The Great Quotes thread

[Ineffable Hitchhiker]

[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]

Posted by corson (here)
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]

Posted by ViralSpiral (here)
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]

Posted by Gaia (here)
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]

Posted by corson (here)

Posted by Gaia (here)
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]

Posted by Lord Sidious (here)

Posted by ceetee9 (here)
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]

Posted by Ba-ba-Ra (here)
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