The Great Quotes thread

[Mari]

Well, not a quote, but a poem...


What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.

No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.

No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.

No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.

No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.

No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.

A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.



William Henry Davies

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

"Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one."
~ Marcus Aurelius

[Eva2]

THE EDGE YOU CARRY WITH YOU
You know
so very well
the edge
of darkness
you have
always
carried with you.
You know
so very well,
your childhood legacy:
that particular,
inherited
sense of hurt,
given to you
so freely
by the world
you entered.
And you know
too well
by now
the body’s
hesitation
at the invitation
to undo
everything
others seemed
to want to
make you learn.
But your edge
of darkness
has always
made
its own definition
secretly
as an edge of light
and the door
you closed
might,
by its very nature
be
one just waiting
to be leant against
and opened.
And happiness
might just
be a single step away,
on the other side
of that next
unhelpful
and undeserving
thought.
Your way home,
understood now,
not as an achievement,
but as a giving up,
a blessed undoing,
an arrival
in the body
and a full rest
in the give
and take
of the breath.
This living
breathing body
always waiting
to greet you
at the door,
always prepared
to give you
the rest you need,
always,
no matter the long
years away,
still wanting you,
to come home.
David Whyte

[Ewan]

Posted by Eva2 (here)
THE EDGE YOU CARRY WITH YOU

You know so very well the edge of darkness you have always carried with you.

You know so very well, your childhood legacy:

- that particular, inherited sense of hurt, given to you so freely by the world you entered.

And you know too well by now the body’s hesitation at the invitation to undo everything others seemed to want to make you learn.

But your edge of darkness has always made its own definition secretly as an edge of light and the door you closed might, by its very nature be one just waiting to be leant against and opened.

And happiness might just be a single step away, on the other side of that next unhelpful and undeserving thought.

Your way home, understood now, not as an achievement, but as a giving up, a blessed undoing, an arrival in the body and a full rest in the give and take of the breath.

This living breathing body always waiting to greet you at the door, always prepared to give you the rest you need, always, no matter the long years away, still wanting you, to come home.

David Whyte

Forgive me, I did this for my own benefit.

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

Posted by Ewan (here)
Forgive me, I did this for my own benefit.

And mine. Thanks Ewan! (no offence Eva2)

"The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury."
~ Marcus Aurelius

[Eva2]

Posted by Mark (Star Mariner) (here)

Posted by Ewan (here)
Forgive me, I did this for my own benefit.

And mine. Thanks Ewan! (no offence Eva2)

"The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury."
~ Marcus Aurelius

Agree - an easier read. I was reading it like prose/poetry but it doesn't "fit". Thanks.

[Icare]

Man cannot stand a meaningless life.


C.G. Jung

[Ewan]

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.
― Thomas Jefferson

The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legalised version of the first.
― Thomas Jefferson

He also said that banks were more dangerous than standing armies, unfortunately nobody listened and the banks shattered the chains of the constitution and the Government became the criminals. Revolution is long overdue, unfortunately it is always mindless and bloody replacing the old with the new. The King is dead, long live the King.

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

"The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts."
~ Marcus Aurelius

[Tintin]

[Jamie]

I recently heard this quote, and really like the truth of it.
I'm now wondering if I heard it here, on PA... so apologies if it's already been posted.

"Procrastination Is the Thief Of Time"

[grapevine]

[Matthew]

“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears.

It was their final, most essential command.”

George Orwell, 1984

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.
~ Sholom Aleichem

[Ewan]

Posted by Mark (Star Mariner) (here)
Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.
~ Sholom Aleichem

Jeez, that is GOOD!

[Jamie]

I'm sure this quote has been posted before, but here again, as a gentle reminder of the time some feel we are in.

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

"I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'"
~ Muhammad Ali

[Eva2]

As a general rule, novelty is obviously increasing. It has been since the very beginning of the universe. Immediately following the Big Bang there was only the possibility of nuclear interaction, and then, as temperatures fell below the bond strength of the nucleus, atomic systems could be formed. Still later, as temperatures fell further, molecular systems appeared. Then much later, life became possible; then very complex life forms evolved, thought became possible, culture was invented. The invention of printing and electronic information transfer occurred.
What is happening to our world is ingression of novelty toward what Whitehead called "concrescence," a tightening gyre. Everything is flowing together. The "autopoetic lapis," the alchemical stone at the end of time, coalesces when everything flows together. When the laws of physics are obviated, the universe disappears, and what is left is the tightly bound plenum, the monad, able to express itself for itself, rather than only able to cast a shadow into physis as its reflection. I come very close here to classical millenarian and apocalyptic thought in my view of the rate at which change is accelerating. From the way the gyre is tightening, I predict that concrescence will occur soon and it will be the entry of our species into hyperspace, but it will appear to be the end of physical laws accompanied by the release of the mind into the imagination.'
Terence McKenna

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

"We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far."
~ Swami Vivekananda

[Bill Ryan]

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom the emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand wrapped in awe, is as good as dead — his eyes are closed.

Albert Einstein