cool quotes

[freespirit2001]

"The universe will reward you for taking risks on its behalf."

---Shakti Gawain

 

[tulc]

Let us look at the past 10 years. What land and sea did not witness warfare? What region was not soaked in Christian blood? The cruelty of Christians surpasses that of pagans and beasts. We must look for peace by purging the very sources of war — false ambitions and evil desires. As long as individuals serve their own personal interests the common good will suffer. Let them examine the self-evident fact that this world is the Fatherland of the entire human race.
-Erasmus

 

[tulc]

Even the blind can see that economic development means the murder of thousands of people - that big business rules through the power of the lying spirit, and that governments wage war by means of deception. A capitalistic society can be maintained only by lies; if people were to recognize this, there would be a total revolt against the greatest deception in the history of mankind. But we are a long way from revolting. Most pious and even many working people think, “Rich and poor have to be.” They ignore the fact that it is impossible to amass any kind of fortune without cheating, without depriving and hurting others and destroying their lives. They fail to realize that big business, concentrated in a few hands, can steer hundreds of thousands toward certain ruin through unemployment.
-Eberhard Arnold

 

[auscubejesus]

'the sane make a living the deranged make history'

 

[mandapanda445]

We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.. --Unknown

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." Ghandi

 

[freespirit2001]

"You Should Never Have Your Best Trousers On When You Turn Out To Fight For Freedom And Truth."

---Henrik Ibsen, An Enemy of the People

 

[tulc]

"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who
approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright
force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined."
-Patrick Henry

 

[Athalia]

 

[Athalia]

I do not choose to be a common man. It is my right to be uncommon. I seek opportunity to develop whatever talents God gave me - not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the state look after me. I want to take the calculated risk; to dream and to build, to fail and succeed. I refuse to barter incentive for a dole. I prefer the challenges of life to the guaranteed existence; the thrill of fulfillment to the stale calm of utopia. I will not trade freedom for beneficience nor my dignity for a handout. I will never cower before any earthly master nor bend to any threat. It is my heritage to stand erect, proud and unafraid; to think and act myself, enjoy the benefit of my creations and to face the world boldly and say - 'This with God's help, I have done.' All this is what it means to be an American
--My Creed by Dean Alfange Colorado Springs Co

 

[tulc]

"There is no sweeter sound than the crumbling of your fellow man."
-Groucho Marx

 

[freespirit2001]

I do not choose to be a common man. It is my right to be uncommon. I seek opportunity to develop whatever talents God gave me - not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the state look after me. I want to take the calculated risk; to dream and to build, to fail and succeed. I refuse to barter incentive for a dole. I prefer the challenges of life to the guaranteed existence; the thrill of fulfillment to the stale calm of utopia. I will not trade freedom for beneficience nor my dignity for a handout. I will never cower before any earthly master nor bend to any threat. It is my heritage to stand erect, proud and unafraid; to think and act myself, enjoy the benefit of my creations and to face the world boldly and say - 'This with God's help, I have done.' All this is what it means to be an American
--My Creed by Dean Alfange Colorado Springs Co

XOXOXOLOLO!!! Athalia...Ten thousand hugs...if I can only just hug you right now!!!this saying is the best!!! free is watching the time in her own tattered shorts today....hoping though all...

 

[freespirit2001]

"Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth---more than ruin---even morethan death...Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to priveledge, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid. Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man."

Bertrand Russell

 

[tulc]

Fear can sometimes be a useful emotion. For instance, let's say you're an
astronaut on the moon and you fear that your partner has been turned into
Dracula. The next time he goes out for the moon pieces, wham!, you just slam
the door behind him and blast off. He might call you on the radio and say
he's not Dracula, but you just say, "Think again, bat man."
-Jack Handy

 

[brinny]

Strange things that I like: Brave souls that stand up for what they believe. Some find that strange. I applaud it. ~brinny

 

[elanor]

"Unthinking faith is a curious offering to be made to the creator of the human mind." - John A. Hutchinson

 

[elanor]

"The more we sweat in peace the less we bleed in war." - Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

 

[brinny]

"I'd rather seek truth than breathe." ~brinny

 

[brinny]

The Poor in Spirit

For a long time, I sought safety and security
among the wise and clever, hardly aware that
the things of the Kingdom were revealed to "little
children"; that God has chosen "those who by
human standards are fools to shame the wise."
But when I experienced the warm, unpretentious
reception of those who have nothing to boast
about, and experienced a loving embrace from
people who didn't ask any questions, I began to
discover that a true spiritual homecoming
means a return to the poor in spirit to whom the
Kingdom of Heaven belongs. The embrace of
the Father became very real to me in the
embraces of the mentally poor.
-Henri Nouwen

tulc

God is exquisitely simple. He hides his 'jewels' among the seeming 'lowly' yet His purity shines from the very ones the world rejects.

Thank you tulc.

 

[brinny]

"God never uses sandpaper on wounds." ~brinny

 

[brinny]

"There is always something truly....restorative, really, finally comforting, in learning what is true..In coming to the end of an illusion, a false hope." ~Sue Miller