The Great Quotes thread

[benevolentcrow]

"There are the waves and there is the wind, seen and unseen forces. Everyone has these same elements in their lives, the seen and unseen, karma and free will." Kuan Yin

[White Phoenix]

"From the moment I fell down that rabbit hole I've been told what I must do and who I must be. I've been shrunk, stretched, scratched and stuffed into a teapot. I've been accused of being Alice and not being Alice, but this is my dream. I'll decide where it goes from here... I make the path." - Alice, Adventures in Wonderland

[Dorok]

"Any ad which quotes what I said on Sunday is a falsehood." Newt Gingrich

[Franny]

A HANDSOME REWARD IS OFFERED TO ANYBODY WHO CAN PROVE I'M WRONG, BUT REFRAINS FROM DOING SO. ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

[Gaia]

When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with our friends or family, we blame the other person. But if we know how to take care of them, they will grow well, like the lettuce. Blaming has no positive effect at all, nor does trying to persuade using reason and arguments. That is my experience. No blame, no reasoning, no argument, just understanding.

Thich Nhat Hahn

[benevolentcrow]

“It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.” Josiah Charles Stamp

[Franny]

A viable alternative for the righteously ADA patriotic:

I plead alignment to the flakes of the united snakes of a merry cow; and to the Republicans for which they scam, one nacho, underpants, with licorice, and jugs'a wine for owls.

[Franny]

One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We're no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It is simply too painful to acknowledge -- even to ourselves -- that we've been so credulous." ~ Carl Sagan

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"He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it." - Douglas Adams

[Lifesong]

Wow - great quotes over the last week everyone, I'm just getting caught up.


"When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: The people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous, and surly. They are like this because they can't tell good from evil. But I have seen the beauty of good, and the ugliness of evil, and have recognized that the wrongdoer has a nature related to my own—not of the same blood or birth, but the same mind, and possessing a share of the divine." (II. 1, trans. Gregory Hays)
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius


"Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today."
Mark Twain


"As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain from smoking when awake."
Mark Twain


"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment."
Buddha


"Be kind.
Eliminate fear.
Ride the wave.
Be your part in creation on your own terms."
John/Anchor


My love to you all, and Thank you. :)

[Lord Sidious]

I ain't got time to bleed.
Who else?



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXr-N5tJY8I

[crosby]

wow, some great stuff here. thanks everybody. you are all such great 'quote' contributors. and they are all worthy quotes indeed.

Friday May 20, 2011

"A dirty joke is a sort of mental rebellion."
~and
"But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought."
Eric Arthur Blair (George Orwell), British author (1903-1950)

let's make today an orwellian day, shall we?
5 gold stars with the person who comes up with the best orwell quote.......
have a great one, and watch out for big brother....
warmest, corson

[Gaia]

If you hate violence and don't believe in politics, the only major remedy remaining is education. Perhaps society is past praying for, but there is always hope for the indivdual human being.

Eric Arthur Blair (George Orwell)

[ViralSpiral]

Old George Orwell got it backward. Big Brother isn't watching. He's singing and dancing. He's pulling rabbits out of a hat. Big Brother's holding your attention every moment you're awake. He's making sure you're always distracted. He's making sure you're fully absorbed... and this [act of] being fed, it's worse than being watched. With the world always filling you, no one has to worry about what's in your mind. With everyone's imagination atrophied, no one will ever be a threat to the world.

* Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby (2002)

[benevolentcrow]

If there is a heaven, then someday when I cross over there, I'd like to think my moment of entrance will be experiencing again those precious minutes when I became a mother. To do it again--to transform from wanting, hoping, and trying to imagine what it's going to be like to actually experiencing it--reaching out my arms to cradle her perfect body, pulling her in to kiss newborn skin, feeling this gutteral lurch of a new love I couldn't quite explain--I'd go back a trillion times to feel it again if I could. I'd take the pain, the pushing, all of it just to remember again what it was like to be changed so instantly. To be overwhelmed by love in that way.
KELLY HAMPTON

A story of enjoying life, enjoying the small things...

http://www.kellehampton.com/2010/01/nella-cordelia-birth-story.html

[Franny]

Good one corson. Here goes:

The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.
George Orwell

[benevolentcrow]

“A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.”

Roald Dahl (1916-1990);

[Franny]

“A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.”

Roald Dahl (1916-1990);

Ainʻt that the truth! Good one benevolentcrow, sometimes we like to be reminded.

[Franny]

Sent this one to someone recently, hope you like it:


"Seize the Moment."

"You have not been damaged by others in your life who did what you wish they had not done, or who didn't do what you wish they had. I tell you this--again: I have sent you nothing but angels. These people all brought you gifts, wonderful gifts, designed to help you remember Who You Really Are. And you have done the same for others. And when you all get through with this grand adventure, you will see that clearly, and you will thank each other.

I tell you, the day will come when you will review your life and be thankful for every minute of it. Every hurt, every sorrow, every joy, every celebration, every moment of your life will be a treasure to you, for you will see the utter perfection of the design. You will stand back from the weaving and see the tapestry, and you will love the beauty of it. So love each other. Every other. All others. Even those you have called your persecutors. Even those you have cursed as enemies. Love each other, and love yourself. For God's sake, love yourself. I mean that literally. Love your Self, for God's sake."


This reminds me that our life can be seen...as a sort of game. And we each have a part to play in it together - whether itʻs a good part or bad, easy or difficult. Weʻre not told all the rules before starting; part of the fun of the game is to have to figure them out as you play. And a more helpful approach to achieving the goal of the game is to love ourselves, the game and all of life.

It doesnʻt mean we donʻt play our part to the fullest and kick some ass as indicated, but when we kick ass we do with all the integrity we possess.

Like Muhammad Ali; canʻt think of a better example.

[161803398]

''When the white man first came to Australia, he had the bible and we had the land. He said let us close our eyes and pray, we did, and when we opened our eyes... we had the bible and he had the land.''

[ViralSpiral]

"FOUR LEGS GOOD, TWO LEGS BAD" - Animal Farm

[benevolentcrow]

What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first step to something better........Wendell Phillips

[Gaia]

Your mind is an instrument, a tool. It is there to be used for a specific task, and when the task is completed, you lay it down. As it is, I would say about 80 to 90 percent of most people's thinking is not only repetitive and useless, but because of its dysfunctional and often negative nature, much of it is also harmful. Observe your mind and you will find this to be true. It causes a serious leakage of vital energy.

Eckhart Tolle

To be conscious of Being, you need to reclaim consciousness from the mind. This is one of the most essential tasks on your spiritual journey.

Eckhart Tolle

[Referee]

We love because it's the only true adventure.
Nikki Giovanni

[Gaia]

We love because it's the only true adventure.
Nikki Giovanni

Welcome to Avalon my friend :cool:

[crosby]

"A man can be destroyed but not defeated."

"All good books have one thing in common-they are truer than if they had really happened."
-Ernest Hemingway American novelist (1899-1961)

[Referee]

I could not resist.

Do not pursue what is illusory - property and position: all that is gained at the expense of your nerves decade after decade and can be confiscated in one fell night. Live with a steady superiority over life - don't be afraid of misfortune, and do not yearn after happiness; it is after all, all the same: the bitter doesn't last forever, and the sweet never fills the cup to overflowing.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918 - )

[161803398]

Ernst T. Krebs, Jr: "Chemotherapy and radiotherapy will make the ancient method of drilling holes in a patient's head to permit the escape of demons look relatively advanced...."

Dr. H. Boucher, physician, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France: "In all ages Man has sought to justify the cruelty of his actions by decking them out under the mantle of a lofty ideal..."

" Unless we put Medical Freedom into the Constitution, the time will come when medicine will organize into an undercover dictatorship. To restrict the art of healing to one class of men and deny equal privileges to others will constitute the 'Bastille' of medical science. All such laws are un-American and despotic. They are fragments of monarchy and have no place in a republic. The Constitution of this Republic should make special provisions for Medical Freedom as well as for Religious Freedom." - Dr. Jonathan Rush, an original signatory of the American Declaration of Independence, 1776.

