cool quotes

[kelco]

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. ~ John Muir

 

[freespirit2001]

"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

tulc

:o

More of these "tags" are described in the article:
The Twelve Tribes of American Politics: The Religious Groups that comprise the US Electorate, by John Green and Steven Waldman

 

[Hydra009]

"Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months."
--Oscar Wilde

 

[tulc]

The basic fact is that humanity survives through kindness, love and compassion.
That human beings can develop these qualities is their real blessing.
-Dalai Lama

 

[tulc]

*May God bless you with discomfort...
at easy answers, half-truths, and superficial relationships,
so that you may live deep within your heart.
*May God bless you with anger...
at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people,
so that you may work for justice, freedom, and peace.
*May God bless you with tears...
to shed for those who suffer from pain, rejection, starvation, and war,
so that you may reach out your hand to comfort them and to turn their pain
into joy.
*And may God bless you with enough foolishness...
to believe that you can make a difference in this world,
so that you can do what others claim cannot be done.
Amen
-Franciscan benediction

 

[tulc]

So many gods, so many creeds,
So many paths that wind and wind,
While just the art of being kind
Is all the sad world needs.
* Ella Wheeler Wilcox

 

[brinny]

So many gods, so many creeds,
So many paths that wind and wind,
While just the art of being kind
Is all the sad world needs.
* Ella Wheeler Wilcox

my soul exhaled when I read that....so simple, so hidden, so overlooked, soooo like God. It's beautiful.

 

[2Timothy2]

Christian faith has appeared to many an easy thing; nay, not a few even reckon it among the social virtues, as it were; and this they do because they have not made proof of it experimentally, and have never tasted of what efficacy it is. For it is not possible for any man to write well about it, or to understand well what is rightly written, who has not at some time tasted of its spirit, under the pressure of tribulation; while he who has tasted of it, even to a very small extent, can never write, speak, think, or hear about it sufficiently. - Martin Luther

 

[freespirit2001]

Christian faith has appeared to many an easy thing; nay, not a few even reckon it among the social virtues, as it were; and this they do because they have not made proof of it experimentally, and have never tasted of what efficacy it is. For it is not possible for any man to write well about it, or to understand well what is rightly written, who has not at some time tasted of its spirit, under the pressure of tribulation; while he who has tasted of it, even to a very small extent, can never write, speak, think, or hear about it sufficiently. - Martin Luther

This is so beautiful 2Timothy2!!!

I have always liked the word efficacy---"the power to produce a desired effect; effectiveness."

In my Business Managment class it means the ablity to handle whats it takes to get the job done.

 

[freespirit2001]

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?

tulc

......

 

[freespirit2001]

"Watch where God puts you in darkness, and when you are there, keep your mouth shut... Darkness is the time to listen and heed. If you talk to other people, you cannot hear what God is saying. When you are in the dark, listen, and God will give you a very precious message for someone else when you get in the light" - Oswald Chambers

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[kelco]

Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart. ~ Marcus Aurelius

 

[cinni]

Despite the high cost of living,
have you noticed how it remains so popular?

 

[kelco]

Despite the high cost of living,
have you noticed how it remains so popular?

LOL

 

[2Timothy2]

To have found God and still to pursue Him is the soul's paradox of love, scorned indeed by the too-easily- satisfied religionist, but justified in happy experience by the children of the burning heart - A. W. Tozer, "The Pursuit of God"

 

[kelco]

This is all the Inheritance I can give to my dear Family. The Religion of Christ can give them one which will make them rich indeed. ~ Patrick Henry

 

[freespirit2001]

"fax mentis incendum gloriae"---the passion for glory is the torch of the mind
"inter canem et lupum"---between the dog and the wolf; twilight

 

[2Timothy2]

The weary sun hath made a golden set
And by the bright tract of his fiery car
Gives token of a goodly day to-morrow.

- Richmond
Richard III, Act 5 scene 3

 

[freespirit2001]

High Flight

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds - and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or even eagle flew -
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand
And touched the face of God.
-John Gillespie Magee

tulc

 

[kelco]

"Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin." ~ Mother Theresa