying I suddenly realized I was only talking to myself.

George W Bush Sr

[Davidallany]

"Good, good"
Darth sidious.

[rgray222]

"I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success. ...Such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything." (Nikola Tesla)

[Gaia]

"The Eskimos had 52 names for snow because it was important to them," wrote novelist Margaret Atwood. "There ought to be as many for love"

Here are a few that the ancient Greeks devised, according to Lindsay Swope in her review of Richard Idemon's book "Through the Looking Glass" :

Epithemia is the basic need to touch and be touched. Our closest approximation is "horniness," though epithemia is not so much a sexual feeling as a sensual one.

Philia is friendship. It includes the need to admire and respect your friends as a reflection of yourself—like in high school, where you want to hang out with the cool kids because that means you're cool too.

Eros isn't sexual in the way we usually think, but is more about the emotional gratification that comes from merging souls.

Agape is a mature, utterly free expression of love that has no possessiveness. It means wanting the best for another person even if it doesn't advance your self-interest.

[The One]

A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes

[W.C.]

'You’ve monopolized our freedom, stripped away our education, and have almost extinguished our flame. We are hit… we are bleeding… but we ain’t got time to bleed. We will bring the giants to their knees and you will witness our revolution!..'
Jesse Ventura, Letter to the Ruling Class

[benevolentcrow]

The grass is not, in fact, always greener on the other side of the fence. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be.~~~Robert Fulghum

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If there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life, as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life..........Albert Camus

[crosby]

oooh, Camus, such a serious thinker. i like it. have you ever read "The First Man?" it's a very moving chronicle of his childhood in algeria. his daughter translated his notes as he never was able to publish due to his death in a car accident. very lyrical and spontaneous work from him, i believe the best that ever was published by him. any and all quotes from Camus are welcome here anytime........thanks benevolentcrow, great stuff.
warmest regards, corson

i already posted this one, but i truly love it:

"Integrity needs no rules."
-Albert Camus, French author and philosopher (1913-1960)

[phillipbbg]

"Endeavour to find the one behind the many"

[heyokah]

The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.
George Carlin

[guayabal]

I hate quotations.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

[crosby]

morning all. hope you're all having a great day.

Thursday, April 14, 2011

"Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting."
-Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco, British author and poet (1897-1945)

warmest, corson

[Gaia]

Always in motion is the future.

YODA, Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

[John Parslow]

Friendship is Love without his wings!

Lord Byron 1788 - 1824

[benevolentcrow]

“ Let none presume to wear an undeserved dignity. ”

— William Shakespeare

[Lifesong]

"It ain't the heat, its the humility." - Yogi Berra

[benevolentcrow]

“One of the greatest joys known to man is to take a flight into ignorance in search of knowledge” Robert Lynd

[benevolentcrow]

Real, constructive mental power lies in the creative thought that shapes your destiny, and your hour-by-hour mental conduct produces power for change in your life. Develop a train of thought on which to ride. The nobility of your life as well as your happiness depends upon the direction in which that train of thought is going.........Laurence J. Peter

[Normalguy31]

“Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold...”

“One good thing about music, when it hits- you feel no pain”- Robert Nesta Marley

So hit me with music, hit me with music now

[Normalguy31]

"Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free." Jim Morrison

[heyokah]

.... My momma always said, "Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."

Forrest Gump

[starsmoonmtns]

6869

Only after the last tree has been cut down
Only after the last river has been poisoned
Only after the last fish has been caught
only then,
will you find that money cannot be eaten
cree

[crosby]

Friday, April 15, 2011

"Spring makes everything young again except man."
-Jean Paul Richter, German author (1763-1825)

i thought of this quote this morning and realized that spring is in the air, at least here where i live, and in the allegorical sense it is indeed a new beginning for the earth. man seems to accept it as well, even though he continues to mature. hope "springs" eternal. have a wonderful day everyone.
warmest, corson

[Wookie]

Count the freudian slips

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlcE3HVRlRs

Peaceful Journeys Wookie

[Gaia]

How did it get so late so soon ?
It's night before it's afternoon.
December is here before it's June.
My goodness how the time has flewn.
How did it get so late so soon ?

Dr. Seuss

[W.C.]

'...The trick, William Potter, is not minding that it hurts.'
Lawrence of Arabia, Lawrence, 1962

[John Parslow]

Quotes by Winston Churchill - 1874 - 1965

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. 20th August 1940

Give us the tools and we'll finish the job.

This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is perhaps the end of the beginning. 10th November 1942

This is the sort of English up with which I will not put! (In response to not ending sentences with a preposition)

All the best to all. JP :cool:

[John Parslow]

Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he!

Alexander Pope 1688 - 1744
:cool:

[benevolentcrow]

"Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are." Malcolm S. Forbes

[benevolentcrow]

One word
Frees us of all the weight and pain of life:
That word is love.
Sophocles

[W.C.]

'This age passed without having produced a single writer of original genius, or who excelled in the art of elegant composition...The provincials of Rome trained by a uniform artificial education, were engaged in a very unequal competition with those bold ancients who, by expressing their genuine feelings in their native tongue, had already occupied every place of honor.

The name of poet was almost forgotton, that of orator was userped by sophists. A cloud of commentators, critics and compilers, darkened the face of learning and the decline of genius was followed by the corruption of taste.'

Edward Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

[W.C.]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/2006-12-03_Ring_of_love_Edit.jpg

One
basic
truth can
be used as
a foundation for
a mountain of lies,
and if we dig down deep
enough in the mountain of lies,
and bring out that truth, to set it
on top of the mountain of lies; the entire
mountain of lies will crumble under the weight of
that one truth, and there is nothing more devastating to a
structure of lies than the revelation of the truth upon which
the structure of lies was built, because the shock waves of
the revelation of the truth reverberate, and continue to
reverberate throughout the Earth for generations to
follow, awakening even those
people who had no
desire to be
awakened
to the
truth.

Delamer Duverus,
from the start of the book 'Behold a Pale Horse'
♦ ♣

[starsmoonmtns]

6884

“Oh lovers, lovers, it is time
To set out from the world…
Beneath this water-wheel of stars
Your sleep has been heavy.
Observe that heaviness and beware
For life is fragile and quick.
Heart, aim yourself at Love!
Friend, discover the Friend!
Watchman, Wake up! You weren’t put
here to sleep!”

Rumi

[starsmoonmtns]

6885

THE BREEZE AT DAWN HAS SECRETS TO TELL YOU;
DON'T GO BACK TO SLEEP.

