Original post: Dunhill
Just came across this finishing up my book on Iranian Shi'ism
The life of the law has not been logic: it has been experience.
Justice Oliver Wendel Holmes
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Original post: TransPersonal
In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
-Douglas Adams
Isn't it funny how the word 'politics' is made up of the words 'poli' meaning 'many' in Latin, and 'tics' as in 'bloodsucking creaturesâ???
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If you don't want to work, you have to work to earn enough money so that you won't have to work.
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Have you ever noticed? Anybody going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac.
-George Carlen
Is it progress if a cannibal uses knife and fork?
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The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.
-Bill Watterson
In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
-Douglas Adams
Isn't it funny how the word 'politics' is made up of the words 'poli' meaning 'many' in Latin, and 'tics' as in 'bloodsucking creaturesâ???
-Anonymous
If you don't want to work, you have to work to earn enough money so that you won't have to work.
-Ogden Nash
Have you ever noticed? Anybody going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac.
-George Carlen
Is it progress if a cannibal uses knife and fork?
-Stanislaw Lec
The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.
-Bill Watterson
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Original post: Ravi
"The pen is mightier than the sword, and considerably easier to write with."
-Marty Feldman
"The pen is mightier than the sword, and considerably easier to write with."
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Original post: Dunhill
Found this in a book of commentaries on the Art of War.
Quote from: The Book of Master Mo, Chapter 17, "Against Offensive War"
Murdering one man is considered wrong and is punished with the death penalty. According to this argument, murdering ten men should be ten times more wrong and receive ten death penalties. And likewise with murdering a hundred men. The gentlemen of the world know these acts to be wrong. But the great wrong of attacking a state, that they do not find wrong but praise it and call it right. They are not even aware that it is wrong.
Found this in a book of commentaries on the Art of War.
Quote from: The Book of Master Mo, Chapter 17, "Against Offensive War"
Murdering one man is considered wrong and is punished with the death penalty. According to this argument, murdering ten men should be ten times more wrong and receive ten death penalties. And likewise with murdering a hundred men. The gentlemen of the world know these acts to be wrong. But the great wrong of attacking a state, that they do not find wrong but praise it and call it right. They are not even aware that it is wrong.
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Original post: Apsinthion
"To know means to know all. Not to know all means not to know. In order to know all, it is only necessary to know a little. But, in order to know this little, it is first necessary to know pretty much." ~Gurdjieff, Views from the Real World
"To know means to know all. Not to know all means not to know. In order to know all, it is only necessary to know a little. But, in order to know this little, it is first necessary to know pretty much." ~Gurdjieff, Views from the Real World
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Original post: Draginvry
"There is one who, though not having eaten rice for a long time, feels no hunger. There is another who, though eating all the day long, never feels satisfied."
- Pai-Chang's Sermon to the Monks
"There is one who, though not having eaten rice for a long time, feels no hunger. There is another who, though eating all the day long, never feels satisfied."
- Pai-Chang's Sermon to the Monks
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Original post: moonburn33
In all things I am scattered, and from wherever you wish you collect me - Gospel of Eve
In all things I am scattered, and from wherever you wish you collect me - Gospel of Eve
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Original post: High Priest Enki
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace"
Jimi Hendrix
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace"
Jimi Hendrix
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Original post: Paschal
The game of life does not evolve like a mathematical calculation, on the principal that two and two equal four. Sometimes they equal five, or minus three. And sometimes the black board topples down in the middle of the sum, leaving the classroom in disorder and the pedagogue with a black eye.
Winston Churchill.
How old would you be, if you didn't know how old you are?
Scottish wisdom.
A fellow walked up and said, "I'll tell you the absolute truth. I'm a liar."
Unknown wag.
The game of life does not evolve like a mathematical calculation, on the principal that two and two equal four. Sometimes they equal five, or minus three. And sometimes the black board topples down in the middle of the sum, leaving the classroom in disorder and the pedagogue with a black eye.
Winston Churchill.
How old would you be, if you didn't know how old you are?
Scottish wisdom.
A fellow walked up and said, "I'll tell you the absolute truth. I'm a liar."
Unknown wag.
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Original post: Annanakki
Don't be afraid that your life will end, be afraid that it will never begin. ~ Norman Cousins
We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves. ~ Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live. ~ Norman Cousins
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. ~ Richard Wagner
We all chose what we wish to be. The same wind that blows a ship on the rocks could blow it into safe harbor. It is not the wind, it is the set of the sail. ~ Taylor Caldwell
Don't be afraid that your life will end, be afraid that it will never begin. ~ Norman Cousins
We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves. ~ Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live. ~ Norman Cousins
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. ~ Richard Wagner
We all chose what we wish to be. The same wind that blows a ship on the rocks could blow it into safe harbor. It is not the wind, it is the set of the sail. ~ Taylor Caldwell
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Original post: durki
(1) Contentment is the greatest wealth.
