Quotes that drive and move you

[Sententia]

Be not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction! Be heroes in an army of construction!

-Kudos to those who recognize who said that without googling.

E=MC2
"The only real valuable thing is intuition."
"Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds."
"The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible."

Thomas Jefferson
"I never told my religion, nor scrutinized that of another. I never attempted to make a convert, nor wished to change another's creed. I have judged others' religions by their lives, for it is from our lives and not our words that our religions must be read."

Edison
I cannot believe in the immortality of the soul. . . . I am an aggregate of cells, as, for instance, New York City is an aggregate of individuals. Will New York City go to heaven? . . . . No; nature made us--nature did it all--not the gods of the religions.

There are tons more... but what quotes drive you? Im not talking about quotes you like or agree with but what quotes move you...

 

[Somkid]

I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.

-- Dalhi Lama

Do not speak- unless it improves on silence.
You can explore the universe looking for somebody who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself,
and you will not find that person anywhere.

--Buddhist sayings

Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle,
and the life of the candle will not be shortened.
Happiness never decreases by being shared.

 

[The Seeker]

Here's my favorite.
Now, look you Kalamas, do not be led by reports, or tradition, or hearsay. Be not led by the authority of religious texts, nor by mere logic or inference, nor by considering appearances, nor by the delight in speculative opinions, nor by seeming possibilities, nor by the idea; "this is our teacher'. But, O Kalamas, when you know for youselves that certain things are unwholesome (akusala), and wrong, and bad, then give them up ... And when you know for yourselves that certain things are wholesome (kusala) and good, then accept them and abide by them.

 

[Nanda]

"You can't stop my happiness, cause I like the way I am! And you just can't stop my knife and fork when I see a Christmas ham. So if you don't like the way I look, well I just don't give a damn!" - Hairspray, the musical.

 

[Somkid]

Here's my favorite.
Now, look you Kalamas, do not be led by reports, or tradition, or hearsay. Be not led by the authority of religious texts, nor by mere logic or inference, nor by considering appearances, nor by the delight in speculative opinions, nor by seeming possibilities, nor by the idea; "this is our teacher'. But, O Kalamas, when you know for youselves that certain things are unwholesome (akusala), and wrong, and bad, then give them up ... And when you know for yourselves that certain things are wholesome (kusala) and good, then accept them and abide by them.

This is why I became a Buddhist.

 

[Nessa Nenharma]

When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.

"I may disagree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it." -Voltaire

"And were an epitaph to be my story I'd have a short one ready for my own. I would have written of me on my stone: I had a lover's quarrel with the world." -Robert Frost

"Because I could not stop for death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves and immortality." -Emily Dickenson

:bb:

Nessa

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

I've thought this would be something good to get done up nicely and put over my front door, so it'd be the last thing I see as I step out into the world each morning:

"For every man the world is as fresh as it was at the first day,
And as full of untold novelties for him who has the eyes to see them." - T.H. Huxley

 

[Mister Emu]

My old sig line-
The wise win before they fight, the ignorant fight to win - Zhuge Liang

My current sig line:
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, the sinner.

If you love me, you will follow my commandments - Jesus

 

[3.14]

If A is A then B should also be A unless B is defined then C is A or B unless C is defined

money is the goal for the ignorant, knowlage is a goal for the powerhungry, understanding is the goal for the wise

there is more power in a single word then in all the weapons in the world

there is black and white but the shades of gray are the most commen

 

[misanthropic_clown]

"The command Be ye perfect is not idealistic gas. Nor is it a command to do the impossible. He is going to make us into creatures that can obey that command. He said (in the Bible) that we were "gods" and He is going to make good His words. If we let Him-for we can prevent Him, if we choose-He will make the feeblest and filthiest of us into a god or goddess, a dazzling, radiant, immortal creature, pulsating all through with such energy and joy and wisdom and love as we cannot now imagine, a bright stainless mirror which reflects back to God perfectly (though, of course, on a smaller scale) His own boundless power and delight and goodness. The process will be long and in parts very painful; but that is what we are in for. Nothing less. He meant what He said."

--C.S. Lewis - Mere Christianity.

That book pretty much restored my faith in Christianity.

 

[NIX]

When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.

:bb:

Nessa

Hah! I like that one Nessa! Either that or you're a frog in a video game.
Now that I think about it, you could read that quote from a few different angles.....
(like just about everything else.)

Why don't I come up with clever little adages like that? I am a muse after all.:sarcastic

*Nixxie*

 

[3.14]

these posters have awsom quotes

 

[Mister Emu]

That one always makes me smile

 

[lilithu]

There are lots of quotes that move me. This is the one that drives me:

"And what does the Lord thy God require of thee but to do justice, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God." - Micah 6:8

 

[UnityNow101]

A few favorites of mine from UG Krishnamurti:

"The most important thing for us to realize is that thought is a very destructive weapon, and that thought is our enemy. However, we are not ready to accept the fact that thought can only create problems, but cannot help us to solve them"...UG Krishnamurti

"If you do not know what happiness is, you will never be unhappy."...UG Krishnamurti

"Attachment becomes a problem because of our wanting to be detached. What is wrong with attachment? Permanence: we cannot hold onto attachments forever. Knowing that, one gets onto the merry-go-round of detachment. All this looks very attractive to you because you feel that you now have the mantra which will help you cope with the aches and pains attachment brings you. Then you get attached to the concept of detachment and spend a lifetime trying to make the goal of being detached into a reality."...UG Krishnamurti

 

[The Seeker]

This is why I became a Buddhist.

This quote gave me a lot of respect for Buddhism.

 

[Sunstone]

There's an old Arab saying, "The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on." That one sometimes comes to mind.

 

[Muffled]

Man does not live by bread alone but by every word that procedes from God. - Jesus

Whatever you do to the least of these you do it to me. - Jesus

 

[Darkness]

"What is done for love always occurs beyond Good and Evil." -- Friedrich Nietzsche

It is one of the fundamentals of my morality.

 

[crystalonyx]

To the point:


Voltaire

"atheism is the voice of a few intelligent people."