YOU MUST ASK FOR WHAT YOU REALLY WANT;
DON'T GO BACK TO SLEEP.

PEOPLE ARE GOING BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE DOORSILL WHERE THE TWO WORLDS TOUCH.

THE DOOR IS ROUND AND OPEN.

DON'T GO BACK TO SLEEP.

~Rumi~

[MariaDine]

«Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.” Arthur Conan Doyle

[starsmoonmtns]

Chaser of a dream

Once there was a dreamer -
She wanted to be -
all there was - was she

She saw herself as many things - someone she was not -
someone she would be

I'll follow you -
take me dream -
I'll close my eyes

Hear the voices in the calling of the night -
i am no where -
you cannot see me -
follow me - chaser of a dream

Chaser of a dream your journey is in sight -
you have my eyes to do your seeking -
come with me - gazers of the moon -
to a place you have never been before

You'll always be everywhere after me -
you can't run -
your moving to slow

Catch me if you can -
before I disappear -
knowing not of others that may follow me -
you'll always be a chaser of a dream...

Inside your eyes -
there's someone else you want to be - once you're there -
it's not quite as it seems -
you want to be more

A chaser of a dream

[starsmoonmtns]

6887

The True Peace

The first peace, which is the most important,
is that which comes within the souls of people
when they realize their relationship,
their oneness, with the universe and all its powers,
and when they realize that at the center
of the universe dwells Wakan-Taka (the Great Spirit),
and that this center is really everywhere, it is within each of us.
This is the real peace, and the others are but reflections of this.
The second peace is that which is made between two individuals,
and the third is that which is made between two nations.
But above all you should understand that there can never
be peace between nations until there is known that true peace,
which, as I have often said, is within the souls of men.

Black Elk, Oglala Sioux & Spiritual Leader (1863 - 1950)

[Ineffable Hitchhiker]

"The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives."
Albert Einstein
:)

[crosby]

good morning everybody......

Saturday, April 16, 2011

"We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it to the full."
-Marcel Proust, French author (1871-1922)

have a grand avalonian day!
warmest, corson

[crosby]

Chaser of a dream

Once there was a dreamer -
She wanted to be -
all there was - was she

She saw herself as many things - someone she was not -
someone she would be

I'll follow you -
take me dream -
I'll close my eyes

Hear the voices in the calling of the night -
i am no where -
you cannot see me -
follow me - chaser of a dream

Chaser of a dream your journey is in sight -
you have my eyes to do your seeking -
come with me - gazers of the moon -
to a place you have never been before

You'll always be everywhere after me -
you can't run -
your moving to slow

Catch me if you can -
before I disappear -
knowing not of others that may follow me -
you'll always be a chaser of a dream...

Inside your eyes -
there's someone else you want to be - once you're there -
it's not quite as it seems -
you want to be more

A chaser of a dream


this is a fantastic poem. i really like it. thanks starsmoonmtns. catches the spirit within us all.
warmest, corson

[starsmoonmtns]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5u4m1bzpUM&feature=player_embedded

Sorry all, to see this video (which is very good) you have to click on the link (Watch on YouTube).... My apologies :eek::eek:! :o

[Gaia]

Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned, everywhere is war and until there are no longer first-class and second-class citizens of any nation, until the color of a man's skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes. And until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race, there is war. And until that day, the dream of lasting peace, world citizenship, rule of international morality, will remain but a fleeting illusion to be pursued, but never attained... Now everywhere is war.

Popularized by Bob Marley in the song "War"

Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia quotes (Ethiopian Emperor and Social Reformer(1930–1974) of Ethiopia, 1892-1975
He is the religious symbol for God incarnate among the Rastafari movement.)

http://youtu.be/fFvuo41AoMU

[benevolentcrow]

"In a time of universal deceit, truth-telling becomes a revolutionary act." George Orwell, from James Redfield's The Twelfth Insight: The Hour of Decision

[Normalguy31]

Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned, everywhere is war and until there are no longer first-class and second-class citizens of any nation, until the color of a man's skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes. And until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race, there is war. And until that day, the dream of lasting peace, world citizenship, rule of international morality, will remain but a fleeting illusion to be pursued, but never attained... Now everywhere is war.

Popularized by Bob Marley in the song "War"
Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia quotes (Ethiopian Emperor and Social Reformer(1930–1974) of Ethiopia, 1892-1975
He is the religious symbol for God incarnate among the Rastafari movement.)

http://youtu.be/fFvuo41AoMU

My favorite bob marley verse ever. I didn't know he wasn't the original author, great post thanks, and much love!

[benevolentcrow]

"A prudent man foresees the difficulties ahead and prepares for them;
the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences." - Proverbs 22:3

[Jake]

"What you believe becomes reality, according to the degree in which you believe it."
"There is an inseparability between the observer and the observed"
"As above, So below"
"I AM"

[SKAWF]

look sir humphrey, whatever we ask the minister, he says is an administrative question for you,
and whatever we ask you, you say is a policy question for the minister,
how do you suggest we find out whats going on?


'ahhh yes yes yes, i DO see that there IS a real dilemma here, in that....
while it has been goverment practice to regard 'policy' as the responsibilty of ministers,
and 'administration' as the responsibilty of officials,
the question of 'administrative policy' can cause confusion between, the policy of administration,
and the administration of policy.
especially when responsibilty for the administration of the policy of administration,
conflicts or overlaps with....
responsibilty for the policy of the administration of policy'

(sir humphrey appleby - yes minister)

[crosby]

Good morning everyone, here is today's quote:

"Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate."
-Dr. Thomas F. Jones Jr., (1916-1981)

have a beautiful day. -corson

[Lord Sidious]

There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefited.
Sun Tzu

[crosby]

There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefited.
Sun Tzu

and that my friends, is an absolute.
corson

[John Parslow]

For what can War but endless war still breed?

John Milton 1608 - 1674

[Ineffable Hitchhiker]

After the game,
the king and the pawn go into the same box.





http://i52.tinypic.com/14m6ia0.jpg

[Gaia]

The secret of life, said sculptor Henry Moore to poet Donald Hall, is to have a task, something you devote your entire life to, something you bring everything to, every minute of the day for your whole life. And the most important thing is, it must be something you cannot possibly do.

[ViralSpiral]

Hobbes : "Do you think there's a God?
Calvin : "Well somebody's out to get me!"



http://www.thomasarchergroup.com/fridayfunnies/AnimatedCalvinAndHobbes.gif

[KosmicKat]

The secret of life, said sculptor Henry Moore to poet Donald Hall, is to have a task, something you devote your entire life to, something you bring everything to, every minute of the day for your whole life. And the most important thing is, it must be something you cannot possibly do.