.I once believed in Jenner; I once believed in Pasteur. I believed in vaccination. I believed in vivisection. But I changed my views as the result of hard thinking.............Why is it that medical men for the most part follow the fashion of the day? Is it that they dare not think?........Are they like Sidney Smith ‘s old lady who said she never read the other side of a subject in case she might be prejudiced? . A man is eminent as long as he is orthodox. When he begins to think for himself he becomes a crank. It is the great commercial manufacturing firms who are providing the brains for the medical man of to-day."---Dr Hadwen 1925

Dr.Herbert Snow, eminent physician at the London Cancer Hospital: "Due to the powerful control exercised by business interests, the prospects for the public are all the more gloomy and bad the more the power of these basically selfish money interests is centered on the large-scale manufacturing chemists. The latter holds a despotic rule over doctors, hospitals, teaching establishments, pharmacies, charitable foundations. It is unnecessary to add that his guiding star is vivisection, in other words, the exploitation of the animal world under the guise of "scientific research" ...
Every day we hear of some "wonderful discovery" in the field of remedies produced in this way, which achieves enormous sales for a while, after which its harmfulness and uselessness becomes apparent. Then the demand drops...
But it matters not how worthless the alleged "remedy" may be; despite the harmfulness which many cases have amply proved it to represent, the artificially-created reputation which it enjoys continues for many years, in fact it never ends. As long as it is worthwhile for the chemical factories to make and sell the medicament, the serum, the vaccine and so on, the business goes on and on. "
- (from: The Starry Cross, Philadelphia, Apr.1927, p.57)

[crosby]

I could not resist.

Do not pursue what is illusory - property and position: all that is gained at the expense of your nerves decade after decade and can be confiscated in one fell night. Live with a steady superiority over life - don't be afraid of misfortune, and do not yearn after happiness; it is after all, all the same: the bitter doesn't last forever, and the sweet never fills the cup to overflowing.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918 - )

Solzhenitsyn a very fine man. suffered much in his life. and this quote is very close to the hearts of many people. thank you for posting this.
warmest regards, corson

and welcome to avalon.

[crosby]

happy sunday too everyone.

Sunday May 22, 2011

"Man adjusts to what he should not; he is unable to adjust to what he should."
-Jean Toomer, African-American author poet (1894-1967)

"History repeats itself because nobody listens."
-unknown

"Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor."
-attributed to Queen Elizabeth I of England (1533-1603)

enjoy the day, after all, we are still here.......
warmest, corson

[crosby]

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.I once believed in Jenner; I once believed in Pasteur. I believed in vaccination. I believed in vivisection. But I changed my views as the result of hard thinking.............Why is it that medical men for the most part follow the fashion of the day? Is it that they dare not think?........Are they like Sidney Smith ‘s old lady who said she never read the other side of a subject in case she might be prejudiced? . A man is eminent as long as he is orthodox. When he begins to think for himself he becomes a crank. It is the great commercial manufacturing firms who are providing the brains for the medical man of to-day."---Dr Hadwen 1925


161803398 this is a very good and exacting quote. thanks for posting. more people should pay attention to what was being said in the past regarding medical functions and progress. thank you for this.
warmest, corson

[loveandgratitude]

“I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.”
Robert McCloskey

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[benevolentcrow]

“The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you go looking for your joy.” Eudora Welty

[ViralSpiral]

Don't you know you're talking about a revolution
It sounds like a whisper....

Finally the tables are starting to turn

Lyrics from Tracy Chapman's song

[Belle]

"Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty --
They merely move it from their faces into their hearts."
Martin Buxbaum

[loveandgratitude]

what we need is a new kind of army -

the army of the kind

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[W.C.]

'...and before I can stop it I find myself almost dazzled and moved that I might have the capacity to accept, though not return, her love. I wonder if even now, right here in Nowheres, she can see the darkening clouds behind my eyes lifting. And though the coldness I have always felt leaves me, the numbness doesn't and probably never will.'
Brett Easton Ellis, American Psycho

[Gaia]

Electricity is really just organized lightning.


George Carlin

[benevolentcrow]

As I am grateful this morning for being safe in my home after seeing the devastation in Joplin MO. My heart and prayers go out to those with such massive loss.

The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings! ~Henry Ward Beecher

[crosby]

thank you benevolentcrow, my heart is with you on this. i am praying for everyone there.
corson

[Franny]

So much is changing so quickly...take a deep breath, get centered, and keep up everyone!


"When your views on the world and your intellect are being challenged, and you begin to feel unomfortable because of a contradiction you've detected that is threatening your current model of the world or some aspect of it, pay attention -- you are about to learn something." - William Drury Sr

[W.C.]

'...just as he, who with exhausted breath having escaped from the sea to shore, turns to the perilous waters and gazes.'
Dante Alighieri

[Gaia]

What you want is irrelevant, what you've chosen is at hand.

Spock (Star Trek)

[W.C.]

'Let me tell you something you already know; the world ain't all sunshine and rainbows, it's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it.

You, you got nobody whose gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you get hit. It's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. How much you can take, and keep moving forward. Thats how winning is done!

Now if you know what you're worth then go out and get what you're worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hit, and not point your finger saying, you ain't what you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody. Cowards do that, and that ain't you. You're better than that.'

Stallone

...

Get up you son of a bitch.

[Lord Sidious]

The western australia police are so incompetant, they couldn't catch a cold if they were running around naked in antarctica!
Uncle Sidious.

[ViralSpiral]

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Arthur C Clarke

[crosby]

Tuesday May 24, 2011

"I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as its members."
-Groucho Marx, American comedian-actor (1895-1977)

"Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies."
-Mother Teresa, Spiritual leader (1910-1997)

have a beautiful day everyone.
warmest, corson

[benevolentcrow]

We are born in truth, but we grow up believing in lies. One of the biggest lies in the story of humanity is the lie of our imperfection. When we believe this lie, we use the lie to judge ourselves, to punish ourselves, and to justify our mistakes.....Don Miguel Ruiz

[crosby]

Wednesday May 25, 2011

"Let us now set forth one of the fundamental truths about marriage: the wife is in charge."
-Bill Cosby, American comedian (1937 - )

"Poets have said that the reason to have children is to give yourself immortality. Immortality? Now that I have 5 children, my only hope is that they are out of the house before I die."
-Bill Cosby

heard a little of mr. cosby today and was reminded of how funny he really is.
warmest, corson

[Lifesong]

Corson - I remember listening to a Bill Cosby comedy album as a kid where he was doing a riff on Noah's ark. Funny stuff...

Here's some more quotes:

As I have discovered by examining my past, I started out as a child. Coincidentally, so did my brother. My mother did not put all her eggs in one basket, so to speak: she gave me a younger brother named Russell, who taught me what was meant by "survival of the fittest."
Bill Cosby

Civilization had too many rules for me, so I did my best to rewrite them.
Bill Cosby

Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.
Bill Cosby

Even though your kids will consistently do the exact opposite of what you're telling them to do, you have to keep loving them just as much.
Bill Cosby

Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing.
Bill Cosby

[crosby]

N O A H...
teehee, corson

[Franny]

Don't save anything for a special occasion; being alive is the special occasion ~ Anon

You can fight the gods and still have fun. ~ Slavic proverb

[Normalguy31]

"In my opinion, the best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly what you are. Good mood, bad mood, ugly, pretty, handsome, what have you, the right person will still think the sun shines out your ass. That's the kind of person that's worth sticking with." -Juno

[Gaia]

Spirituality exists wherever we struggle with the issue of how our lives fit into the greater cosmic scheme of things. This is true even when our questions never give way to specific answers or give rise to specific practices such as prayer or meditation. We encounter spiritual issues every time we wonder where the universe comes from, why we are here, or what happens when we die. We also become spiritual when we become moved by values such as beauty, love, or creativity that seem to reveal a meaning or power beyond our visible world. An idea or practice is "Spiritual" when it reveals our personal desire to establish a felt-relationship with the deepest meanings or powers governing life.

