cool quotes

[dsdumpling]

"As soon as we lose the moral basis, we cease to be religious. There is no such thing as religion over-riding morality. Man, for instance, cannot be untruthful, cruel or incontinent and claim to have God on his side." Mahatma Gandhi

 

[Athalia]

I am bound to live up to what light I have. ~Abe Lincoln - 16th president.

 

[elanor]

A great many people mistake opinions for thoughts.

- Herbert V. Prochnow

 

[elanor]

Yearning

Why is it I feel a small
but ceaseless kinship
with every shopping bag lady,
each homeless being,
huddled in cardboard boxes,
or sprawled in doorways?
Stirred by contrast
with life as I know it, aware
of losses I have never known,
something of given respect
become-my-own,
earned or unearned,
I yearn to share.
And I wish
I could understand better,
could set things right,
provide them warmth
against the icy breeze,
divide my food, look deep
into their eyes,
compassionately,
saying, I care,
I care! --
produce some ease:
resolve the ache of
Am I more than these?

--Bonnie May Malody

 

[elanor]

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.

--Mahfouz Naguib

 

[tulc]

"When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President;
I'm beginning to believe it."
-Clarence Darrow

 

[tulc]

No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a
piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod
be washed away by sea, [America] is the less, as well
as if a promotory were, as well as if a manor of thy
friend's or of thine own were. Any man's death
diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and
therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls;
it tolls for thee.
-John Donne (1572-1631)

 

[elanor]

No man is an island...

...never send to know for whom the bell tolls;
it tolls for thee.

Oh, honestly. How unoriginal. I mean, could he, like, pack any more cliches in his writing.

 

[tulc]

Oh, honestly. How unoriginal. I mean, could he, like, pack any more cliches in his writing

ROTFL!!
Even a cliche can be new once!
-tulc

 

[altya]

Only those who realize their own potential and tendency toward
sin in their own lives will have the humility that is necessary to help restore a wayward believer. We must never take a superior attitude toward fellow believers who have fallen. We must seek to lift them up with a humility that comes from knowing ourselves.
- Author unknown

 

[elanor]

Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.
--William Wordsworth

 

[freespirit2001]

Yearning

Why is it I feel a small
but ceaseless kinship
with every shopping bag lady,
each homeless being,
huddled in cardboard boxes,
or sprawled in doorways?
Stirred by contrast
with life as I know it, aware
of losses I have never known,
something of given respect
become-my-own,
earned or unearned,
I yearn to share.
And I wish
I could understand better,
could set things right,
provide them warmth
against the icy breeze,
divide my food, look deep
into their eyes,
compassionately,
saying, I care,
I care! --
produce some ease:
resolve the ache of
Am I more than these?

--Bonnie May Malody

This is so beautiful, Eleanor...

" Between whom there is hearty truth there is love; and in proportion to our truthfulness and confidence in one another, our lives are divine and miraculous, and answer to our ideal. There are passages of affection in our intercourse with mortal men and women, such as no prophecy had taught us to expect, which transcend our earthly life, and anticipate heaven for us."

Henri Thoreau "A week in the Concord and Merrimac Rivers"

 

[altya]

Love is the greatest constraining power in the world. Tell me what
you love, and I will tell you what you are. - Author unknown

 

[elanor]

I love that poem, too FreeSpirit. I cut it out of the newspaper over 20 years ago, and I still have this tattered, yellowed old clipping in my "Inspiration" file. I have it memorized, because I so identify with it. I've never seen it anywhere else, nor anything else by that author. Glad you appreciated it.

 

[tulc]

Cowardice asks, Is it safe?
Expediency asks, Is it politic?
Vanity asks, Is it popular?
But conscience asks, Is it right?
-William Morley Punshon

 

[WarSong]

Cowardice asks, Is it safe?
Expediency asks, Is it politic?
Vanity asks, Is it popular?
But conscience asks, Is it right?
-William Morley Punshon

I like that one.

 

[altya]

Enjoy the things God has created but while enjoying
these gifts do not lose sight of the Giver.

 

[tulc]

"Why should I fear death?
If I am, death is not.
If death is, I am not.
Why should I fear that which can only exist when I do not?"
-Epicurus (341-270 BCE)

 

[Miss Mayberry]

My philosophy as well as an awesome quote:
"Better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you're an idiot, than to open your mouth and prove it."

 

[altya]

Reach out with compassion and a gentle spirit to all that you meet because they, too, are carrying a heavy cross.