Or as I still say sometimes:

It's only impossible until it's been done;)

[benevolentcrow]

You were not born a winner, and you were not born a loser. You are what you make yourself to be.

[benevolentcrow]

"Your thoughts and beliefs of the past have created this moment, and all the moments up to this moment. What you are now choosing to believe and think and say will create the next moment and the next day and the next month and the next year." Louise Hay

From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own..........Publilius Syrus

[Normalguy31]

"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke; thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming 'Wow, what a ride!'" - Hunter S Thompson

[W.C.]

Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such purpose, and you allow him to make war at pleasure. Study to see if you can fix any limit to his power in this respect, after having given him so much as you propose. If to-day he should choose to say he thinks it necessary to invade Canada to prevent the British from invading us, how could you stop him? You may say to him, — "I see no probability of the British invading us"; but he will say to you, "Be silent: I see it, if you don't."

To provision of the Constitution giving the war making power to Congress was dictated, as I understand it, by the following reasons: Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object. This our convention understood to be the most oppressive of all kingly oppressions, and they resolved to so frame the Constitution that no one man should hold the power of bringing this oppression upon us.

Abraham Lincoln, 1848

[benevolentcrow]

We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them...........Cato the Elder

[crosby]

Hello everybody, good day to you all.

Monday April 18, 2011

"In the time of your life, live - so that in that wondrous time you shall not add to the misery and sorrows of the world, but shall smile to the infinite variety and mystery of it."
-William Saroyan, American author (1908-1981)

have a fantastic day everyone.
warmest, corson

[John Parslow]

He hath awakened from the dream of life -
‘Tis we, who lost in stormy visions, keep
With phantoms an unprofitable strife,
And in mad trance, strike with our spirit’s knife
Invulnerable nothings …

Percy Blysshe Shelley 1792 - 1822

Best regards to all. JP :cool:

[Gaia]

Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.

Aristotle

[crosby]

hello everybody.....here is the quote for today:

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

"Always remember others may hate you, but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself."
-Richard M. Nixon, 37th U.S. President (1913-1994)

i think this quote fits with sending good loving vibes out there into the world, not acquiescing to the demands of the ptw.....
keep the love and light levels high. keep the vibrations on the rise.....
warmest regards, corson

[Gaia]

Women need a reason to have sex. Men just need a place.

Billy Crystal

[Normalguy31]

"The man who has begun to live more seriously within begins to live more simply without."-Ernest Hemingway

[crosby]

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

today's quote:

"Half the world's suffering is caused by earnest messages contained in 'grand theories' bearing no relation to reality: marxism and no fault insurance to name two......."

-P.J. O'Rourke - American political satarist, (1947 - )

i love p.j. o'rourke's dry humor. his writings leave me in stitches while at the same time imprinting an astounding message to carry forward.
warmest, corson

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"The man who has begun to live more seriously within begins to live more simply without."-Ernest Hemingway

Normalquy31, i love Hemingway. a classic writer, who's usage of simple syntax and symantics (sp) has indeed left an indelible mark on our society and history itself. thank you.
warmest, corson

[benevolentcrow]

"Easter says you can put truth in a grave, but it won't stay there." Clarence W. Hall

[benevolentcrow]

“The other day when I was walking through the woods, I saw a rabbit standing in front of a candle making shadows of people on a tree.” Stephan Wright

[benevolentcrow]

The year's at the spring
And day's at the morn;
Morning's at seven;
The hillside's dew-pearled;
The lark's on the wing;
The snail's on the thorn;
God's in His heaven -
All's right with the world!
~Robert Browning

[Ineffable Hitchhiker]

http://i53.tinypic.com/j7umnd.jpg

[jjl]

"Kings are condemned to be weary in utter loneliness."

[crosby]

benevolentcrow, your bunnies are totally adorable. puts a BIG smile on my face today. thank you.
warmest, corson

[benevolentcrow]

benevolentcrow, your bunnies are totally adorable. puts a BIG smile on my face today. thank you.
warmest, corson

Just for you Corson!

[Normalguy31]

"Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience." -Eric Hoffer

[crosby]

Thursday, April 21, 2011

"A beautiful soul has no other merit than its' own existence."
-Friedrich von Schiller, German author (1759 - 1805)

"A beautiful soul is the most definable aspect of each human being. A pure string of glory captured in the heart and the eyes of the decent and compassionate." -corson

have a beautiful, soulful day my friends.
warmest regards, corson

[ViralSpiral]

Advice for the day: If you have a headache, do what it says on the aspirin bottle: Take two, and KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN.

[crosby]

Advice for the day: If you have a headache, do what it says on the aspirin bottle: Take two, and KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN.

i l i k e it....... very wise advice indeed.
warmest, corson

[Gaia]

At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once on this earth; and by no extraordinary chance will such a marvelously picturesque piece of diversity in unity as he is, ever be put together a second time.

Friedrich Nietzsche

[crosby]

At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once on this earth; and by no extraordinary chance will such a marvelously picturesque piece of diversity in unity as he is, ever be put together a second time.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Neitzsche was indeed a 'quotable' fellow. his theories on life and the human psyche can be simple to one extreme and down right baffling at the other end of the spectrum. however, i enjoy his works and try to keep up reading more about him, his life, and his philosophical outlook. thank you my friend for being such a 'unique' being on this forum.
warmest hearts and gratitude to you, corson

[Isostool]

"Never take an idiot with you; you'll always find one when you get there."

Billy Connolly

[Gaia]

At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once on this earth; and by no extraordinary chance will such a marvelously picturesque piece of diversity in unity as he is, ever be put together a second time.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Neitzsche was indeed a 'quotable' fellow. his theories on life and the human psyche can be simple to one extreme and down right baffling at the other end of the spectrum. however, i enjoy his works and try to keep up reading more about him, his life, and his philosophical outlook. thank you my friend for being such a 'unique' being on this forum.
warmest hearts and gratitude to you, corson

Nietzsche, this unforgettable warrior of reflection, knowing juggle, the supreme dimension of each, and the role of humility in our actions. In his valiant battle against falacieuses values ​​of good and evil, he argued vehemently and a clear conscience, that the divine is not in adherence to a surface figure, but rather, perhaps, a perception of itself, in this temporal order is known to exist.