Robert C. Fuller

[Franny]

We have to learn to live with incompleteness and use it as a motivating force rather than a point of desperation or indifference. ~ From the Wingmakers Philosophy

[ViralSpiral]

Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing.
Bill Cosby

Love, love, love this. Thanks for the reminder!!

S'cuse me, I would like to add more houmour (which is, theoretically derailing this thread), using the rule of : better to ask for forgiveness, than permission :peace:


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[crosby]

Friday May 27, 2011

"Any nation that thinks more of it's ease and comfort than it's freedom, will soon lose it's freedom; and the ironical thing about it is that it will lose it's ease and comfort too."
-W. Somerset Maugham, British playwrite (1874-1965)

happy friday everyone. enjoy the weekend
warmest, corson

[ozlemer]

"Everything we do is either an act of love or a cry for help...""

[W.C.]

'Too many people hold the idea that psychopaths are essentially killers or convicts. The general public hasn't been educated to see beyond the social stereotypes to understand that psychopaths can be entrepreneurs, politicians, CEOs and other successful individuals who may never see the inside of a prison.'
Robert Hare

[Referee]

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.
Judy Garland

[ViralSpiral]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fIJS4mf_KMg/TBOHFWWeD0I/AAAAAAAAADw/KEzzVKer2wE/s1600/let+the+beauty-Rumi.jpg

[crosby]

it is a beautiful saturday afternoon here in pennsylvania. i hope it is lovely where you all are too. this being the 'memorial day' weekend here in the united states i thought it appropriate to remark upon our soldiers that are serving here and abroad. to my brother, tony, and too all those who are risking their lives for this very day.

"An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot."
-Thomas Paine, English writer (1737-1809)

"Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look on them as your beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death."
-Sun Tzo, Chinese general and author (544-496 bc)

warmest thoughts and regards to all - corson

[W.C.]

'There are three classes of people; those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.'
Leonardo da Vinci

'Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.'
Albert Einstein

'One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching.'

[ViralSpiral]

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[Gaia]

Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have.


Margaret Mead

[Franny]

It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe. - Muhammad Ali

The man who views the world at fifty the same as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life. - Muhammad Ali

Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything. - Muhammad Ali

I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was. - Muhammad Ali

I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark. - Muhammad Ali

It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up. - Muhammad Ali

Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.- Muhammad Ali

[crosby]

muhammad, muhammad ali, he floats like a butterfly and stings like a bea. he moves like the black super-man and calls to other guy, i'm alllli, catch me if you can........

anyone remember that song from the 70's?
warmest, corson

[The One]

Today i saw a slave become more poweful than the emperor of rome

[Gaia]

Today i saw a slave become more poweful than the emperor of rome

The whole film hangs on this sentence...

Maximus (Russell Crowe,The Gladiator)

[The One]

Today i saw a slave become more poweful than the emperor of rome

The whole film hangs on this sentence...

Maximus (Russell Crowe,The Gladiator)

I love it xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hope you are well my friend

[Ineffable Hitchhiker]

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[DoubleHelix]

"Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence."

- Henri-Frederic Amiel

[Gaia]

Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.

Mark Twain

[Daren]

I know its an old one, but how right it is, and still is today.
"Beware of the leader who bangs of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a double edged sword. It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind.

"And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind is closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader and do it gladly so. "How do I know? I know for this is what I have done. And I am Caesar." --Julius Caesar.

[The One]

Were tiny were tooney we are all a little looney

The One 31/05/2011

[Gaia]

The beaver, which has come to represent Canada as the eagle does the United States and the lion Britain, is a flat-tailed, slow-witted, toothy rodent known to bite off it's own testicles or to stand under its own falling trees.

June Callwood

[ViralSpiral]

The beaver, which has come to represent Canada as the eagle does the United States and the lion Britain, is a flat-tailed, slow-witted, toothy rodent known to bite off it's own testicles or to stand under its own falling trees.

June Callwood


0GXcZTD8xYs


and still laughing...

[ViralSpiral]

It has always been my private conviction that any man who pits his intelligence against a fish and loses, has it coming. ~John Steinbeck

[benevolentcrow]

When the heart weeps for what it has lost, the spirit laughs for what it has found..........Sufi Proverb

[crosby]

When the heart weeps for what it has lost, the spirit laughs for what it has found..........Sufi Proverb

benevolentcrow thank you so much for this. very heartfelt at this time.
warmest, corson

[benevolentcrow]

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.”

Melody Beattie -

[Franny]

As Kahlil Gibran says in the "Prophet": Say not that "I have found the path of truth", but rather say "I have found truth while walking along my path", for truth walks on all paths.

It is the commonest of mistakes to consider that the limit of our power to perceive is the limit of all there is to perceive. ~ CW Leadbeater

“The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in complete and absolute possession of it, is the root of much evil in the world” ~ Max Born

[Franny]

It has always been my private conviction that any man who pits his intelligence against a fish and loses, has it coming. ~John Steinbeck

I wish we had a "Funny, this made me laugh" button. Iʻd click it regularly.

[Referee]

"The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true."
- James Branch Cabell

[Midnight Rambler]

Before I can make a mistake, I don't make it.

J.C. Johan Cruijff

[Flyswim]

So the Platonic year
Whirls out the new right and wrong,
Whirls in the old instead;
All men are dancers and their tread
Goes to the babarous clangour of a gong.

W.B. Yeats: The Tower

plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose = The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr: French Proverb

[Gaia]

I mean, life is tough. It takes up a lot of your time. What do you get at the end of it ? A Death. What's that, a bonus ? I think the life cycle is all backwards. You should die first, get it out of the way. Then you live in an old age home. You get kicked out when you're too young, you get a gold watch and you go to work. You work forty years until you're young enough to enjoy your retirement. You do drugs, alcohol, you party, you get ready for high school. You go to grade school, you become a kid, you play, you have no responsibilities. You become a little baby, you go back into the womb, spend your last nine months floating... And you finish off as an orgasm.

George Carlin

Have a great weekend !:cool:

Gaia

[ViralSpiral]

serendipitously, I was sent this today:

TREASON

A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear. The traitor is the plague.
Cicero, 42 B.C.E.

This reading of it is BEAUTIFUL!!

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[crosby]

Monday June 6, 2011

"Life has taught me that it is not for our faults that we are disliked and even hated, but for our qualities."
-Bernard Berenson, Lithuanian-American art critic (1865-1959)

"Why is that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved."
-Mark Twain, American author (1835-1910)

[Gaia]

Life is a bowl of cherries... Never mind the pits.

Shirley Maclaine

[pickle]

"We are not here merely to make a living. We are here to enrich the world" - Woodrow Wilson

"All the Buddhas of all the ages have been telling you a very simple fact: Be - don't try to become. Within these two words, be and becoming, your whole life is contained. Being is enlightenment, becoming is ignorance" - Osho

"Always look on the bright side of life" - Monty P ;-)



Peace to the lot of you, be happy, make today a great one.


Pickle

[ViralSpiral]

Life is a bowl of cherries... Never mind the pits.

Shirley Maclaine


Oh Gaia, that was epic! Thanks for the chuckle. I love Shirley McLaine!

In her role as Ouiser Boudreaux in Steel Magnolias, her funniest line:

I'm not crazy, I've just been in a very bad mood 40 years!

[Tony]

Much ado about nothing!

[benevolentcrow]

I want you to look in the mirror today and say,
'I am too blessed to be stressed and too anointed to be disappointed!'
God bless us all in our daily endeavors!

[crosby]

Thursday, June 9 2011

" As a small child, I felt in my heart two contradictory feelings, the horror of life and the ecstasy of life."
and~
"Evil is committed without effort, naturally, fatally; goodness is always the product of some art."
-Charles Bauderlaire, French poet (1821-1867)

[Gaia]

Life is what happens when you are doing something else.

