Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Thanks Christine - he has a few worthy quotes!
Everyone feels that their opinions are the "right" ones to have!
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Thanks Christine - he has a few worthy quotes!
Everyone feels that their opinions are the "right" ones to have!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
"Our capacity to make peace with another person and with the world depends very much on our capacity to make peace with ourselves. If we are at war with our parents, our family, our society, or our church, there is probably a war going on inside us also, so the most basic work for peace is to return to ourselves and create harmony among the elements within us--our feelings, our perceptions, and our mental states. We must recognize and accept the conflicting elements that are within us and their underlying causes. It takes time, but the effort always bears fruit. When we have peace within, real dialogue with others is possible."
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Geoff-Allen
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"Every time we hold our tongue instead of returning the sharp retort, show patience for another's faults, show a little more love and kindness; we are helping to stockpile more of these peace-bringing qualities in the world."
~ Constance Foster
~ Constance Foster
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
A few thoughts about love -
"If falling in love is anything like learning how to spell, I don't want to do it. It takes too long." -- Glenn, age 7
"Love is like an avalanche where you have to run for your life." -- John, age 9
"I think you're supposed to get shot with an arrow or something, but the rest of it isn't supposed to be so painful." -- Manuel, age 8
"No one is sure why it happens, but I heard it has something to do with how you smell. That's why perfume and deodorant are so popular." -- Mae, age 9
"Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too." -- Greg, age 8
"Once I'm done with kindergarten, I'm going to find me a wife." -- Tom, age 5
"On the first date, they just tell each other lies, and that usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date." -- Mike, 10
"I'm in favor of love as long as it doesn't happen when Dinosaurs is on television." -- Jill, age 6
"One of the people has freckles, and so he finds somebody else who has freckles too." -- Andrew, age 6
"My mother says to look for a man who is kind. That's what I'll do. I'll find somebody who's kinda tall and handsome." -- Carolyn, age 8
"It gives me a headache to think about that stuff. I'm just a kid. I don't need that kind of trouble." -- Kenny, age 7
"If falling in love is anything like learning how to spell, I don't want to do it. It takes too long." -- Glenn, age 7
"Love is like an avalanche where you have to run for your life." -- John, age 9
"I think you're supposed to get shot with an arrow or something, but the rest of it isn't supposed to be so painful." -- Manuel, age 8
"No one is sure why it happens, but I heard it has something to do with how you smell. That's why perfume and deodorant are so popular." -- Mae, age 9
"Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too." -- Greg, age 8
"Once I'm done with kindergarten, I'm going to find me a wife." -- Tom, age 5
"On the first date, they just tell each other lies, and that usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date." -- Mike, 10
"I'm in favor of love as long as it doesn't happen when Dinosaurs is on television." -- Jill, age 6
"One of the people has freckles, and so he finds somebody else who has freckles too." -- Andrew, age 6
"My mother says to look for a man who is kind. That's what I'll do. I'll find somebody who's kinda tall and handsome." -- Carolyn, age 8
"It gives me a headache to think about that stuff. I'm just a kid. I don't need that kind of trouble." -- Kenny, age 7
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
"It is essential that our love be liberating, not possessive. We must at all times give those we love the freedom to be themselves. Love affirms the other as other. It does not possess and manipulate another as mine. To love is to liberate. Love and friendship must empower those we love to become their best selves, according to their own lights and visions."
~ John Powell
~ John Powell
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
“As soon as you look at the world through an ideology you are finished. No reality fits an ideology. Life is beyond that. That is why people are always searching for a meaning to life. Meaning is only found when you go beyond meaning. Life only makes sense when you perceive it as mystery and it makes no sense to the conceptualizing mind.”
~ Anthony de Mello
~ Anthony de Mello
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
"Anyone can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way, that is not easy."
~ Aristotle
~ Aristotle
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
~ Francois Voltaire
~ Francois Voltaire
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
One day Chuang-tzu and a friend
were walking along a riverbank.
"How delightfully the fishes are
enjoying themselves in the water!"