His mind, like so many others, is a scout, extending the paths of ''Con-birth'' and its limits, pushing beliefs offered to lead us astray. And like many other spirits emancipated, he cleared some brush from ossified dogmas obscuring our thoughts. A great man !

Have a great day
Gaia

[benevolentcrow]

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does...........William James

"All my life, I always wanted to be somebody. Now I see that I should have been more specific." Jane Wagner, The Search For Intelligent Life In The Universe, performed by Lily Tomlin

[Gajanana]

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy. (Hamlet Act 1, scene 5)

There is something rotten in the state of Denmark.

"muslim headscarves are equal to the nazi swastika" Søren Krarup - danish priest.

[Ba-ba-Ra]

You may as well be yourself, everyone else is taken. Oscar Wilde

[crosby]

You may as well be yourself, everyone else is taken. Oscar Wilde

or as Kurt Vonnegut said, "We are what we pretend to be so we must be careful what we pretend to be."
regards, corson

[W.C.]

‎'You see only the productions of second-rate folk who are in a hurry to get wealth and fame. The true knowledge, the deadly knowledge, is still kept secret. But, believe me, my friend, it is there.'
John Buchan, 1916

[crosby]

Friday, April 22, 2011

"There are two cardinal sins from which all the others spring: impatience and laziness."
-Franz Kafka, Czech author (1883-1924)

a happy friday morning to all. enjoy your easter holiday weekend.
warmest, corson

[Gaia]

These teachings are like a raft, to be abandoned once you have crossed the flood.
Since you should abandon even good states of mind generated by these teachings,
How much more so should you abandon bad states of mind !


Conquer the angry man by love.
Conquer the ill-natured man by goodness.
Conquer the miser with generosity.
Conquer the liar with truth.

The Dhammapada

[W.C.]

How small man is on this little atom where he dies! But how great his intelligence! He knows when the face of the stars must be masked in darkness, when the comets will return after thousands of years, he who lasts only an instant! A microscopic insect lost in a fold of the heavenly robe, the orbs cannot hide from him a single one of their movements in the depth of space. What destinies will those stars, new to us, light? Is their revelation bound up with some new phase of humanity? You will know, race to be born; I know not, and I am departing.
François-René de Chateaubriand, 1850

[benevolentcrow]

"Tomb, thou shalt not hold Him longer;
Death is strong, but Life is stronger;
Stronger than the dark, the light;
Stronger than the wrong, the right..."
Phillips Brooks, "An Easter Carol"

[John Parslow]

With Bill’s latest thread in mind …

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

Samuel Johnson 1709 - 1784

Love to all. JP :cool:

[MariaDine]

http://hautetoday.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/hautetoday_quote_oscarwilde.jpg?w=420&h=169]

Namasté

[John Parslow]

The having made a young girl miserable may give you frequent bitter reflection; none of which can attend the making of an old woman happy.

Benjamin Franklin 1706 - 1790

Love to all. JP :cool:

[Ba-ba-Ra]

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul, can always depend on the support of Paul.

George Bernard Shaw

[Gaia]

Most people outside of America won't get it. It's the Easter bunny. It's another lie and I don't understand why we had to invent this character.

Todd Rundgren

[benevolentcrow]

"All I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt!" Lucy Van Pelt, "Peanuts"

[W.C.]

I keep six honest serving-men:
(They taught me all I knew)
Their names are What and Where and When
And How and Why and Who.
Rudyard Kipling, 1902

[Calz]

I have no "quote" this time (I have submitted a few on this thread).

I offer corson first place in starting a thread that can never end :)

:first:

[ViralSpiral]

http://www.sarnolson.com/soc/QuoteMayaAngelou.gif

[crosby]

Good morning my friends.....i hope your all enjoying the day. and thank you C_A for the trophy....that is a very sweet gesture indeed.

'I have no "quote" this time (I have submitted a few on this thread).

I offer corson first place in starting a thread that can never end'

Saturday April 23, 2011

"I venture to suggest that patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime."
-Adlai E. Stevenson, American statetsman (1900-1965)

i chose this quote today because of the total chaos within all of our governments at this time. it is a serious problem. when the infrastructure begins to break down we need all that we can get to make it through another day. i say remember this quote, be a patriot of cause, know the difference between right and wrong, good and bad judgments, make this a dedication for yourself. be your own patriot. be the 'steady dedicated' person to bring peace and light into this world.
warmest regards, corson

[Gaia]

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.

Buddha

[benevolentcrow]

"Ever felt an angel's breath in the gentle breeze? A teardrop in the falling rain? Hear a whisper amongst the rustle of leaves? Or been kissed by a lone snowflake? Nature is an angel's favorite hiding place." Carrie Latet

[crosby]

happy easter too everyone here at avalon. i hope that everyone has the opportunity to spend the day with family and friends and relax, have a good meal and be at ease.

Sunday, April 24, 2011

"Verily, when the day of judgment comes, we shall not be asked what we have read, but what we have done."
-Thomas a Kempis, German theologian (1380-1471)

"The truth is all things seen under the form of eternity."
-George Santayana, Spanish-American philosopher (1863-1952)

"may peace of mind and heart be with you today and all days." -corson

happy easter everyone.
warmest regards, corson

[Gaia]

Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds, cannot change anything.

George Bernard Shaw

http://www.about-personal-growth.com/image-files/change-poster.jpg

[benevolentcrow]

Nothing that is can pause or stay;
The moon will wax, the moon will wane,
The mist and cloud will turn to rain,
The rain to mist and cloud again,
Tomorrow be today.
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

[Franny]

Talking to someone who wonʻt listen and spouts mindless rhetoric is tantamount to riding a tricycle to work. It takes too long, itʻs too tiring and itʻs for children anyway.

Donʻt remember where I saw it, just wrote it down a few years ago :)

What are you going to believe? What we tell you or what you see with your own two eyes? ~ Attr. Groucho Marks

Youʻd pay to know what you really think. ~ Bob Dobbs

Go ahead and cry, you wonʻt have to pee as much. ~ Zeldaʻs grandmother

[ViralSpiral]

Listened intently for the Sound of One Hand Clapping ... only to hear the sound of the other hand Whacking me Upside the Head! Calz_Avaretard


http://www.amperordirect.com/mm5/website_v3/images/emoticons/chuckle.gif

[benevolentcrow]

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat....Theodore Roosevelt

[Franny]

If we do not believe in freedom of speech for those we despise, we do not believe in it at all. ~ Noam Chomski

In a time of universal deceit, speaking the truth is a revolutionary act. ~ George Orwell

...and when we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcome, but when we are silent we are still afraid. So it is better to speak remembering we were never meant to survive. ~ Audie Lorde

[benevolentcrow]

Just try not to smile...