John Lennon

[Project_Buggy_Beach]

When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion. (http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/26919.html)

C. P. Snow (http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/C._P._Snow/) (1905 - 1980)

[benevolentcrow]

"If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking." Buddhist Saying

Face what you think you believe and you will be surprised..........William White

[Franny]

"Self-importance is our greatest enemy. Think about it - what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and mis-deeds of our fellow men. Our self-importance requires that we spend most of our lives, offended by someone." - don Juan

[W.C.]

http://rgcred.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/john-lennon-face-pic.jpg


'Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.'


‎'I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it.'

[Lifesong]

This is still my favorite thread :)

I happened across a great page of quotes (http://www.quotegarden.com/kwanzaa.html) and, as you can see, had a hard time choosing between them. Enjoy!



Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. ~Helen Keller


Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth. ~Mohammed Ali


So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth. ~Bahá'u'lláh


The moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out. ~James Baldwin


Cooperation is the thorough conviction that nobody can get there unless everybody gets there. ~Virginia Burden, The Process of Intuition


Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable. ~Kenyan Proverb


Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power. ~Seneca


Everybody can be great. Because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve.... You don't have to know the second theory of thermodynamics in physics to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love. ~Martin Luther King, Jr


Be like the bird that, passing on her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing that she hath wings. ~Victor Hugo


For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place. ~Maya Angelou

[Gaia]

http://rgcred.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/john-lennon-face-pic.jpg


'Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.'


‎'I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it.'

Now that I'm looking over his quotes, there is a lot of hyperbole and idealism. But I find ones like these to have a logical base :

The basic thing nobody asks is why do people take drugs of any sort? Why do we have these accessories to normal living to live? I mean, is there something wrong with society that's making us so pressurized, that we cannot live without guarding ourselves against it?

Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King are great examples of fantastic nonviolents who died violently. I can never work that out. We're pacifists, but I'm not sure what it means when you're such a pacifist that you get shot. I can never understand that.

John Lennon

Hugs W.C.

Gaia

[W.C.]

Hugs W.C.

I really appreciate this.

[ViralSpiral]

For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place. ~Maya Angelou




♥♥♥♥♥


“In water one sees one's own face; But in wine one beholds the heart of another” - French Proverb

[crosby]

http://rgcred.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/john-lennon-face-pic.jpg


'Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.'


‎'I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it.'

Now that I'm looking over his quotes, there is a lot of hyperbole and idealism. But I find ones like these to have a logical base :

The basic thing nobody asks is why do people take drugs of any sort? Why do we have these accessories to normal living to live? I mean, is there something wrong with society that's making us so pressurized, that we cannot live without guarding ourselves against it?

Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King are great examples of fantastic nonviolents who died violently. I can never work that out. We're pacifists, but I'm not sure what it means when you're such a pacifist that you get shot. I can never understand that.

John Lennon

Hugs W.C.

Gaia

probably the greatest j.l. quote ever. he had a definite knack for being able to see and feel the underlying measures in life. what i admired about him was his tenacity to speak even though he knew what danger there may possibly be for himself and his family. he never kept quiet, never sat back and took the easy road. thanks Gaia, much appreciated.
warmest, corson

[Fred Steeves]

Couldn't resist another George Carlin observation:

"I like it when a flower or a little tuft of grass grows through a crack in the concrete. It's so fu**in' heroic."


Happy Friday,

Fred

[Franny]

"Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something that needs our love."--Rilke.

I donʻt remember if anyone has posted this or not, but this scene from which this came riveted me when I saw the movie oh so many years ago:

The only part of you that burns in hell is your attachments.
But they're not punishments, they are freeing you of your earthly attachments.
If you're afraid to die and holding on, then you'll see demons tearing your life away.
If you've made your peace, you'll see they're really angels freeing you from the earth.
It's all just a matter of how you see it.
From the movie, "Jacobs Ladder"

[Fred Steeves]

When you’re born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you’re born in America, you get a front-row seat.

George Carlin

[Franny]

Heʻs so spot on in his darkly comic way. To be a loyal American, or most other nationalities, is to live a life in cognitive dissonance unacknowledged -- and staunchly defending it.

Itʻs a little late and I canʻt think of a better way to say it LOL. Gʻnite from Cali everyone...

[Franny]

Read this book in the early 80s and had to copy the following quote; guess some things never change.

"The television was busy describing the international situation, which was desperate, as usual." Tom Robbins, Even Cowgirls Get The Blues"

When the TV started to eat my brain I threw it away. Just kidding; I kept it.

[benevolentcrow]

Happy Flag Day!
"You're a grand old flag,
You're a high flying flag
And forever in peace may you wave."
~George M. Cohan

[pickle]

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, get it out with Optrex."

"When she saw the sign `Members only' she thought of him."

"Contraceptives should be used on every conceivable occasion."

~ Spike Milligan. Of all comedians, I miss him the most, a true giggle mercahnt ;-)



Pickle

[benevolentcrow]

Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you..........Lao Tzu

[pickle]

I love the simplicity of Lao Tzu's teachings Benevolentcrow, thanks for that beauty ;-)

Here's another classic.......... "Music in the soul can be heard by the universe"

[Referee]

You can not do your best every time or else it would just be your average.

Sherry Patrick-coach

[Franny]

He who fights with monsters might take care, lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you. ~ Fredrich Nietzche

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and taste good with guacamole.~ Ashleigh Brilliant (perhaps)

[Gaia]

Press close, bare-bosomed Night ! Press close, magnetic,
nourishing Night !
Night of south winds ! Night of the large, few stars !
Still, nodding Night ! Mad, naked, Summer Night !

Walt Whitman

[Flyswim]

In framing an ideal we may assume what we wish, but should avoid impossibilities'.

Aristotle

[benevolentcrow]

"If you have something to say, then say it. If not, enjoy the silence while it lasts. The noise will return soon enough. In the meantime, you are better off going out into the big, wide world, having some adventures and refilling your well. Trying to create when you don't feel like it is like making conversation for the sake of making conversation." Hugh Macleod

[crosby]

I ain't got time to bleed.
Who else?



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXr-N5tJY8I


this is for Lord Sidious...... just recapturing a moment here at avalon.
warmest regards to you L.S.

all my best to you.
warmest regards, corson

[Someoneson1]

One two, buckle your shoe
Three four, open the door
Five six, don't play no tricks
Seven eight, heaven awaits
Nine ten, Don't do it again

Improv in the morning ... Thanks.

[benevolentcrow]

There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge........Napoleon Hill

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One two, buckle your shoe
Three four, open the door
Five six, don't play no tricks
Seven eight, heaven awaits
Nine ten, Don't do it again

Improv in the morning ... Thanks.

One two, buckle your shoe
Three four, shut the door
Five six, pick up sticks
Seven eight, lay them straight
Nine ten, big fat hen!

My childhood version.

[Fred Steeves]

The very existence of flamethrowers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done." (http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/35972.html) http://www.quotationspage.com/icon_info.gif (http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/35972.html)http://www.quotationspage.com/icon_plus.gif (http://www.quotationspage.com/myquotations.php?add=35972)http://www.quotationspage.com/icon_email.gif (http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/35972.html#email)http://www.quotationspage.com/icon_blank.gif
George Carlin

[crosby]

oooh Fred, that was priceless. i love carlin. he was just to smart for his own good.
warmest, corson

[Referee]

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.


Victor Hugo
:o

[Gaia]

Parrots make great pets. They have more personality than goldfish.

Chevy Chase

[crosby]

Saturday June 18, 2011

"I don't want to live; I want to love first, and live incidentally." ~and~
"Youth doesn't need friends; it only needs crowds."
-Zelda Fitzgerald, (1900-1948)

hope everyone has a great day.
warmest, corson

[benevolentcrow]

You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you........Brian Tracy

[benevolentcrow]

“When I stand before thee at the day's end, thou shalt see my scars and know that I had my wounds and also my healing.”
Rabindranath Tagore (Indian Poet, Playwright and Essayist, Won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, 1861-1941)

[Someoneson1]

"If you hurry you will worry, and if you worry you will hurry."

[benevolentcrow]

It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons.
- Johann Schiller

Happy father's day to all of the fathers out there!

[W.C.]

