"Facts are always convincing. It is conclusions drawn from facts that are frequently in error."
Sherlock Holmes, "The Scarlet Claw"
Sherlock Holmes, "The Scarlet Claw"
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Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.
- C.S. Lewis
- C.S. Lewis
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"Don't join the book burners. Don't think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed."
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
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"If you believe what you like in the Gospel and reject what you do not like,
it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself."
- St. Augustine
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it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself."
- St. Augustine
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"Political tags-such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth-are never basic criteria.
The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.
The former are idealists acting from the highest motives for the greatest good of the greatest number.
The latter are surly curmudgeons, suspicious and lacking in altruism.
But they are more comfortable neighbors than the other sort."
-Robert A. Heinlein
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The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.
The former are idealists acting from the highest motives for the greatest good of the greatest number.
The latter are surly curmudgeons, suspicious and lacking in altruism.
But they are more comfortable neighbors than the other sort."
-Robert A. Heinlein
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moerunamida
Prayer Warrior
Never argue with an idiot. They'll just bring you down to their level. -Darren Hayes
No one can make you feel inferior without your permission. -Eleanor Roosevelt
~Mandie
No one can make you feel inferior without your permission. -Eleanor Roosevelt
~Mandie
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THINGS YOU'D LOVE TO SAY AT WORK, BUT CAN'T!
1. I can see your point, but I still think you're full of it.
2. I don't know what your problem is, but I'll bet it's hard to pronounce.
3. How about never? Is never good for you?
4. I see you've set aside this special time to humiliate yourself in public.
5. I'm really easy to get along with once you people learn to worship me.
6. I'll try being nicer if you'll try being smarter.
7. I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message...
8. I don't work here. I'm a consultant.
9. It sounds like English, but I can't understand a word you're saying.
10. Ahhh...I see the Foul-up fairy has visited us again...
11. I like you. You remind me of when I was young and stupid.
12. You are validating my inherent mistrust of strangers.
13. I have plenty of talent and vision. I just don't give a hoot.
14. I'm already visualising the duct tape over your mouth.
15. I will always cherish the initial misconceptions I had about you.
16. Thank you. We're all refreshed and challenged by your unique point of
view.
17. The fact that no one understands you doesn't mean you're an artist.
18. Any connection between your reality and mine is purely coincidental.
19. What am I? Flypaper for freaks!?
20. I'm not being rude. You're just insignificant.
21. It's a thankless job, but I've got a lot of Karma to burn off.
22. And your cry-baby whiny opinion would be...?
23. Do I look like a people person?
24. I started out with nothing & still have most of it left.
25. Sarcasm is just one more service we offer.
26. If I throw a stick, will you leave?
27. Errors have been made. Others will be blamed.
28. Whatever kind of look you were going for, you missed.
29. I'm trying to imagine you with a personality.
30. A cubicle is just a padded cell without a door.
31. Can I trade this job for what's behind door #1?
32. Too many freaks, not enough circuses.
33. Nice perfume. Must you marinate in it?
34. Chaos, panic, & disorder - my work here is done.
35. How do I set a laser printer to stun?
36. I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted paychecks.
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1. I can see your point, but I still think you're full of it.
2. I don't know what your problem is, but I'll bet it's hard to pronounce.
3. How about never? Is never good for you?
4. I see you've set aside this special time to humiliate yourself in public.
5. I'm really easy to get along with once you people learn to worship me.
6. I'll try being nicer if you'll try being smarter.
7. I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message...
8. I don't work here. I'm a consultant.
9. It sounds like English, but I can't understand a word you're saying.
10. Ahhh...I see the Foul-up fairy has visited us again...
11. I like you. You remind me of when I was young and stupid.
12. You are validating my inherent mistrust of strangers.
13. I have plenty of talent and vision. I just don't give a hoot.
14. I'm already visualising the duct tape over your mouth.
15. I will always cherish the initial misconceptions I had about you.
16. Thank you. We're all refreshed and challenged by your unique point of
view.