[crosby]

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

"The human heart dares not stay away too long from that which hurt it most. There is a return journey to anguish that few of us are released from making."
-Lillian Smith, American writer-social critic (1897-1966)

have a great day everyone.
warmest, corson

[Calz]

She who starts a "QUOTE of the Day" thread will initiate something as everlasting as "the Ego" by "his Greyness".

by ... me ... just now

[Normalguy31]

"A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." -Margaret Mead

[crosby]

thanks C_A....... very clever indeed.
warmest, corson

thank you NormalGuy, i agree 100% with this quote.
-corson

[ViralSpiral]

http://c.shld.net/rpx/i/s/pi/mp/1434/244108414p?src=http%3A%2F%2Fzeusd1.shopzeus.com%2Fgetimage.php%3Fsku%3Dzeusd1-KIMR-2452520&d=3a5dabe1aeb2bbdede893a0377ce397a4cb32424

[Gaia]

In life, many thoughts are born in the course of a moment, an hour, a day. Some are dreams, some visions. Often, we are unable to distinguish between them. To some, they are the same; however, not all dreams are visions. Much energy is lost in fanciful dreams that never bear fruit. But visions are messages from the Great Spirit, each for a different purpose in life. Consequently, one person's vision may not be that of another. To have a vision, one must be prepared to receive it, and when it comes, to accept it. Thus when these inner urges become reality, only then can visions be fulfilled. The spiritual side of life knows everyone's heart and who to trust. How could a vision ever be given to someone to harbor if that person could not be trusted to carry it out. The message is simple: commitment precedes vision.

High Eagle

[crosby]

Gaia that was truly inspirational. thank you so much.

Wednesday April 27, 2011

"One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible."
-Henry Brooks Adams, American historian and author (1838-1918)

have a great day everyone.
warmest, corson

[Lifesong]

"Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves" - Italian Proverb

"Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude." - William James

"i can be changed by what happens to me. but i refuse to be reduced by it." - Maya Angelou

[benevolentcrow]

May the Creator watch over you...

[Flyswim]

'What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence.'

Wittgenstein (Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus)

[MorningSong]

When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that
oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made
under pressure" ~Peter Marshall

lol to all ;)

[W.C.]

'In the beginning, there was the void, teeming with infinite possibilities... of which, you are one.'
What the bleep do we know, opening sequence

[Franny]

You canʻt have a planet of Christ-like beings running around. They donʻt pay taxes and theyʻre completely unmanageable. ~ William Henry

[crosby]

Thursday April 28, 2011

"It is right noble to fight with wickedness and wrong; the mistake is in supposing that spiritual evil can be overcome by physical means."
-Lydia Marie Child, American author (1802-1880)

this quote made me think of all of our efforts to quash the ptw..... sometimes, you have to fight dirty to win big.... i say go for their minds....
have a great day - corson

[Gaia]

We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act. Joy follows them like a shadow that never leaves them.

Buddha

[benevolentcrow]

I love this

[ViralSpiral]

Saw this today in a.n.other thread...



let passion be your compass. joy be your guide. synchronicity your signposts. the jigsaw is always unclear at the start.


thats works for me....

[Tony]

Competitive Compassion.

[Franny]

Steep thyself in a bowlful of summertime. ~ Homer

Came across this one about 20 years ago. Since then Iʻve greatly enjoyed the idea of being ʻsteepedʻ in a big bowlful of sunshiny summertime. Sounds rather magical.

[Lord Sidious]

Steep thyself in a bowlful of summertime. ~ Homer

Came across this one about 20 years ago. Since then Iʻve greatly enjoyed the idea of being ʻsteepedʻ in a big bowlful of sunshiny summertime. Sounds rather magical.

I hope it isn't summertime from western australia. Sometimes it is that hot you gotta watch out for a red guy with a pitchfork.

[Franny]

I hope it isn't summertime from western australia. Sometimes it is that hot you gotta watch out for a red guy with a pitchfork.

I can relate, I spent several summers in US southern states. You canʻt ignore temps of 115F/48C + esp with 90-100% humidity.

[Gaia]

The mere possession of a vision is not the same as living it, nor can we encourage others with it if we do not, ourselves, understand and follow its truths. The pattern of the Great Spirit is over us all, but if we follow our own spirits from within, our pattern becomes clearer. For centuries, others have sought their visions. They prepare themselves, so that if the Creator desires them to know their life's purpose, then a vision would be revealed. To be blessed with visions is not enough...We must live them !

High Eagle

[benevolentcrow]

A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease. Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings, while incense is ever flowing from the balsam bells and leaves. No wonder the hills and groves were God's first temples, and the more they are cut down and hewn into cathedrals and churches, the farther off and dimmer seems the Lord himself. ~John Muir

[crosby]

i was just over at TimelessDimensions "I'm so lonely" thread, and i thought of this quote:

Friday, April 29, 2011

"Don't forget to love yourself."
-Soren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (1813-1855)

and this one:

"We do not attach ourselves lastingly to anything that has not cost us care, labor or longing."
-Honore de Balzac, French dramatist (1799-1850)

i've found since i became a member here at avalon, that there is a lot of love going around. enough for everyone. i hope that TimelessDimensions can feel that we all care deeply about each other here on this forum. life and love and the struggle eternal will go on into infinity, but at this moment, here, today, we are all loved, and we indeed all have love and compassion for everyone that is not only here, but in our everyday lives as well. have a loving day fellow avalonians.
warmest love and regards, corson

[Normalguy31]

"Don't forget to stop, and smell the flowers sweetheart"-My great grandmother

[Lord Sidious]

"Don't forget to stop, and smell the flowers sweetheart"-My great grandmother

That is excellent advice.

[loveandgratitude]

Artificial Intelligence usually beats real stupidity

[Mike Gorman]

"Remember, when you gaze long into the Abyss, the Abyss also gazes into you"

One of my old favorite quotes from that Scallywag-Friedrich Nietzsche -it reminded me as an Adolescent to lighten up a little.
I was a very serious adolescent, prone to black depressions.

[Franny]

"Don't forget to stop, and smell the flowers sweetheart"-My great grandmother

Good one. Itʻs spring and I stopped and smelled a lot of flowers today while walking; paperwhite narcissus, lilac, Julia child rose, alyssum, Baby Blue Eyes (No smell), red clover, cherry blossoms and the freshness of new growth. Quite wonderful.