Chuang-tzu exclaimed.
"You are not a fish," his friend said.
"How do you know whether or not
the fishes are enjoying themselves?"
"You are not me," Chuang-tzu said.
"How do you know that I do not know
that the fishes are enjoying themselves?"
More Zen here -
quotes, quotations, nice thoughts and sayings on zen
Enjoy!
were walking along a riverbank.
"How delightfully the fishes are
enjoying themselves in the water!"
Chuang-tzu exclaimed.
"You are not a fish," his friend said.
"How do you know whether or not
the fishes are enjoying themselves?"
"You are not me," Chuang-tzu said.
"How do you know that I do not know
that the fishes are enjoying themselves?"
More Zen here -
quotes, quotations, nice thoughts and sayings on zen
Enjoy!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
"If God needs money, why doesn't he just write another Bible. The first one sold pretty well."
~ Homer Simpson
~ Homer Simpson
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Compère: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the refreshment room here at Bletchley. My name is Kenny Lust and I’m your compère for tonight. You know, once in a while it is my pleasure, and my privilege, to welcome here at the refreshment room, some of the truly great international artists of our time. And tonight we have one such artist. Ladies and gentlemen, someone whom I’ve always personally admired, perhaps more deeply, more strongly, more abjectly than ever before. A man, well, more than a man, a god, a great god, whose personality is so totally and utterly wonderful my feeble words of welcome sound wretchedly and pathetically inadequate. Someone whose boots I would gladly lick clean until holes wore through my tongue, a man who is so totally and utterly wonderful, that I would rather be sealed in a pit of my own filth, than dare tread on the same stage with him. Ladies and gentlemen, the incomparably superior human being, Harry Fink.
Voice Offstage: He can’t come!
Kenny Lust: (winks) Never mind, it’s not all it’s cracked up to be.
~ Monty Python’s Flying Circus
It has a bunch of quotes from some interesting TV shows!
TV Show Quotes | planetclaire.TV
Cheers!
Voice Offstage: He can’t come!
Kenny Lust: (winks) Never mind, it’s not all it’s cracked up to be.
~ Monty Python’s Flying Circus
It has a bunch of quotes from some interesting TV shows!
TV Show Quotes | planetclaire.TV
Cheers!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
More Python -
"Well I've always said, There's nothing an agnostic can't do if he really doesn't know whether he believes in anything or not."
Matt's Monty Python Repository - ChurchBellsSketch
"Well I've always said, There's nothing an agnostic can't do if he really doesn't know whether he believes in anything or not."
Matt's Monty Python Repository - ChurchBellsSketch
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
"I am compassionate. I allow my heart and imagination to embrace the difficulties and concerns of others. While maintaining my own balance, I find it within myself to extend sympathy, attention, and support. When they are grieved, I listen with openness and gentle strength. I offer loyalty, friendship, and human understanding. Without undermining or enabling, I aid and assist others to find their strength. I allow the healing power of the Universe to flow through me, soothing the hearts and feelings of those I encounter."
~ Julia Cameron
~ Julia Cameron
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
"Compassion is the ultimate and most meaningful embodiment of emotional maturity. It is through compassion that a person achieves the highest peak and the deepest reach in his or her search for self-fulfillment."
~ Arthur Jersild
~ Arthur Jersild
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
"You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he or she doesn't feel you've done a permanent job."
~ Laurence J. Peter
~ Laurence J. Peter
In politics, stupidity is not a handicap
- Napoleon Bonaparte
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
"If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be."
~ John Heywood
~ John Heywood
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
A Zen master was once asked, "What is the key to happiness?"
He answered, "Good judgment."
"How do I gain good judgment?" he was questioned.
"Experience," was the reply.
"How then do I get experience?" the student further probed.
"Bad judgment," were his final words.
~ Christina Feldman
He answered, "Good judgment."
"How do I gain good judgment?" he was questioned.
"Experience," was the reply.
"How then do I get experience?" the student further probed.
"Bad judgment," were his final words.
~ Christina Feldman