Cool quotes

[Wolfchild]

That which we persist in doing becomes easier, not that the task itself has become easier, but that our ability to perform it has improved.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

[triniteec]

When the student is ready the teacher will appear. Life is now in session, are you present?

[Wolfchild]

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.
~ Henry David Thoreau


If you have a talent, use it in every which way possible. Don't hoard it. Don't dole it out like a miser. Spend it lavishly like a millionaire intent on going broke.
~ Brendan Francis

[Gettinup]

We do not have to get caught in the middle of other people's issues.
-- Melody Beattie

Gettinup

[Summerteeth]

"Don't ever save anything for a special occasion. Being alive is the special occasion." -- Unknown

"For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life." --Alfred D Souza.

"I always prefer to believe the best of everybody-it saves so much trouble." --Rudyard Kipling

[Summerteeth]

" Do not fear mistakes - there are none." -- Miles Davis

"Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music- the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself."-- Henry Miller


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[SpaceDementia]

"An eye for an eye makes the world blind"

--Ghandi

[least]

THere are two types of people in the world: those who divide people into two types and those who don't.

[SpaceDementia]

"Why of course the people don't want war. Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally the common people don't want war: neither Russia, nor England, nor for that matter Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."



---Herrmann Goering

[SpaceDementia]

".....That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and institute new Government....."



Declaration of Independence

[rita123]

Originally Posted by liveweyerd

"Why indeed must 'God' be a noun? Why not a verb,,,the most active and dynamic of all?"

Mary Daly, theologian

We are not as complicated as we like to make out

[AliceinWndrland]

You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take. - Unknown

[GoldenGutters]

Since it seems the "Sufi Souls" thread was one we lost, I'll put this here.

Then said Almitra, "Speak to us of Love."

And he raised his head and looked upon the people, and there fell a stillness upon them.

And with a great voice he said:

When love beckons to you follow him,

Though his ways are hard and steep.

And when his wings enfold you yield to him,

Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.

And when he speaks to you believe in him,

Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden.

For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning.

Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun,

So shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth.

Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself.

He threshes you to make you naked.

He sifts you to free you from your husks.

He grinds you to whiteness.

He kneads you until you are pliant;

And then he assigns you to his sacred fire, that you may become sacred bread for God's sacred feast.

All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart, and in that knowledge become a fragment of Life's heart.

But if in your fear you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure,

Then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love's threshing-floor,

Into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears.

Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself.

Love possesses not nor would it be possessed;

For love is sufficient unto love.

When you love you should not say, "God is in my heart," but rather, I am in the heart of God."

And think not you can direct the course of love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.

Love has no other desire but to fulfil itself.

But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires:

To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.

To know the pain of too much tenderness.

To be wounded by your own understanding of love;

And to bleed willingly and joyfully.

To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving;

To rest at the noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy;

To return home at eventide with gratitude;

And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.

Kahlil Gibran,

[HIPPYCHIC]

Spend your time with those who seek to understand the world,run from those that think they already do

[Boleo]

"Some people have a gift for language and some people...ahh...umm..."

- Steve Martin -

[GoldenGutters]

“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature nor do the children of man as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.”

Helen Keller
1880-1968, Blind/Deaf Author and Lecturer

[Ann]

Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.

Love that part, thanks GG.

[GoldenGutters]

"There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action. There is only one of you in all time; therefore this expression is unique. If you block it, it will never exist through any other medium. The world will not have it. It will be lost. It is not your business to determine how good it is, or how valuable it is, or how it compares with other expression. It is your business to keep it yours, clearly and directly, and to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep the channel open. No artist is pleased. There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction. A blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than others."

-Martha Graham

[shellthebell]

I saw this one in a bar, years ago...."We may not have it all together, but together, we have it all".

[MycoolFitz]

Nothing can match the strength of those whose lives have been shaped and forged through challenging and overcoming hardships. Such people fear nothing. The purpose of our Buddhist practice is to develop such strength and fortitude. To cultivate such an invincible core is in itself a victory. It is also the greatest benefit. Those who can succeed in this endeavor will savor unsurpassed happiness; they can manifest the supreme state of Buddhahood.

-Diasaku Ikeda