[Franny]

Sometimes I go about pitying myself,
And all the time
Iʻm being carried on great winds
across the sky.

Chippewa poem

[loveandgratitude]

"If I were reincarnated, I would wish to be returned to earth as a killer virus to lower the human population levels.." -- Prince Phillip of Great Britain, World Wildlife Fund

[crosby]

"If I were reincarnated, I would wish to be returned to earth as a killer virus to lower the human population levels.." -- Prince Phillip of Great Britain, World Wildlife Fund

"if i am reincarnated i am coming back as the greatest anti-viral med ever produced. that way, small minded pricks such as this will never have a chance." -corson

Saturday April 30, 2011

"Human beings are the only creatures who are able to behave irrationally in the name of reason."
-Ashley Montagu, English anthropologist

have a great day everyone.
warmest regards, corson

[manny]

good advice

never eat yellow snow;)

[perfectresonance]

Artificial Intelligence usually beats real stupidity

No sooner have I made something Idiot-proof, and they go and invent a better idiot!

[Gaia]

good advice

never eat yellow snow;)

I love your silly mind !

[W.C.]

'There is great disorder under heaven, the situation is excellent.'
Mao Zedong

[benevolentcrow]

All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.
Beatrix Potter

[crosby]

i really love the works of Beatrix Potter. what a gifted woman. my children loved her stories as they were growing up. they make the day, happier.
thank you benevolentcrow, very lovely.

Sunday May 1, 2011

"Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."
-John Donne, British poet (1572-1631)

have a lovely "Beatrix Potter" day everyone.
warmest regards, corson

[jjl]

worrying isn't planning.

[benevolentcrow]

Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value..........Albert Einstein

[benevolentcrow]

i really love the works of Beatrix Potter. what a gifted woman. my children loved her stories as they were growing up. they make the day, happier.
thank you benevolentcrow, very lovely.

Sunday May 1, 2011

have a lovely "Beatrix Potter" day everyone.
warmest regards, corson


Love the movie Beatrix Potter with Renée Zellweger. I have watched it many times!

[Gaia]

For the last time... This quotes is for you Corson:

Somebody comes to you and they're all distraught over some circumstance. And then you look at the circumstance and you try to solve the circumstance. When you don't need to solve the circumstance, nor do they ! You just need to soothe the way they feel about the circumstance.When you soothe the way they feel about the circumstance, the circumstance will resolve itself.

Gaia

sending you my private email adress:)

[benevolentcrow]

For you Gaia...

How do geese know when to fly to the sun?
Who tells them the seasons?
How do we, humans know when it is time to move on?
As with the migrant birds, so surely with us,
there is a voice within if only we would listen to it,
that tells us certainly when to go forth into the unknown.
- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

[Gaia]

"Don't forget to stop, and smell the flowers sweetheart"-My great grandmother

Only for you Normalguy31

Only the gentle are ever really strong.

James Dean

[Gaia]

I gotta stop killing all the people that piss me off, I am running out of room to bury the bodies.
Uncle Sidious.

For you Uncle Sidious:

Death is a natural part of life. Rejoice for those around you who transform into the Force.

YODA, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

[Gaia]

For you Gaia...

How do geese know when to fly to the sun?
Who tells them the seasons?
How do we, humans know when it is time to move on?
As with the migrant birds, so surely with us,
there is a voice within if only we would listen to it,
that tells us certainly when to go forth into the unknown.
- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Merci Benevolentcrow:)

The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart !

Gaia

I'm going to miss your threads my friend:(

[Lord Sidious]

I gotta stop killing all the people that piss me off, I am running out of room to bury the bodies.
Uncle Sidious.

For you Uncle Sidious:

Death is a natural part of life. Rejoice for those around you who transform into the Force.

YODA, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

That is very much like the advice I give to people who mourn their lost.
There is no need to mourn for the lost, they are finally free.

By the way, are you leaving us or something?

[crosby]

for Gaia:

"We only part to meet again, tho mighty boundless waves may sever; Remembrance oft shall bring thee near ~ and with thee i will go forever~
And oft at midnights silent hour, while brilliant planets guide the ocean, thy name shall rise to heaven's stars ~and mingle with my souls' devotion."
-Edgar Allan Poe

i will miss you much dear sweet friend.
warmest, corson

[MariaDine]

Some threads are just humorous... :)

«The liar at any rate recognizes that recreation, not instruction, is the aim of conversation, and is a far more civilised being than the blockhead who loudly expresses his disbelief in a story which is told simply for the amusement of the company.« Oscar Wilde

Namasté

[W.C.]

They trapped the Lion on the plain;
They weighted his limbs with an iron chain;
They cried aloud in the trumpet-blast,
They cried, 'The Lion is caged at last!'
Woe to the cities of river and plain
If ever the Lion stalks again.
OLD BALLAD

[John Parslow]

Hello Gaia


Good-night, good-night! Parting is such sweet sorrow
That I shall say good-night ‘till it be tomorrow …

Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet

Come back soon. JP :cool:

[crosby]

Tuesday May 3, 2011

"No human creature can give orders to love."
-George Sand, French author (1804-1876)

i hope everyone has a beautiful day.
warmest, corson

[benevolentcrow]

Sing it out loud
Sing it in your name
Sing it like you're proud
Sing the healing game
Sing it out loud

Sing the healing game
Sing it in your name

Van Morrison

[crosby]

Van Morrison ----- magnificent.

"We were born before the wind~
also younger than the sun,
Ere the bonnie boat was won~
as we sailed into the mystic.

Hark now hear the sailors cry~
smell the sea and feel the sky,
Let your soul and spirit fly~
into the mystic.........

warmest, corson

[Lifesong]

Pray for the World
That men might wake
With thoughts of Peace.

Pray for the World
That children shall live
With food to eat.

Pray that men will see
That the earth is theirs
And their brother's too.

Pray for the World
Pray
Pray.
- Robert Eblin


Like Martha
reason is troubled
and complains
of many things;
like Mary
faith sits silent
and listens
at the feet of Love.
-Edward A. Gioeggler


Talk not of strength,
till your heart has known
And fought with weakness
through long hours alone.

Talk not of virtue,
till your conquering soul
Has met temptation
and gained full control.

Boast not of garments,
all unscorched by sin,
Till you have passed unscathed
through fires within.
- Author Unknown

[Mike]

this is a cool thread Corson! lightweight maybe, but a very well-timed lightweight. i think we need a few less serious threads around here from time to time.

there are so many...