'I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves.'
Che Guevara

'I began the revolution with eighty-two men. If I had to do it again, I could do it with ten or fifteen and absolute faith. It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and plan of action.'
Fidel Castro

'Luxurious food and drinks, in no way protect you from harm. Wealth beyond what is natural, is no more than an overflowing container. Real value is not generated by theaters, and baths, perfumes or ointments, but by philosophy.'
Epicurus

[Gaia]

Give up defining yourself to yourself or to others. You won't die. You will come to life. And don't be concerned with how others define you. When they define you, they are limiting themselves, so it's their problem. Whenever you interact with people, don't be there primarily as a function or a role, but as the field of conscious Presence. You can only lose something that you have, but you cannot lose something that you are.

Eckhart Tolle

[Fred Steeves]

"Isn’t making a smoking section in a restaurant like making a peeing section in a swimming pool?"
— George Carlin (http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/22782.George_Carlin)

[benevolentcrow]

Let go of the past and go for the future. Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you imagined.....Henry David Thoreau

[CivilDawn]

Wouldn't be surprised if this one was posted already:

"Wouldn't you like to see a positive LSD story on the news? To base your decision on information rather than scare tactics and superstition? Perhaps? Wouldn't that be interesting? Just for once?
'Today, a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration – that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. There's no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we're the imagination of ourselves. Here's Tom with the weather.'"
- Bill Hicks

[Star]

Hello Again Corson,
I like this idea! Thank you and I like the quote for today also. I feel it is true because in my life journey, I am not the same person I was even 5 yrs ago! I think for me personal growth has always been top priority and finding out who I am beneath all the masks and personality and conditionings. So thanks for starting the thread and I do believe we need some light hearted threads to offset some really deep or heavy and valuable information here. A sense of humor is definitely a plus!

Love & Light,
Star

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Dear Fred,

Boy did that tickle my funny bone, lol. A great quote and I love humor....thanks again.


Love & Light
Star

[CivilDawn]

Here's another Bill Hicks, this one is my favorite:

"The world is like a ride in an amusement park, and when you choose to go on it you think it's real because that's how powerful our minds are. The ride goes up and down, around and around, it has thrills and chills, and it's very brightly colored, and it's very loud, and it's fun for a while. Many people have been on the ride a long time, and they begin to wonder, "Hey, is this real, or is this just a ride?" And other people have remembered, and they come back to us and say, "Hey, don't worry; don't be afraid, ever, because this is just a ride." And we … kill those people. "Shut him up! I've got a lot invested in this ride, shut him up! Look at my furrows of worry, look at my big bank account, and my family. This has to be real." It's just a ride. But we always kill the good guys who try and tell us that, you ever notice that? And let the demons run amok … But it doesn't matter, because it's just a ride. And we can change it any time we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings of money. Just a simple choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love instead see all of us as one. Here's what we can do to change the world, right now, to a better ride. Take all that money we spend on weapons and defenses each year and instead spend it feeding and clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would pay for many times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace."

[Star]

Another funnybone tickler!! Feed me more.


Love & Light,
STar

[Davidallany]

Enhancing and enriching your capacity for love and compassion is a thousand times better than pointing out and criticizing faults and shortcomings in people no matter sinners or saints.

[Davidallany]

Everything starts from the heart.

[benevolentcrow]

"If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up." J.M. Power

[crosby]

Tuesday June 21, 2011

"Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night."
-Bette Davis, American actress (1908-1989)

have a good one everybody.
warmest, corson

[benevolentcrow]

“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.” Dr. Seuss

[Gaia]

David Wilcock put it this way :

"Each time we shame someone, manipulate them, control them, hurt them, defeat them, and then try to hide it all behind a cloak of secrecy, we are voting for the negative elite to continue doing this to us on a planetary level. The more we vote to be humble, listen to other people, consider other people's needs as well as our own, be flexible, be open to changing our minds, and treat others with love, compassion and forgiveness, the more the negative elite's grip is loosened."

[benevolentcrow]

What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds......Wayne Dyer

[Gaia]

If your mind is at work, we're in danger of reproducing another cliche. If we can keep our minds out of it and our thoughts out of it, maybe we'll come up with something original.

Peter Falk

[Avocadess]

Do unto animals as you would have aliens do unto you.

[Normalguy31]

"crime only exists at the crossroads of those who have, and those who have not." -unknown (for now working on it :)
" or is it the mind state that's ill, making crime rates to fill the new prisons they build"- talib kweli

[Avocadess]

"My friends, do not lose heart. We were made for these times. I have heard from so many recently who are deeply and properly bewildered. They are concerned about the state of affairs in our world right now. Ours is a time of almost daily astonishment and often righteous rage over the latest degradations of what matters most to civilized, visionary people.

"You are right in your assessments. The lustre and hubris some have aspired to while endorsing acts so heinous against children, elders, everyday people, the poor, the unguarded, the helpless, is breathtaking. Yet, I urge you, ask you, gentle you, to please not spend your spirit dry by bewailing these difficult times. Especially do not lose hope.

"Most particularly because, the fact is that we were made for these times. Yes. For years, we have been learning, practicing, been in training for and just waiting to meet on this exact plane of engagement...

"I grew up on the Great Lakes and recognize a seaworthy vessel when I see one. Regarding awakened souls, there have never been more able vessels in the waters than there are right now across the world. And they are fully provisioned and able to signal one another as never before in the history of humankind... Look out over the prow; there are millions of boats of righteous souls on the waters with you. Even though your veneers may shiver from every wave in this stormy roil, I assure you that the long timbers composing your prow and rudder come from a greater forest. That long-grained lumber is known to withstand storms, to hold together, to hold its own, and to advance, regardless.

"In any dark time, there is a tendency to veer toward fainting over how much is wrong or un-mended in the world. Do not focus on that. There is a tendency too to fall into being weakened by dwelling on what is outside your reach, by what cannot yet be. Do not focus there. That is spending the wind without raising the sails. We are needed, that is all we can know. And though we meet resistance, we more so will meet great souls who will hail us, love us and guide us, and we will know them when they appear. Didn't you say you were a believer? Didn't you say you pledged to listen to a voice greater? Didn't you ask for grace? Don't you remember that to be in grace means to submit to the voice greater?

"Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach. Any small, calm thing that one soul can do to help another soul, to assist some portion of this poor suffering world, will help immensely. It is not given to us to know which acts or by whom will cause the critical mass to tip toward an enduring good. What is needed for dramatic change is an accumulation of acts, adding, adding to, adding more, continuing. We know that it does not take "everyone on Earth" to bring justice and peace, but only a small, determined group who will not give up during the first, second, or hundredth gale.

"One of the most calming and powerful actions you can do to intervene in a stormy world is to stand up and show your soul. Soul on deck shines like gold in dark times. The light of the soul throws sparks, can send up flares, builds signal fires, causes proper matters to catch fire.

"To display the lantern of soul in shadowy times like these - to be fierce and to show mercy toward others, both, are acts of immense bravery and greatest necessity. Struggling souls catch light from other souls who are fully lit and willing to show it. If you would help to calm the tumult, this is one of the strongest things you can do.

"There will always be times when you feel discouraged. I too have felt despair many times in my life, but I do not keep a chair for it; I will not entertain it. It is not allowed to eat from my plate. The reason is this: In my uttermost bones I know something, as do you. It is that there can be no despair when you remember why you came to Earth, who you serve, and who sent you here. The good words we say and the good deeds we do are not ours: They are the words and deeds of the One who brought us here. In that spirit, I hope you will write this on your wall: When a great ship is in harbor and moored, it is safe, there can be no doubt. But that is not what great ships are built for. This comes with much love and a prayer that you remember who you came from, and why you came to this beautiful, needful Earth."

Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D.

[crosby]

"crime only exists at the crossroads of those who have, and those who have not." -unknown (for now working on it :)
" or is it the mind state that's ill, making crime rates to fill the new prisons they build"- talib kweli

ahhh, so nice to see you back my friend. and thank you for picking up where you left off.
warmest regards, corson

[benevolentcrow]

Interruptions can be viewed as sources of irritation or opportunities for service, as moments lost or experience gained, as time wasted or horizons widened. They can annoy us or enrich us, get under our skin or give us a shot in the arm. Monopolize our minutes or spice our schedules, depending on our attitude toward them.......William Ward

[Omni connexae!]