(2) Time is the most effective medication.
(3) Death is the greatest release.
(1) Contentment is the greatest wealth.
(2) Time is the most effective medication.
(3) Death is the greatest release.
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Original post: S33k3R
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And when they nail my pimpled ass to the cross
Ill tell them I found jesus that should throw them off
He goes by the name jesus and steals hubcaps from cars
Oh jesus can I borrow your crowbar?
To pry these God damn nails out they're beginning to hurt
Crucified and all I got was this lousy t-shirt
I cant believe its not butter! Ill sing as I'm flogged
Yeah thats what I would do if I were god
So vote for me for savior and youll go to heaven
Your lame duck lord is like Kevin Spacey in seven
With creepy threats of h-e-double-hockey-sticks
You just cant teach an old God new tricks
But would I be a good messiah with my low self-esteem?
If I dont believe in myself would that be blasphemy?
Just sport some crummy holier than thou facade
Yeah thats what I would do if I were god
Bloodhound Gang - The coolest wiggas ever.
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And when they nail my pimpled ass to the cross
Ill tell them I found jesus that should throw them off
He goes by the name jesus and steals hubcaps from cars
Oh jesus can I borrow your crowbar?
To pry these God damn nails out they're beginning to hurt
Crucified and all I got was this lousy t-shirt
I cant believe its not butter! Ill sing as I'm flogged
Yeah thats what I would do if I were god
So vote for me for savior and youll go to heaven
Your lame duck lord is like Kevin Spacey in seven
With creepy threats of h-e-double-hockey-sticks
You just cant teach an old God new tricks
But would I be a good messiah with my low self-esteem?
If I dont believe in myself would that be blasphemy?
Just sport some crummy holier than thou facade
Yeah thats what I would do if I were god
Bloodhound Gang - The coolest wiggas ever.
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Original post: astral_light21
"I have as much authority as the pope...I just don't have as many people who believe me." - George Carlin
"The reason they call it the American dream is because you have to be asleep to believe it." - George Carlin
"I went to a bookstore and asked the sales-woman, "wheres the self-help section?", she said if she told me that would defeat the purpose." - George Carlin
"I have as much authority as the pope...I just don't have as many people who believe me." - George Carlin
"The reason they call it the American dream is because you have to be asleep to believe it." - George Carlin
"I went to a bookstore and asked the sales-woman, "wheres the self-help section?", she said if she told me that would defeat the purpose." - George Carlin
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Original post: sara Morgan
Live neither in the present nor the future, but in the eternal.
Mabel Collins : Light On The Path
Live neither in the present nor the future, but in the eternal.
Mabel Collins : Light On The Path
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Original post: Azzerac
"The Edge is No Place for People who Break!"
~Terry Pratchett
"The Edge is No Place for People who Break!"
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Original post: qazse
A number of quotes taken from about 1 - 1/2 chapters of a book... They are not all necessarily "spiritual" (ie: "mystical and poetic"), however they are quite worthwhile, regardless.
A number of quotes taken from about 1 - 1/2 chapters of a book... They are not all necessarily "spiritual" (ie: "mystical and poetic"), however they are quite worthwhile, regardless.
The individualist will to power leads to division. The universalist will to unity shows the value and viability of our individualism
Life need not be a struggle. Struggle may be a factor of development for lower forms of life. At higher stages of development, however, struggle is irrational. Even competition − a sublimation of the urge to struggle − has been superseded by co-operation. Conflict cannot possibly be connected with culture. Where there is struggle, culture is absent; the technological advances may be however great. Reason finally learns to recognize that the law of the jungle, the war of all against all, belongs in the jungle
The purpose of religion is to lighten the burdens of life, not to make them heavier. The purpose of religion is to ennoble man and thereby to afford him joy, peace, and harmony. The purpose of religion is not to issue commands or prohibitions, but to ennoble and strengthen feelings so as to make all commands superfluous. The purpose of religion is not to mitigate the wrath of any cosmic being, but to unite us with our fellow men in a brotherly bond. The purpose of religion is, therefore, to ennoble our feelings, to preach brotherhood, and to
practise service.
The fact that religion can do without dogmas is proved by Buddhism, whose tolerance is a consequence of this. A Buddhist â??synodâ?Â
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Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behaviors. Keep your behaviors positive because your behaviors become your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny.
By Gandhi
By Gandhi
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