"I drink to make other people more interesting." Ernest Hemingway
"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That'll teach you to keep your mouth shut." Hemingway

Charles Bukowski on people: "I don't hate them. I just feel better when they're not around."
"You have to die a few times before you can really live." Bukowski
"What matters most is how well you walk through the fire." Bukowski
"If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose." Bukowski

[crosby]

Bukowski, what a tough man..... lots of great words from him though. here's a few more:

"Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead."

"The free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it - basically because you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them."

"I stopped looking for a dream girl, I just wanted one that wasn't a nightmare."

great stuff. i enjoy reading him. he makes me laugh and think.
regards, corson

[Franny]

Upon considering the reaction by some folks on the latest death of bin Laden...

Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices. ~ Voltaire

“I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

[crosby]

Upon considering the reaction by some folks on the latest death of bin Laden...

Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices. ~ Voltaire

“I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

fantastic. i love Voltaire. and MLK, Jr., in the same post, kudos..... you made it work. beautiful. thank you everybody who has contributed for the last two days, Gaia is leaving and i would like to leave her with this:

"With evey true friendship, we build more firmly the foundations on which the peace of the whole world rests."
-Mahatma Gandhi, Peace loving human (1869-1948)

love to you and yours Gaia, missing you much, kim

[benevolentcrow]

"The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize that at the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit, and that this center is really everywhere, it is within each of us."
Black Elk

[John Parslow]

Hello all, not so much a quote as a song lyric but I thought it would go down well here ...


"Love In Mind"

Woke up this morning
with love in mind
It was raining outside
but my love still shined
Kept me warm
till my plane touched the sky

And I've seen love
make a fool of a man
He tried to make a loser win.
But I've got nothing to lose
I can't get back again.

Man made rules
been holdin' back my love
Can't hold it back no more.
Churches long preach sex is wrong
Jesus where is nature gone?
What am I doing here?
What am I doing here?
What am I doing here?

Woke up this morning
with love in mind
It was raining outside
but my love still shined
Kept me warm
till my plane touched the sky

Love and peace to all. JP :cool:

[crosby]

hello everyone, here is today's quote:

Wednesday May 4, 2011
"In every person, even in such as appear most reckless, there is an inherent desire to attain balance."
-Jakob Wassermann, German author (1873-1934)

i hope you all had a great day.
warmest, corson

[Deedee]

Now there is one outstandingly important fact regarding Spaceship Earth, and that is that no instruction book came with it.
R. Buckminster Fuller, Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth, 1963
US architect & engineer (1895 - 1983)

[Franny]

My eyes already touch the sunny hill,
Going ahead of the road I have begun.
So we are grasped by what we cannot grasp,
It has itʻs inner light, even from a distance -
And changes us, even if we do not reach it.
Into something else, which hardly,
Sensing it, we already are;
A gesture waves us on, answering
our own wave...
But what we feel is the wind in our faces.
Rainer M. Rilke

Itʻs hard to describe just what this means, but you can feel it.

Goodnight everyone...

[ViralSpiral]

Loved that Latte! Thanks. Good morning ;)

     
“When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.”

[crosby]

Latte, i love Rilke's work. quite fascinating. thank you for the post. there is a certain warmth to his prose that isn't captured easily.
regards, corson

Thursday May 5, 2011

"All the soarings in my mind begin in my blood."
-Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian Poet (1875-1926)

have a great day everyone.

[benevolentcrow]

"While we try to teach our children all about life,
Our children teach us what life is all about." Angela Schwindt

[benevolentcrow]

Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them - every day begin the task anew...........Saint Francis de Sales

[Bill Ryan]

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One of my favorites:


-- What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?
Dr Robert Schuller
And another: :)


-- Until one is committed there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favour all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way.


W H Murray
The Scottish Himalayan Expedition 1950

[sandy]

Hi,

I love this from Jimi Hendrix

When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace

[divine_moments_of_truth]

Life is meant to be spent, not saved

[crosby]

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One of my favorites:


-- What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?
Dr Robert Schuller
And another: :)


-- Until one is committed there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favour all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way.


W H Murray
The Scottish Himalayan Expedition 1950

Thank you indeed, Mr. Bill Ryan. i am so glad that you popped in to visit our little gathering here. and i want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for posting a very philosophical quote. i found another by Mr. Murray that you may enjoy:

"Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it."
W.H. Murray

thanks again, and come around and visit anytime.
warmest regards, corson

[Normalguy31]

"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning." -Albert Einstein

[crosby]

morning everyone. hope everyone has a fine day.

Saturday May 7, 2011

"Marriage is a lottery in which men stake their liberty and women their happiness."
Madame Virginie de Rieux, 16th-century French writer.

have a great day everyone.
warmest, corson

[benevolentcrow]

For all the Mothers out there, Happy Mother's Day

"The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new." Rajneesh

[W.C.]

'If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your own estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.'
Marcus Aurelius

[crosby]

hi everyone. here is today's quote:

Sunday May 8, 2011

"Sin cannot be undone, only forgiven."
-Igor Stravinsky, Russian-born composer (1882-1971)

~and

"I am in the present - I cannot know what tomorrow will bring forth. I can only know what the truth is for me today. That is what I am called upon to serve, and I serve it in all lucidity."

i was listening to his 'symphony in three' music last night and thought he would be great to carry forth into today. have a great day everyone.
warmest regards, corson

[Lord Sidious]

Im nin'alu daltei n'divim daltei marom lo nin'alu
Even if the gates of the rich will be closed, the gates of heaven will never be closed.
Rabbi Shalom Shabazi




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tukwPSOZDow

[W.C.]

'You are so terribly nimble, so clever. I distrust your cleverness. You make a wonderful pattern, everything is in its place, it looks convincingly clear, too clear. And meanwhile, where are you? Not on the clear surface of your ideas, but you have already sunk deeper, into darker regions, so that one only thinks one has been given all your thoughts, one only imagines you have emptied yourself in that clarity. But there are layers and layers — you're bottomless, unfathomable. Your clearness is deceptive. You are the thinker who arouses most confusion in me, most doubt, most disturbance.'
Anaïs Nin

[manny]

never judge your neighbour until you have walk a mile in his shoe,s.

from the guy with no shoes.

[benevolentcrow]

Remembering those that gave us life.

[W.C.]

You will make all kinds of mistakes; but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you cannot hurt the world or even seriously distress her.
Churchill, 1930

[benevolentcrow]

Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth...........Franklin D. Roosevelt

[Gaia]

Sorry, I couldn't resist !

