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Post by kahne9 on Aug 31, 2005 21:58:19 GMT -5
"The love of heaven makes one heavenly."
William Shakespeare
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Post by dinadan on Aug 31, 2005 22:31:41 GMT -5
"The human person is a threshold where many infinities meet." - John O'Donohue, Anam Cara
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Post by dinadan on Sept 1, 2005 0:00:15 GMT -5
Another good O'Donohue quote I just thought about:
"To the loving eye, everthing is real.'
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Post by Elassa on Sept 1, 2005 8:36:52 GMT -5
"Idealist, of that I am guilty. I've never had the courage to believe in nothing."
"I hope to add a measure of grace to the world."
- Both from Man of La Mancha
"I'm calling for back up. No, don't back up!!"
- Travelocity Gnome
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Post by dreamer on Sept 1, 2005 13:23:57 GMT -5
My favorite t-shirt quote:
1. There is a God.
2. You are not him.
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Post by Elassa on Sept 1, 2005 13:36:45 GMT -5
My dad has a shirt that says:
On front: Jesus is Lord.
On Back: Duh.
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Post by dinadan on Sept 1, 2005 14:50:39 GMT -5
"The most hateful grief of all human griefs is this, to have knowledge of the truth but no power over the event" - Herodotus
"Reduce the size of the state;
Lessen the population.
Make sure that even though there are labor saving tools, they are never used.
Make sure that the people look on death as a weighty matter and never move to distant places.
Even though they have ships and carts, they will have no use for them.
Even though they have armor and weapons, they will have no reason to deploy them.
Make sure that the people return to the use proper measurements.
Make their food savory,
Make their clothes fine,
Make their houses comfortable,
Their lives happy." - Lao-Tzu
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Post by kahne9 on Sept 8, 2005 10:41:07 GMT -5
"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart."
Helen Keller
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Post by cowgirl on Sept 11, 2005 16:30:54 GMT -5
My favorite qoute from a book is from.... Pendragon, I think.
"If you call those warriors then give my a group of boys with sharpened sticks and I will conquer the world."
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Post by Daae on Sept 12, 2005 18:21:29 GMT -5
Probably one of my favorite quotes of all time:
"Then he isn't safe?"
"Safe? Don't you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? 'Course he isn't safe. But he's good. He's the King, I tell you."
-Lucy & Mr. Beaver talking about Aslan
And I saw this on a T-shirt I really want:
[front]I'm not playing hard to get.
[back]I am hard to get.
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Post by dinadan on Sept 12, 2005 20:54:17 GMT -5
Two more from Lao-tzu
"The more taboos and prohibitions there are in the world, the poorer the people.
The more sharp impliments the people have, the more benighted the state.
The more clever and skillful the people, the more strange and perverse things arise.
The more clear the laws and edicts, the more thieves and robbers."
"In pursuit of learning, one does more and more each day;
In pursuit of the Way [Tao], one does less and less each day;
One does less and less until one does nothing;
One does nothing yet nothing is left undown.
Gaining the world always is accomplished by following no activity.
As soon as one actively tries, one will fall short of gaining the world."
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Post by twyrch on Sept 13, 2005 21:57:47 GMT -5
"If God wanted me to see the Sun rise, he'd have put it in the middle of the day." - Mark Lowry
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Post by kahne9 on Oct 3, 2005 14:56:45 GMT -5
"If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you."
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Post by dinadan on Oct 3, 2005 21:24:22 GMT -5
hahahaha
Reminds me of a conversation I had the other night where I related the amusing anecdote about Dorothy Parker.
At a dinner party, she was once asked to use the word "horticulture" in a sentence. Her reply?
"You can lead a whore to culture, but you can't make her think."
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For a more serious note:
"The abolition of educational priviledge by disposing of culture at bargain prices does not admit the masses to the preserves from which they were formerly exluded but, under the existing social conditions, contributes to the decay of education and the progress of barbaric incoherence." -Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno, The Dialectic of Enlightenment
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Post by Margim on Oct 4, 2005 8:17:50 GMT -5
"When I get to heaven, I shall see three wonders there: the first wonder will be to see so many people there whom I did not expect to see; the second, to miss many people whom I did expect to see; and the third and greatest wonder of all will be to find myself there."
--- John Newton
When encountering something new, first, have a go. If that doesn't work, force it. If all else fails, read the instructions.
--- Not sure if this comes from anywhere... its kind of a family motto.
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