17. The fact that no one understands you doesn't mean you're an artist.
18. Any connection between your reality and mine is purely coincidental.
19. What am I? Flypaper for freaks!?
20. I'm not being rude. You're just insignificant.
21. It's a thankless job, but I've got a lot of Karma to burn off.
22. And your cry-baby whiny opinion would be...?
23. Do I look like a people person?
24. I started out with nothing & still have most of it left.
25. Sarcasm is just one more service we offer.
26. If I throw a stick, will you leave?
27. Errors have been made. Others will be blamed.
28. Whatever kind of look you were going for, you missed.
29. I'm trying to imagine you with a personality.
30. A cubicle is just a padded cell without a door.
31. Can I trade this job for what's behind door #1?
32. Too many freaks, not enough circuses.
33. Nice perfume. Must you marinate in it?
34. Chaos, panic, & disorder - my work here is done.
35. How do I set a laser printer to stun?
36. I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted paychecks.
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My favorites:
The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit. -- W. Somerset Maugham
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's too dark to read. -- Groucho Marx
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it, and then misapplying the wrong remedies.
-- Groucho Marx
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
-- Albert Einstein
Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.
-- G. K. Chesterton
The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit. -- W. Somerset Maugham
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's too dark to read. -- Groucho Marx
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it, and then misapplying the wrong remedies.
-- Groucho Marx
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
-- Albert Einstein
Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.
-- G. K. Chesterton
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Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.
-Arthur Schopenhauer
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-Arthur Schopenhauer
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"Years ago my mother used to say to me, she'd say, "In this world, Elwood, you must be" -- she always called me Elwood -- "In this
world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant." Well, for years I was smart.
I recommend pleasant.
And you may quote me."
-Elwood P. Dowd (Jimmy Stewert in "Harvey")
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world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant." Well, for years I was smart.
I recommend pleasant.
And you may quote me."
-Elwood P. Dowd (Jimmy Stewert in "Harvey")
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A Warning to the West
Once when I was in the Himalayas, I was sitting
upon the bank of a river; I drew out of the water a
beautiful, hard, round stone and smashed it.
The inside was quite dry. The stone had been
lying a long time in the water, but the water had
not penetrated the stone. It is just like that with
the "Christian" people of the West. They have
for centuries been surrounded by Christianity,
entirely steeped in its blessings, but the Master's
truth has not penetrated them. Christianity is not
at fault; the reason lies rather in the hardness of
their hearts. Materialism and intellectualism
have made their hearts hard. So I am not
surprised that many people in the West do not
understand what Christianity really is.
-Sadhu Sundar Singh
tulc
Once when I was in the Himalayas, I was sitting
upon the bank of a river; I drew out of the water a
beautiful, hard, round stone and smashed it.
The inside was quite dry. The stone had been
lying a long time in the water, but the water had
not penetrated the stone. It is just like that with
the "Christian" people of the West. They have
for centuries been surrounded by Christianity,
entirely steeped in its blessings, but the Master's
truth has not penetrated them. Christianity is not
at fault; the reason lies rather in the hardness of
their hearts. Materialism and intellectualism
have made their hearts hard. So I am not
surprised that many people in the West do not
understand what Christianity really is.
-Sadhu Sundar Singh
tulc
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...Footprints...
One night a man had a dream about walking along the beach with the Lord. The sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene, he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand: his and the Lord's.
After the last scene flashed before him, he looked at the footprints, noticing that at the most difficult times in his life there was only one set of footprints.
"Lord, you said you'd walk with me all the way if I followed you. But during the most troulbesome times in my life, there is only one set of footprints. Why did you leave me when I needed you most?"
The Lord replied, "I love you and would never leave you. In your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, that was when I carried you."
~~Author Known~~
That's my mother's favorite. Smiling
Christy
One night a man had a dream about walking along the beach with the Lord. The sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene, he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand: his and the Lord's.
After the last scene flashed before him, he looked at the footprints, noticing that at the most difficult times in his life there was only one set of footprints.