Choice implies consciousness a high degree of consciousness. Without it, you have no choice. Choice begins the moment you disidentify from the mind and its conditioned patterns, the moment you become present....Nobody chooses dysfunction, conflict, pain. Nobody chooses insanity. They happen because there is not enough presence in you to dissolve the past, not enough light to dispel the darkness. You are not fully here. You have not quite woken up yet. In the meantime, the conditioned mind is running your life.

Eckhart Tolle

[crosby]

ahhh, my dearest friend, so nice to see you back. thank you for the Eckhart Tolle quote.

Monday May 9, 2011

"Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the NOW the primary focus of your life."
-Eckhart Tolle, German author (1948 - )

his quotes are so heartfelt and desirable. he makes you feel before you 'feel' the need to think.
have a great day everyone, corson

[ketikoti]

"If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years there’d be a shortage of sand."
Milton Friedman

[benevolentcrow]

Believe with all your heart that how you live your life makes a difference.
Colin Beavan

[Thefrenzy1978]

Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. - Malcolm X

[The One]

A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man

[Jake]

You will see it, when you believe it.

[Gaia]

I think there’s an invisible principle of living too. If we believe we’re guided through every step of our lives, we are. It’s a lovely sight, watching it work.

Richard Bach

[ViralSpiral]

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[crosby]

hey all, here is the quote of the day:

Wednesday May 11, 2011

"Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary and everyday mode of consciousness being busy and lively and unconcerned with self."
-Iris Murdoch, Irish born author (1919-1999)

"Happiness is a way station between too much and too little."
-Channing Pollock, American author and dramatist (1880-1946)

hope everyone has a 'happy' day.
warmest, corson

[Gaia]

- Compassion comes from the root words “to suffer with,” and for that reason many people actually fear it.


- Compassion is one of the most honoured and saintly feelings because it marches up to the front lines of suffering and says, “Take me.” In this giving of oneself there is a direct experience of pain, yet in the giving there is love.


- Compassion has the power to dissolve pain by not avoiding it, but by trusting that love affords the greatest protection. By discovering that there is a reality love stronger than any pain, you mount your strongest defense.

Deepak Chopra

Have a great day my friends !

[benevolentcrow]

Grief is the agony of an instant, the indulgence of grief is the blunder of a life.........Benjamin Disraeli

[Normalguy31]

"In religion and politics people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined the questions at issue but have taken them at second-hand from other non-examiners, whose opinions about them were not worth a brass farthing." - Mark Twain

[Gaia]

"Thinking with your heart"

"The men where you live," said the little prince, "raise five thousand roses in the same garden and they do not find in it what they are looking for."

"They do not find it," I replied. "And yet what they are looking for could be found in one single rose, or in a little water."

"Yes, that is true," I said. And the little prince added: "But the eyes are blind. One must look with the heart..."

Antoine-de-Saint-Exupery Le Petit Prince

[benevolentcrow]

Passion is the quickest to develop, and the quickest to fade. Intimacy develops more slowly, and commitment more gradually still.............Robert Sternberg

[uncleroach]

Zakaj je svet okrogel. Zato da ga je lažje postaviti na glavo.

Why is earth round. So it's easier to put it up side down.


my own

[crosby]

uncleroach, i like that. and btw, welcome to avalon. and welcome to the quote of the day thread. come by as often as you like. we're here everyday, all day.....
warmest regards, corson

[crosby]

hey all my avalonian friends, it is a beautiful day in Pennsylvania. the sun is out, the sky is clear (for the most part), the lilacs smell delicious and it is nice and warm.

Thursday May 12, 2011

"There's much to be said for challenging fate instead of ducking behind it."
-Diana Trilling, American author and literary critic

"Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind."
Bertrand Russell, English philosopher (1872-1970)

i hope you all have had a lovely, beautiful day. see you tomorrow.
warmest, corson

[Normalguy31]

"A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people." -John F. Kennedy

[Gaia]

Accept that some days you are the pigeon and some days the statue.

Dilbert

[Anchor]

Cigarette smoking is a leading cause of statistics!

[greybeard]

Cigarette smoking is a leading cause of statistics!

Glad I have contributed something to statistics
I just stopped yet again.
Every time I see 10% of the population have ---- then something stated as a fact I laugh.

Ch

[benevolentcrow]

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants......Stephen King

[manny]

It's easy to quit smoking. I've done it hundreds of times.
Mark Twain

[benevolentcrow]

"Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure." Oprah Winfrey

[crosby]

good morning everyone. i hope you're enjoying your weekend. i was perusing one of my scrapbooks and found this quote, and thought that it was very appropriate for avalon.

Sunday May 15, 2011

"Outside the kingdom of the Lord there is no nation which is greater than any other."
-Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia (1891-1975)

have a great day everyone.
warmest, corson

[benevolentcrow]

The point of living and of being an optimist, is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come.......Peter Ustinov

[W.C.]

‎'Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.'
Marcus Aurelius

'Look to the essence of a thing, whether it be a point of doctrine, of practice, or of interpretation. Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.'
Marcus Aurelius

[Gaia]

Experience is not what happens to you,
it is what you do with what happens to you.

Aldous Huxley

[benevolentcrow]

"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

[crosby]

Monday May 16, 2011

"If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius."
-Joseph Addison, English author (1672-1719)

"There are days when solitude is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others when it is a bitter tonic, and still others when it is a poison that makes you beat your head against the wall."
-Colette, French author (1873-1954)

[benevolentcrow]

Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along. Paramahansa Yogananda

[Lord Sidious]

Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along. Paramahansa Yogananda

But don't be afraid to rock the boat and make people seasick when you have to.
Uncle Sidious. :cool:

[crosby]

Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along. Paramahansa Yogananda

But don't be afraid to rock the boat and make people seasick when you have to.
Uncle Sidious. :cool:

and i agree with you on this...... thanks ur'lordship.
regards, corson

[Gaia]

Know that this universe is nothing but a dream bluff of nature to test your consciousness of immortality.

Paramahansa Yogananda

[crosby]

Gaia, that is truly beautiful. thank you for this.

Wednesday May 18, 2011

"If all of us acted in unison as I act individually there would be no wars and no poverty. I have made myself personally responsible for the fate of every human being who has come my way."
-Anais Nin, American author, (1903-1977)

"A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. If was a perfect act."
-Mohandas Gandhi, Indian ruler, (1869-1948)

have a great day everyone.
corson