Cool Quotes

[Zeke]

Ah I didnt think that that was in Christs character to kill those who didnt accept his rule

[cree8ivone]

margim said:

Sorry for this one ... can't remember where I heard it.

Light a man a fire he'll be warm for a day. Light a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

Umm... Don't you mean...

Light a man on fire and he'll be warm for a minute, then he'll drop to the ground and roll around until he is not on fire.

or

Light a man on fire and he'll burn throughout the day.




Sorry, I just couldn't resist. It was so funny when I read it.

[Zeke]

then there is the wookie variant

Give a wookie bantha meat and he will eat for a day
Teach a wookie to hunt bantha and he will eat for a lifetime

[Tegid]

Alfred Lord Tennyson has the departing king saying these words in Morte d'Arthur:

The old order changeth, yielding place to new,
And God fulfils Himself in many ways,
Lest one good custom should corrupt the world.
Comfort thyself: what comfort is in me?
I have lived my life, and that which I have done
May He within Himself make pure! but thou,
If thou shouldst never see my face again,
Pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayer
Than this world dreams of. Wherefore, let thy voice
Rise like a fountain for me night and day.
For what are men better than sheep or goats
That nourish a blind life within the brain,
If, knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer
Both for themselves and those who call them friend?

[dinadan]

"Vee beeleeve in nuzzingk, Lebowski!"

[dinadan]

"If we only accept rebukes from perfect people, we'll always believe that everything we do is above reproach." - Me

[lovehound]

From the Havamal:

Less good than they say for the sons of men
is the drinking oft of ale:
for the more they drink, the less can they think
and keep a watch o'er their wits.

One's own house is best, though small it may be;
each man is master at home;
though he have but two goats and a bark-thatched hut
'tis better than craving a boon.

With raiment and arms shall friends gladden each other,
so has one proved oneself;
for friends last longest, if fate be fair
who give and give again.

Hast thou a friend whom thou trustest well,
from whom thou cravest good?
Share thy mind with him, gifts exchange with him,
fare to find him oft.

Most blest is he who lives free and bold
and nurses never a grief,
for the fearful man is dismayed by aught,
and the mean one mourns over giving.

Wise in measure should each man be;
but let him not wax too wise;
seldom a heart will sing with joy
if the owner be all too wise.

Most dear is fire to the sons of men,
most sweet the sight of the sun;
good is health if one can but keep it,
and to live a life without shame.

The lame can ride horse, the handless drive cattle,
the deaf one can fight and prevail,
'tis happier for the blind than for him on the bale-fire,
but no man hath care for a corpse.

Let him speak soft words and offer wealth
who longs for a woman's love,
praise the shape of the shining maid --
he wins who thus doth woo.

Never a whit should one blame another
whom love hath brought into bonds:
oft a witching form will fetch the wise
which holds not the heart of fools.

I counsel thee, Stray-Singer, accept my counsels,
they will be thy boon if thou obey'st them,
they will work thy weal if thou win'st them:
when in peril thou seest thee, confess thee in peril,
nor ever give peace to thy foes.

[dinadan]

"The greatest evil is not now done in those sordid "dens of crime" that Dickens loved to paint. It is not done even in concentration camps or labour camps. In those we see its final result. But it is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded, carried, and minuted) in clean, carpeted, warmed and well-lighted offices, by quiet men with white collars and cut fingernails and smooth-shaven cheeks who do not need to raise their voice. Hence, naturally enough, my symbol for Hell is something like the bureaucracy of a police state or the offices of a thoroughly nasty business concern." - C. S. Lewis

[dinadan]

"Irrational recklessness was now considered courageous commitment, hesitation while looking to the future was high-styled cowardice, moderation was a cover for lack of manhood, and circumspection meant inaction, while senseless anger now helped to define a true man, and deliberation for security was a specious excuse for dereliction." - Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War

<sarcasm> Things sure were different 2500 years ago, weren't they? </sarcasm>

[dinadan]

"Do not act as if thou wert going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over thee. While thou livest, while it is in thy power, be good. " - Marcus Aurelius

[dinadan]

"When we say, then, that pleasure is the end and aim, we do not mean the pleasures of the prodigal or the pleasures of sensuality, as we are understood to do by some through ignorance, prejudice, or willful misrepresentation. By pleasure we mean the absence of pain in the body and of trouble in the soul. It is not an unbroken succession of drinking-bouts and of merrymaking, not sexual love, not the enjoyment of the fish and other delicacies of a luxurious table, which produce a pleasant life; it is sober reasoning, searching out the grounds of every choice and avoidance, and banishing those beliefs through which the greatest disturbances take possession of the soul." - Epicurus, The Principle Doctrines

[dinadan]

"Odi profanum vulgus et arceo" - Horace

I abhor the profane masses and avoid them.

[dinadan]

"All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare." - Baruch Spinoza, The Ethics, Book V

[dinadan]

"In addition to my other numerous acquaintances, I have one more intimate confidant. My depression is the most faithful mistress I have known -- no wonder, then, that I return the love." - Kierkegaard

[dinadan]

"Caedite eos! Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius!" - Arnaud Amaury, head of the Cistercian Order, leader of the Albigenisian Crusade.

Translation: Slay them all. God will know the ones belonging to Him.