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A human being is a part of the whole, called by us "Universe", a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest — a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
- Albert Einstein
 
Aegle said:
"Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy sunday afternoon." Susan Ertz
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MMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Indeed. Call out the humans!!!

"99% of humans give the rest of us a bad name!"


"A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory."


"I would love to change the world, but they won't give me the source code."


"Last night I lay in bed looking up at the stars in the sky and I thought to myself, where the heck is the ceiling."




"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. " – Herm Albright

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My favourite quote:

,Please post any quotes that you find to be memorable, profound or inspirational. I'll start with a simple one that I've always liked.´

Peace.
 
“Naturally the common people don’t want war. But after all, it is the leaders of a country who determine the policy, and it’s always a simple matter to drag people along whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. This is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and for exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every country.”
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A clear moment of honestly from Hermann Goering. Allegedly spoken during some interview in his cell in between the proceedings of the Nuremberg Trial.
 
1. Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not
walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me for
the path is narrow. In fact, just piss off and leave me alone.

2. Sex is like air. It's not that important unless
you aren't getting any.

3. No one is listening until you fart.

4. Always remember you're unique. Just like
everyone else.

5. Never test the depth of the water with both feet.

6. If you think nobody cares whether you're alive
or dead, try missing a couple of mortgage payments.

7. Before you criticize someone, you should walk a
mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a
mile away and you have their shoes.

8. If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not
for you.

9. Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach
him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all
day.

10. If you lend someone $20 and never see that person
again, it was probably well worth it.

11. If you tell the truth, you don't have to
remember anything.

12. Some days you are the bug; some days you are the
wind screen.

13. Don't worry; it only seems kinky the first
time.

14. Good judgment comes from bad experience ... and
most of that comes from bad judgment.

15. A closed mouth gathers no foot.

16. There are two excellent theories for arguing with
women. Neither one works.

17. Generally speaking, you aren't learning much
when your lips are moving.

18. Experience is something you don't get until
just after you need it.

19. We are born naked, wet and hungry, and get slapped
on our ass... then things just keep getting worse.

20. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping
pill and a laxative on the same night.
 
OF- those are ALL so damn funny and just plain GOOD!

do me a favor? will you repost this in THE QUOTE ROOM in the INFORMATION/GENERAL DISCUSSION room. i would like to consolodate all of these quote threads into one area and then we can even make it an actual room at one point...

MUCH LOVE AND GRATITUDE!!
 
This is an excellent thread, gotta love quotes. I agree that it would be nice to gather all similar threads in one place.....
Keep 'em coming ya'll.
 
What is a television apparatus to man, who has only to shut his eyes to see the most inaccessible regions of the seen and the never seen, who has only to imagine in order to pierce through walls and cause all the planetary Baghdads of his dreams to rise from the dust.

-Salvador Dali
 
Responsibility: A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one's neighbor. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star.~Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, 1911

(the following is from my Introduction Essay):

Here are a few quotes from Castaneda’s books that I thought would go well with the DMT experience:


"A man goes to knowledge as he goes to war: wide-awake, with fear, with respect, and with absolute assurance. Going to knowledge or going to war in any other manner is a mistake, and whoever makes it might never live to regret it."

“We are men and our lot in life is to learn and to be hurled into inconceivable new worlds.”

“A warrior must learn to make every act count, since he is going to be here in this world for only a short while, in fact, too short for witnessing all the marvels of it.”

“The aim is to balance the terror of being alive with the wonder of being alive.”

“To seek freedom is the only driving force I know. Freedom to fly off into that infinity out there. Freedom to dissolve; to lift off; to be like the flame of a candle, which, in spite of being up against the light of a billion stars, remains intact, because it never pretended to be more than what it is: a mere candle.”

“Death is the only wise advisor that we have. Whenever you feel, as you always do, that everything is going wrong and you're about to be annihilated, turn to your death and ask if that is so. Your death will tell you that you're wrong; that nothing really matters outside its touch. Your death will tell you, 'I haven't touched you yet.”



 
As long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitable to dispense it. -Dick Cavett

A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. proverb

It is of little use trying to suppress terrorism if the production of deadly devices continues to be deemed a legitimate employment of man's creative powers. -E.F. Schumacher
 
A couple of the quotes that inspired my current life philosophy:

"A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers." - Plato

"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors." - Plato

"Always do whatever's next." - George Carlin

"Religion is just mind control." - George Carlin
 
Diggin' all the quotes. I was just thinking about starting a topic like this and here one is.

"Your vision will become clear when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside dreams; who looks inside awakens." -Carl Jung

"Either there are physical processes which cause psychic happenings, or there is a pre-existent psyche which organizes matter." -Carl Jung

"There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self." -Aldous Huxley

"There are only two ways to live your life: One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." -Albert Einstein

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: His eyes are closed." -Albert Einstein

"To see a world in a grain of sand, and a heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand, and eternity in an hour..." -William Blake

"If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear as it is - infinite." -William Blake

"The Edge. There is no honest way to explain it because the only people that really know where it is are the ones who have gone over it." -Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

"If you're not living on the edge, then you're taking up too much space." -Unknown

"Free yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our mind..." -Bob Marley
 
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