Quote of the day

[Geoff-Allen]

“I love this world because it is imperfect. It is imperfect, and that's why it is growing; if it was perfect it would have been dead. Growth is possible only if there is imperfection. I would like you to remember again and again, I am imperfect, the whole universe is imperfect, and to love this imperfection, to rejoice in this imperfection is my whole message.”

~ Osho

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Well, I've learned that marriage is the best teacher of all. It teaches you loyalty, forbearance, meekness, self-restraint, forgiveness and a great many other qualities you wouldn't have needed if you'd stayed single."

~ Anon?

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Just as children play games in which they pretend to be adults, and thus pave the way for adulthood, so you and I must pretend to be angelic, noble, enlightened spirits just visiting here, in order to actually become them."

~ Marianne Williamson

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."

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http://philosiblog.com/2012/03/27/be-kind-for-everyone-you-meet-is-fighting-a-hard-battle/

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Willingly greeting our fears and weaknesses with openness, acceptance, and respect is one of the hardest tasks mindfulness asks of us and one of the most freeing practices we can undertake. Sitting in stillness with our sorrow and shame, our fear and judgment laid bare is an act of courage."

~ Sue Patton Thoele

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Be gentle first with yourself - if you wish to be gentle with others."

~ Lama Yeshe

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility."

~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Those who can laugh without cause have either found the true meaning of happiness or have gone stark raving mad."

~ Norm Papernick

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Women might be able to fake orgasms. But men can fake a whole relationship."

~ Sharon Stone

 

[Geoff-Allen]

“You grow up the day you have your first real laugh - at yourself.”

~ Ethel Barrymore

 

[Geoff-Allen]

“There is a theory which states that if ever for any reason anyone discovers what exactly the Universe is for and why it is here it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another that states that this has already happened.”

~ Douglas Adams

 

[Geoff-Allen]

“If you want to find God, hang out in the space between your thoughts.”

~ Alan Cohen

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good."

~ Samuel Johnson

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher."

~ Socrates (470-399 B.C.)

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well."

~ Foe Ancis

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Experience is that marvellous thing that enables you to recognise a mistake when you make it again."

~ F. P. Jones

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music."

~ George Carlin

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from poor judgement."

~ Will Rogers

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Suffering is not holding you. You are holding suffering. When you become good at the art of letting sufferings go, then you’ll come to realize how unnecessary it was for you to drag those burdens around with you. You’ll see that no one else other than you was responsible. The truth is that existence wants your life to become a festival."

~ Osho

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"If there is anything we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is something that could better be changed in ourselves."

~ C.G. Jung