"The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted."
- Georg Lichtenberg


“Truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.”
- Flannery O’Connor


"Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination."
- Roy Goodman


“I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.”
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery


“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”
- Albert Camus


"The ability to focus attention on important things is a defining characteristic of intelligence."
-Robert J. Shiller


"Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible."
- Carl Jung


"Isn't it enough to see that the garden is beautiful, without having to suppose that their are fairies at the bottom of it too?"
- Douglas Adams


"Strange is our situation here on Earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that man is here for the sake of other men - above all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness depends."
- Albert Einstein


"Every being in the universe knows right from wrong, Mark. Let me tell you something, Mark. You humans, most of you, subscribe to this policy of an eye for an eye, a life for a life, which is known throughout the universe for its... stupidity. Even your Buddha and your Christ had quite a different vision. But nobody's paid much attention to them, not even your Buddhists and your Christians."
- Kevin Spacey in KPAX


"Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men."
-Martin Luther King, Jr.

[ViralSpiral]

The sun shines and warms and lights us and we have no curiosity to know why this is so; but we ask the reason of all evil, of pain, and hunger, and mosquitoes and silly people.  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

[benevolentcrow]

“I have never been a millionaire. But I have enjoyed a great meal, a crackling fire, a glorious sunset, a walk with a friend, a hug from a child, a cup of soup, a kiss behind the ear. There are plenty of life’s tiny delights for all of us.”

Jack Anthony -

[Gaia]

"Paid for by the pharmaceutical companies, these scientists had just one major objective; they had to fulfill the expectations of the big pharma conglomerate to patent genes for new, expensive "breakthrough" treatments that generate vast amounts of wealth. Nowhere do they mention the proven biomedical fact that genes do not control anything. The genes' only function and purpose are to reproduce cells. How genes do that largely depends on you and what you expose yourself to."

Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease It's A Survival Mechanism

[Forevernyt]

Courage isn't just a matter of not being frightened, you know. It's being afraid and doing what you have to do anyway." - The Third Doctor

[Lord Sidious]

F**k you and the horse you rode in on.
Texas to the TSA.

[Forevernyt]

Oh, so inappropriate, I love it! :)

[<8>]

"In the end words dont meen anything Only what you have done"

<8> ( 1972- )

[Forevernyt]

Mongo just pawn in game of life.

[benevolentcrow]

Now
There is no tomorrow
There is no yesterday
There is just now, and now, and now
Forever and ever
And though I may choose to carry in me
The shards of yesterday, which may
Touch and shape my now
It is my will to have
a laugh in my heart
Or wear yesterday on my face
And then there is tomorrow,
The harvest of now’s sowing
A potential of dreams
But not yet
For now is the juice
Now is the time to live
to BE the divine presence
Of the present, with its indescribable joy.
and seed for a new now
with grace or tears.
My choice.

[Normalguy31]

"Those who have the privilege to know have the duty to act" Albert Einstein

[Normalguy31]

" Beer is proof that god loves us, and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin

[Gaia]

"Hacking is like sex. You get in, you get out, and hope that you didn't leave something that can be traced back to you.":o

Anonymous

[crosby]

Saturday, June 2, 2011

"A man of genius has a right to any mode of expression."

"Either move or be moved."
-Ezra Pound, American poet (1885-1972)

have a great weekend everyone.
warmest regards, corson

[benevolentcrow]

“Someday all you’ll have to light the way will be a single ray of hope, and that will be enough.”

Kobi Yamada -

[benevolentcrow]

A rather insightful way of looking upon our journey we call life...

"As far as changing my future (in the now), I begin and concentrate with and on the thoughts, I create from moment to moment...This might sound too simplistic, but it really has worked for me. I am consistently focusing now on allowing my higher intuitive self in taking (real) charge over my thoughts and desires. I am daily becoming more attentive too pushing away any negative thoughts and or intrusive energies from within my rattling monkey (surface) mind. A positive personal note from this process is- it has greatly lessened the stress within my body's physiological system. I am now able now to put greater effort in creating (imaging) a world - I would truly desire to experience and exist upon. For me though, it is a continuing and ongoing process, which has required lots of focus and daily practice...But note - it has gotten much easier as the perceived time line has of late quickened. For i have increasing begun to withdraw from any desired expectations or attachments to this current very dysfunctional world system. I truly believe this is the only way one can truly transmute (transcend) with our ever changing planetary environment." Giovonni

With love and respect to our own Giovonni.

[Gaia]

20 years from now you will be disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the one’s you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

Mark Twain

[benevolentcrow]

“When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take, choose the bolder. ”

General W.J. Slim (1891-1970);

[Draco]

When searching for the truth look though the grand play and find a loose thread all will be unraveled.

[benevolentcrow]

"Use the talents you possess - for the woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except for the best." Henry Van Dyke

[Normalguy31]

I still think people do have racial hang-ups, but I think one of the reasons I can joke about it is people are shedding those racial hatreds.- Dave Chapelle (comedian/genius)

[Normalguy31]

"If a man could have sex with a woman in a cardboard box he wouldn't buy a house."-Dave Chapelle

[Black Panther]

"Every time you get angry, you poison your own system" Alfred A. Montapert

[benevolentcrow]

"You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take". Wayne Gretzky

[Franny]

"Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again."
— C.S. Lewis

[ViralSpiral]

"Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again."
— C.S. Lewis


Loved that!!


When the world says, "Give up,"
Hope whispers, "Try it one more time."
~Author Unknown

(me waves at Gaia, if she pokes her nose in here....)

[crosby]

morning everyone. our dear friend Gaia has decided to retire her membership here at avalon. i am saddened by this, but i understand her reasons. so to her i dedicate todays' "quote" of the day.

Wednesday July 13, 2011

"Write it on your heart that everyday is the best day of the year."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet (1803-1882)

blessings to Gaia and her family.
warmest regards, corson

[benevolentcrow]

Deepak Chopra, "Loving another person is not separate from loving God. One is a single wave, the other is the ocean."

[benevolentcrow]

“Human culture has always had to exist under the shadow of something infinitely more important than itself. If men had postponed the search for knowledge and beauty until they were secure, the search would never have begun.”

C.S. Lewis (1898-1963);

[Franny]

Thanks BenevolentCrow, always liked CS Lewis.

Humans have an astonishing ability to dismiss information that does not conform to their preconceived notions of reality" - Dr. Courtney Brown

goes rather well with:

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." - Aristotle

[benevolentcrow]

Michael Bernard Beckwith: "I often share that there are particular types of seeds that remain dormant until they are broken open by a forest fire. Likewise, there is a seed within all of us that opens only by the fire of our readiness to transform. Let us ignite the inner fire of transformation today!"

[Normalguy31]

"We have to do the best we can, that is our sacred human responsibility." Albert Einstein.

[benevolentcrow]

"I can no other answer make, but, thanks, and thanks." William Shakespeare

[ViralSpiral]

Thanks! :)




And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. Nelson Mandela

[Rainbowbrite]

Here's few of my faves - if they're repeated i apologise! :)

"In creating, the only hard thing is to begin" - James Russell Lowell

"Without love, the aquisition of knowledge only increases confusion and leads to self destruction." - J. Krishnamurti

"All the world is full of suffering, it is also full of overcoming it." - Helen Keller

"If i keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come." - Chinese proverb

"Within your own house dwells the treasure of joy; so why do you go begging door to door?" - Sufi saying

"Laughter is the shortest distance between two people" - Victor Borge

Blessings - Rain

[Rainbowbrite]

Just remembered this one, came to me whilst jam making lol!