"Lord, you said you'd walk with me all the way if I followed you. But during the most troulbesome times in my life, there is only one set of footprints. Why did you leave me when I needed you most?"
The Lord replied, "I love you and would never leave you. In your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, that was when I carried you."
~~Author Known~~
That's my mother's favorite. Smiling
Christy
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~~ True Love ~~
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
If I speak in the tongues of men and angels,
but have not love,
I have become sounding brass or a tinkling symbol.
And if I have prophecy and know all mysteries and all knowledge,
and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains,
but have not love, I am nothing.
And if I dole out all my goods, and
if I deliver my body that I may boast
but have not love, nothing I am profited.
Love is long suffering,
love is kind,
it is not jealous,
love does not boast,
it is not inflated.
It is not discourteous,
it is not selfish,
it is not irritable,
it does not enumerate the evil.
It does not rejoice over the wrong, but rejoices in the truth
It covers all things,
it has faith for all things,
it hopes in all things,
it endures in all things.
Love never falls in ruins;
but whether prophecies, they will be abolished; or
tongues, they will cease; or
knowledge, it will be superseded.
For we know in part and we prophecy in part.
But when the perfect comes, the imperfect will be superseded.
When I was an infant,
I spoke as an infant,
I reckoned as an infant;
when I became [an adult],
I abolished the things of the infant.
For now we see through a mirror in an enigma, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know as also I was fully known.
But now remains
faith, hope, love,
these three;
but the greatest of these is love.
~~From Bible~~ (I don't know their author name)
Christy
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
If I speak in the tongues of men and angels,
but have not love,
I have become sounding brass or a tinkling symbol.
And if I have prophecy and know all mysteries and all knowledge,
and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains,
but have not love, I am nothing.
And if I dole out all my goods, and
if I deliver my body that I may boast
but have not love, nothing I am profited.
Love is long suffering,
love is kind,
it is not jealous,
love does not boast,
it is not inflated.
It is not discourteous,
it is not selfish,
it is not irritable,
it does not enumerate the evil.
It does not rejoice over the wrong, but rejoices in the truth
It covers all things,
it has faith for all things,
it hopes in all things,
it endures in all things.
Love never falls in ruins;
but whether prophecies, they will be abolished; or
tongues, they will cease; or
knowledge, it will be superseded.
For we know in part and we prophecy in part.
But when the perfect comes, the imperfect will be superseded.
When I was an infant,
I spoke as an infant,
I reckoned as an infant;
when I became [an adult],
I abolished the things of the infant.
For now we see through a mirror in an enigma, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know as also I was fully known.
But now remains
faith, hope, love,
these three;
but the greatest of these is love.
~~From Bible~~ (I don't know their author name)
Christy
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"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat." - Teddy Roosvelt
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"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength;
loving someone deeply gives you courage."
-Lao Tzu
loving someone deeply gives you courage."
-Lao Tzu
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Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up.
-Anne Lamott
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-Anne Lamott
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The Ballad of Reading Gaol
...And thus we rust Life's iron chain
Degraded and alone:
And some men curse, and some men weep,
And some men make no moan:
But God's eternal Laws are kind
And break the heart of stone.
And every human heart that breaks,
In prison-cell or yard,
Is as that broken box that gave
Its treasure to the Lord,
And filled the unclean leper's house
With the scent of costliest nard.
Ah! happy those whose hearts can break
And peace of pardon win!
How else may man make straight his plan
And cleanse his soul from Sin?
How else but through a broken heart
May Lord Christ enter in?
-Oscar Wilde
tulc
...And thus we rust Life's iron chain
Degraded and alone:
And some men curse, and some men weep,
And some men make no moan:
But God's eternal Laws are kind
And break the heart of stone.
And every human heart that breaks,
In prison-cell or yard,
Is as that broken box that gave
Its treasure to the Lord,
And filled the unclean leper's house
With the scent of costliest nard.
Ah! happy those whose hearts can break
And peace of pardon win!
How else may man make straight his plan
And cleanse his soul from Sin?
How else but through a broken heart
May Lord Christ enter in?
-Oscar Wilde
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