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what is your favorite philosophical or poetic quote? mine was from Hegel, after a heated debate about whether or not god exists Hegel went outside and looked up and said "no, god cannot exist, for no single being can create such wonder and beauty"

 

"Do...Or do not. There is no try."
~Yoda

"Fall seven times, Stand up eight."
~Old Chinese Proverb?

It is not the critic who counts. Not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again because there is no effort without error and shortcomings, who know the Great Devotion, who, at best knows in the end the high achievement of triumph and who at worst, if he fails while daring greatly, knows his place will never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
~Teddy Roosevelt, 26th US President



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BTA- lol I especially love the 4th one. Only whoever said it forgot to mention lawyers ...

 

DESIDERATA

Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what
peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly & clearly:
and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant: they too have their
story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexatious to the
spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain &
bitter; for there will always be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep
interested in your own career however humble; it is a real possession in
the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs
for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what
virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life
is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection
Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and
disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel
of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

Nurture strength of spirit to sheild you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many fears are born of
fatique & lonliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe; no less than the trees and the stars
you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you no
doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with
God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labours &
aspirations; in the noisy confusions of life keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham, drugery and broken dreams it is still a beautiful
world. Be careful. Strive to be happy.

 

slightly more than a quote but i thought i'd share it as it has comforted me on more than one occasion

 

'Black and blue cloth and civilization are destined, not only to veil, but obliterate the grace and beauty of Nature.' - George Catlin in the early 1830's while researching Native Amercican culture.

 

"Drinkin' 's 4 da bad guys"


and also "good boys are going to heaven,bad boys are choosin' where to go"

Like me...


Dismissed!

 

I think Storm P. was a genius. Is he known outside Denmark?

 

one of my favorite poems:

For you alone, enchanting beauties,
Queens of my spirit, for your sake
Did I convert to scribal duties
Some golden leisure hours, and make,
To whispering of garrulous ages,
Once-upon-a-time my faithful task.
Accept them, then, these playful pages;
And no one's praises do I ask
From fate, but shall be pleased to thank it
If one young girl should love, and pine
And peep, perhaps beneath her blanket,
At these unshriven songs of mine.

-Alexander Pushkin

Something kind of like Taluntain's;

"Peace begats fighting, and fighting begats peace" -Unknown

 

"Better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."

-Mark Twain

 

'Get kicked not in the anus...cos it hurts like hell.'
Ancient Chinese Proverb.

 

Very nice, Duskai, and very true.

But of course no match for the legendary wisdom of George W. Bush : if we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure.

And that man's the President of the worlds most powerful country..

 

Apparently there's a book of Bushisms coming out

One of my favorite quotes of all time, a little bit overused at times, but still:

"Beauty is truth, truth beauty,"--that is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. Ode on a Grecian Urn
John Keats

 

what is this life
if full of care
we have no time
to stand and stare

 

"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose."

-Jim Elliot

 

The happiest life is that which constantly exercises and educates what is best in us.
-- Hamerton

Were there but one virtuous man in the world, he would hold up his head with conficence, and honor; he would shame the world, and not the world him.
-- South

He that loseth wealth, loseth much; he that loseth friends, loseth more; but he who loseth his spirit loseth all.
-- Spanish Maxim
Time will discover everything to posterity; it is a babbler, and speaks even when no question is put.
-- Euripides


The only true knowledge of our fellowman is that which enables us to feel with him---which gives us a fine ear for the heart-pulses that are beating under the mere clothes of circumstance and opinion.
-- George Eliot

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