"Laughter is the jam on the toast of life. It adds flavour, keeps it from being too dry, and makes it easier to swallow." - Diane Johnson

Blessings - Rain

[Lancelot]

Another insightful observation from Sir Winston Churchill-

'Stanley Baldwin occasionally stumbled over the truth, but hastily picked himself up and hurried on as if nothing had happened'

[Lancelot]

The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer. - Henry Kissinger

[Tane Mahuta]

"Resistance is futile.......you will be assimilated!!! -- The Borg

[Franny]

Oh bother, said the Borg; weʻve assimilated Pooh. Anon

[General Urko]

You are
What you do
When it counts. ---the masaeo

[Rainbowbrite]

A few more favourites from me -

"One comes to be of just such stuff as that on which the mind is set." - The Upanishads

"Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbour he is making for, no wind is the right wind." - Seneca

"How can i be useful, of what service can i be? There is something inside me, what can it be?" - Vincent Van Gogh

One last one (-I love this thread lol - thank you OP!)

"All the affairs of the universe come within the range of my duty. My duties include all the affairs of the universe. The universe is my mind. My mind is the universe." - Lu Hsiang-Shan

Blessings - Rain

[Ernie Nemeth]

I don't quote others. But here is one of mine:

We cannot see creation because we think we made our eyes. They report of what we believe; they are not unbiased observers. Creation, however, is still and always here. Moreover, we are that creation. Creation as we imagine it to be never happened yet we are created beings that continuously create in the likeness of our Creator. But what we create is obscured by the false beliefs in our minds that tell our eyes what to see.

[benevolentcrow]

Quote of the day: Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create that fact..........William James

[Dawn]

I have enjoyed all of these but yours, John made me laugh out loud for almost 5 minutes.

"Laughter is the best medicine."

I am very grateful... I needed that laugh today.

[benevolentcrow]

“Acknowledging a person for the good that they do is good, but not as good as committing to do that same good yourself.”

Melanie E. Burgos

[Franny]

“Everyone who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the Universe-a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble.” ~ A. Einstein

[benevolentcrow]

You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us. ~Robert Louis Stevenson

In loving memory of our dear sweet Cordelia, may she rest in peace in God's loving arms. 2002-2011

[Lord Sidious]

'A government big enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take everything you have' ~ Thomas Jefferson

[benevolentcrow]

"Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in."

Mark Twain

[Franny]

Cute pic crow; brings many friends to my thoughts.
___

You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him. - Leo Aikman

[ViralSpiral]

If God lived on earth, people would break his windows.
Jewish proverb

[Lord Sidious]

"Karma is the beginning of knowledge. Next is patience. Patience is very important. The strong are the patient ones. Patience means holding back your inclination to the seven emotions: Hate, adoration, joy, anxiety, anger, grief, fear. If you don't give way to the seven, you're patient, then you'll soon understand all manner of things and be in harmony with Eternity."


http://www.musowls.org/NetCommunity/documents/library_images/shogun.jpg


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCKw2dr1ECc&feature=related

For those of you who haven't read the book and are interested in the history of Japan, especialy Sengoku Jidai, read it.
The mini series went from a 1185 page book to a nine hour portrayal and to this day, is THE best mini series I ever saw.

That one is for pinealnugget and beardonugget, cause they will both ''get it'' and what it means.

[Deedee]

My own quote:

We have our own contemplation, ponderance, silence.. you have ths priviledge... does God? NO! Because God is aware of everything and is assisting in maintaining our experiences of separation and unity.. God knows of no such separation.. only all that is... If you knew everything would you want solitude... well indeed you do have it through the Grace of God... Appreciate what you are experiencing now.. I don't like being alone.. but sometimes God does.. so he expresses through you and me in our own solice... Embrace this and do not deny... for what God is seeking in us.... we are seeking in him... Let all be entwined and rest our heads on each other's shoulders in moments of mirrored reflection!

[ViralSpiral]

Yes, gratitude.... I like that
I am able to practice it here in this very forum. One minute I am laughing out really loud, the next, crying. Today Calz and Sierra worked the magic for me....
Blessings and thank you!!!



When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. ~Chinese Proverb

[benevolentcrow]

I am grateful for all my problems. After each one was overcome, I became stronger and more able to meet those that were still to come. I grew in all my difficulties........... J. C. Penny

[Rainbowbrite]

"Many times a day i realise how much of my own outer and inner life is built upon the labors of my fellow men, both living and dead, and how earnestly i must exert myself in order to give in return as much as i have recieved" - Albert Einstein

" A crank is a man with a new idea - until it catches on" - Mark Twain

"The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved, it is a reality to be lived" - Van Der Leeuwarden

One last one :) -

"The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win you're still a rat" - Lily

Blessings - Rain

[Lord Sidious]

I like ex communists, they don't talk back anymore.

Uncle Sidious :p

[Rainbowbrite]

I always remember more! Lol!

"He who knows others is wise, he who knows himself is enlightened" - Lao Tzu

"Look at the path you are on and ask yourself if it has a heart - if it does then it is good, if it does not then it is of no use" - Don Juan

Blessings - Rain

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I like ex communists, they don't talk back anymore.

Uncle Sidious :p

That gave me a genuine LOL! Thank you Lord Sid!

[benevolentcrow]

"All appears to change when we change." Henri-Frédéric Amiel-

[jjjones]

Wiremu2011, Thank you, my sentiment exactly! Been one of my most important beliefs for many years and have taught this "gem" of awareness to my children. Again, many thanks for reinforcing this powerful message to All. Keep it going! Namaste,Blessings & Peace. jjjones :)

[jjjones]

Corson and Avalon Family, Corson, great thread, thank you! I am adding a few quotes that have been very inspiring and helpful to me and other's that I have passed them on to. Hope All of you get a bit of value from them! A couple of the quotes were told to me by my mother and father, who have been in another dimension/plane of existence for quite awhile, just the same there is a lot of food for thought. Most of them are really pertaining to our critical position of our economic lives throughout the world. Enjoy!

1). The only real wisdom is knowing that you know nothing. ( parents taught me this, don't know whose quote this is).

2). It's not the years of you life that count. It's the life in your years that count. (Anonymous)

3). Be who you are
and say what you feel,
Because, those who mind- don't matter
and those who matter- don't mind. By Dr.Seuss

4). All truth passes through 3 stages:
First, it is ridiculed.
Second, it is violently opposed.
Third, it is accepted as being self evident. By, Authur Schopenhaur.

5). You must recognize that you are a slave to escape slavery. (unknown)

6)."Debt is the slavery of the free". Publius Syrus, 50B.C.

7)." Give me control of the nations money and I care not who makes its laws". By, Mayer Amschel Bauer Rothschilds(founder of Banksters)

8)." Some people think the Federal Reserve Banks are the U.S. government's institutions. They are Not government institutions, they are Private credit monopolies which prey upon the people of the U.S. for the benefit of themselves and their Foreign Swindlers"- Congressional Record 12595-12603- Louis McFadden, Chairman of the committee on banking and currency(12 yrs) June 10, 1932.

9). " I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever Allow Private Banks to Control the issue of their currency, first, by Inflation, then by Deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the bankers will Deprive the people of All property until their children wake-up Homeless on the continent their fathers conquered".By Thomas Jefferson. Regarding the Federal Reserve Banks and Bankers.

10). " It is well that the people of this nation Do Not understand our Banking and Monetary System, for if they did, I believe there would be a Revolution before tomorrow morning". By Henry Ford inventor/ founder of Ford Auto Corporation.

11). " Let the people know the Truth and the country is Safe". By Abe Lincoln

Can't believe that I am finished and I surely bet that All of you can't either! LOL Really I didn't have any intentions of writingAll of these quotes, well, it didn't come out of nowhere, I got this big urge/surge. I do hope that All of you can get some benefit from the quotes. Thank You for your patience in reading this material. For those of you who decided too much info and disjointed topics, I understand. :) Namaste, Love and Peace, jjjones

[Referee]

"Stimulate the heart to love, and all other virtues will rise of their own accord"

-W. T. Ussery

[crosby]

jjjones, and all avalonians, thank you very much for your contributions on the quotes thread. it is very much appreciated. i like coming in here every couple of days and seeing so much thought. it does my mind good. makes me think....... something the world needs to do more of.
warmest regards, corson

[ViralSpiral]

makes me think.......

not too much mind....
we also need "out-time" :)


http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xyLdKoxpdto/TihUk5BAuzI/AAAAAAAAHIo/066ElIG9y8o/s400/tcs.jpg

[Ernie Nemeth]

In the electrical trade there is a saying: There are no old careless electricians.

[benevolentcrow]

If we have the opportunity to be generous with our hearts, ourselves, we have no idea of the depth and breadth of love's reach........Margaret Cho

[benevolentcrow]

Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.........Lois McMaster Bujold

[Gaia]

It doesn't matter how long we may have been stuck in a sense of our limitations. If we go into a darkened room and turn on the light, it doesn't matter if the room has been dark for a day, a week, or ten thousand years we turn on the light and it is illuminated. Once we control our capacity for love and happiness, the light has been turned on.

Sharon Salzberg


Looks like I am back again !

Kathleen

[Borden]

I think this is another Churchill one:

"If you find yourself going through hell ... keep going!"

Borden

[ViralSpiral]

It doesn't matter how long we may have been stuck in a sense of our limitations. If we go into a darkened room and turn on the light, it doesn't matter if the room has been dark for a day, a week, or ten thousand years we turn on the light and it is illuminated. Once we control our capacity for love and happiness, the light has been turned on.

Sharon Salzberg


Looks like I am back again !

Kathleen



http://www.grumpsplace.com/images/smilies/cheerleader2.gif

[sirac]

And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.
Friedrich Nietzsche
quote not for day, just mine as 5th outer court phrase of signiture.
people with real insight depth can see the weakness in orientation after the 4 unless this,
this one's addition though proves that if words are ripped out of their context they can become dangerous tools, showing wrong phase insets..

here it is:
And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.
Friedrich Nietzsche

[CivilDawn]

"Come all you weary with your heavy loads, lay down your burdens find rest for your souls. 'Cause my yoke is easy and my burden is kind. I'll take yours upon me and you can take mine." Dustin Kensrue


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=552CM7Syslw&feature=related

[KosmicKat]

AVALONIAN HEALTH WARNING: Adopting random quotes can damage your mental health!


Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. And I don't play horseshoes.

[benevolentcrow]

Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well......Voltaire

[Ineffable Hitchhiker]

http://i53.tinypic.com/2qjyphs.jpg

[Lord Sidious]

It doesn't matter how long we may have been stuck in a sense of our limitations. If we go into a darkened room and turn on the light, it doesn't matter if the room has been dark for a day, a week, or ten thousand years we turn on the light and it is illuminated. Once we control our capacity for love and happiness, the light has been turned on.

Sharon Salzberg


Looks like I am back again !

Kathleen

About time too, nugget.
Check ya skype as well.

[Ineffable Hitchhiker]

It doesn't matter how long we may have been stuck in a sense of our limitations. If we go into a darkened room and turn on the light, it doesn't matter if the room has been dark for a day, a week, or ten thousand years we turn on the light and it is illuminated. Once we control our capacity for love and happiness, the light has been turned on.

Sharon Salzberg


Looks like I am back again !

Kathleen

About time too, nugget.
Check ya skype as well.



http://i54.tinypic.com/e85zrt.gif



There are big ships and small ships. But the best ship of all is friendship. ~Author Unknown

[TWINCANS]

Think of yourself as a witch or warlock, and every word you utter is a spell that will manifest.

[Normalguy31]

It doesn't matter how long we may have been stuck in a sense of our limitations. If we go into a darkened room and turn on the light, it doesn't matter if the room has been dark for a day, a week, or ten thousand years we turn on the light and it is illuminated. Once we control our capacity for love and happiness, the light has been turned on.

Sharon Salzberg


Looks like I am back again !

Kathleen

"when pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other peoples hearts" Lao Tzu

It's about time :)

[Normalguy31]

"There is a light that shines, special for you and me" chorus from the song "the light" by common sense. (hip hop MC)

[Gaia]

When the wheel of pain stops turning
And the branding iron stops burning
When the children can be children
When the desperados weaken
When the tide rolls into greet them
And the natural law of science
Greets the humble and the mighty
And a billion candles burning
Lights the dark side of every human mind

Roger Waters Each Small Candle

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[ViralSpiral]

The problem with being a drunken time traveller is not being able to remember a single thing about tomorrow!

[crosby]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWwrhUX3iTM

Gaia, so glad that you are back. a little george harrison for you to enjoy.
warmest, corson

[Lord Sidious]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWwrhUX3iTM

Gaia, so glad that you are back. a little george harrison for you to enjoy.
warmest, corson

I am glad too.

[Gaia]

You are not just a meaningless fragment in an alien universe, briefly suspended between life and death, allowed a few short-lived pleasures followed by pain and ultimate annihilation. Underneath your outer form, you are connected with something so vast, so immeasurable and sacred, that it cannot be spoken of - yet I am speaking of it now. I am speaking of it now not to give you something to believe in but to show you how you can know it for yourself.


Eckhart Tolle

http://peacefulrivers.homestead.com/zionriver.JPG

[Antithesis]

The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprised him most about humanity answered,

“Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived.”

:)

[Ruby L.]

That's a great observation made by the Dalai Lama. Thanks for that, Antithesis!
It reminds me of this quote by Oscar Wilde:

"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."

[benevolentcrow]

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else, means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting........e. e. cummings

[crosby]

it's been a while since i've posted a quote, so i think i shall today.

Monday, August 15, 2011

"Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet (1803-1882)

i am posting this particular quote because Gaia is back with us here at avalon, and my brother, who is the closest friend i have ever had, is back from afghanistan. today is a great day.
warmest thoughts and regards to you all, kim

[Lord Sidious]

it's been a while since i've posted a quote, so i think i shall today.

Monday, August 15, 2011

"Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet (1803-1882)

i am posting this particular quote because Gaia is back with us here at avalon, and my brother, who is the closest friend i have ever had, is back from afghanistan. today is a great day.
warmest thoughts and regards to you all, kim

You know Kim, I too am glad we have Gaia back here and I am also glad your brother is back.
Would he be open to joining us here?

[crosby]

when he comes to visit around the 1st of september, i will broach the subject with him. he and i have spoken many times about the awakening that is taking place. he is set to retire next june (i believe) or perhaps it is july. i am almost 100% postive that he may be so inclined. i will let you know as soon as i can. and thank you for your warm thoughts.
warmest, kim

[Gaia]

I'm so glad for you that he came home to you in any kind of okay shape. You are so blessed you have no idea.

Many blessings

Gaia

[Gaia]

I can get up in the morning and look myself in the mirror and my family can look at me too and that's all that matters.


Lance Armstrong

[Star1111]

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle."
— Plato
Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
— Plato
"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
"Only the dead have seen the end of war."
— Plato
"Ignorance, the root and stem of every evil."
— Plato
I'm trying to think, don't confuse me with facts."
— Plato
"Death is not the worst that can happen to men."
— Plato
"Love is the pursuit of the whole."
— Plato

Don't you just love Plato

[Lisab]

Don't be dismayed at goodbyes. A farewell is before you can meet again. And meeting again after a moment or a lifetime is certain for those who are friends - Richard Bach. Brilliant thread x

[Normalguy31]

I know my own nation best. That's why I despise them the most. And I know and love my own people too, the swine. I am a patriot. A dangerous man. - Edward Abbey

[Ruby L.]

(T.V. Interview with David Frost, 1972)

David Frost: What would you like people to think about you when you've gone?


Muhammad Ali: I'd like for them to say:

He took a few cups of love,

He took one tablespoon of patience,

One teaspoon of generosity,

One pint of kindness.

He took one quart of laughter,

One pinch of concern.

And then, he mixed willingness with happiness.

He added lots of faith,

And he stirred it up well.

Then he spread it over a span of a lifetime,

And he served it to it to each and every deserving person he met.



I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world.
-- M.A. (The Greatest Of All Time)

[Lisab]

All of us take pride and pleasure in the fact that we are unique, but I'm afraid that when all is said and done the police are right - it all comes down to fingerprints. David Sedaris