Let's Post Some Quotes

melodious

pickupyourwill wrote:

"A cheerful heart is good medicine."

~~Proverbs 17:22 NIV

we can all use some soulshine!!!!!

melodious

26. THOSE WHO PRACTICE THE ART OF PEACE must protect the domain of Mother Nature, the divine reflection of creation, and keep it lovely and fresh. Warriorship gives birth to natural beauty. The subtle techniques of a warrior arise as naturally as the appearance of spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Warriorship is none other than the vitality that sustains ALL life.

Abookamongstthemany

Republicans have nothing but bad ideas and Democrats have no ideas.
~Lewis Black


The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and again that they have the management skills of celery.
~Dave Barry

The Democrats and Republicans are the same guy admiring themself in the mirror.
~Kinky Friedman

What we're seeing early on is Democrats rallying around Al Gore, Republicans rallying around George Bush and the difficulty of anybody else to get any room in the race.
~Stuart Rothenberg


You've got the brain-washed, that's the Democrats, and the brain-dead, that's the Republicans!
~Mark Russell


The most important political task facing the out-of-power party - the Democrats for now - is creating a villain to run against. It's certainly easier than developing some grand new ideas or policies on which to campaign.
~Pat Sajak


But on those occasions when I do strongly disagree with the Democrats and I don't say anything, I think I forfeit my right to have people pay attention to me when I say the things that I don't like about what Republicans are saying.
~Barney Frank

This is a struggle for the soul of the Democratic Party, which in too many cases has become so corporate and identified with corporate interests that you can't tell the difference between Democrats and Republicans.
~Dennis Kucinich

melodious

27. LIFE IS A DIVINE GIFT. The divine is not something outside of us; it is right in our very center, it is our freedom. In our training, we learn the real natiure of life and death. When life is victorious there is birth; when it is thwarted, there is death. A warriour is always engaged in an lifeand death struggle for peace.

melodious

Abookamongstthemany wrote:

Republicans have nothing but bad ideas and Democrats have no ideas.
~Lewis Black


The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and again that they have the management skills of celery.
~Dave Barry

The Democrats and Republicans are the same guy admiring themself in the mirror.
~Kinky Friedman

What we're seeing early on is Democrats rallying around Al Gore, Republicans rallying around George Bush and the difficulty of anybody else to get any room in the race.
~Stuart Rothenberg


You've got the brain-washed, that's the Democrats, and the brain-dead, that's the Republicans!
~Mark Russell


The most important political task facing the out-of-power party - the Democrats for now - is creating a villain to run against. It's certainly easier than developing some grand new ideas or policies on which to campaign.
~Pat Sajak


But on those occasions when I do strongly disagree with the Democrats and I don't say anything, I think I forfeit my right to have people pay attention to me when I say the things that I don't like about what Republicans are saying.
~Barney Frank

This is a struggle for the soul of the Democratic Party, which in too many cases has become so corporate and identified with corporate interests that you can't tell the difference between Democrats and Republicans.
~Dennis Kucinich

I am beginning to appreciate those, who are conservative as well as liberated thinkers; a better balance BEAM...peace, book, thanks for this thread; it's keeping me alive....and thriving....i love you, dear lady...

TDMize15

Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. - Mark Twain

In religion and politics, people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination. - Mark Twain

melodious

People are made to be Loved and Things are made to be Used
There is so much confusion in this World because People are being Used and Things are being Loved.

Towsertunes

“Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.”

William F. Buckley Jr.

sweetpotato

"One of the things that I learned in the school yard was: the folks that are talking tough all the time, they’re not always that tough. If you’re really tough, you’re not always looking to try to start a fight. If you’re really tough, sometimes you just walk away. If you’re really tough, you just save it for when you really need it," Obama said.

sweetpotato

Abookamongstthemany wrote:

The most important political task facing the out-of-power party - the Democrats for now - is creating a villain to run against. It's certainly easier than developing some grand new ideas or policies on which to campaign.
~Pat Sajak

what, nothing from vanna white? or did she turn the letters as pat spoke??

El_Kabong

sweetpotato wrote:

what, nothing from vanna white? or did she turn the letters as pat spoke??

yeah, who'da thought pat sajek would be smarter than some of the ppl round here?

melodious

ola (waves) bong, and fellow family jammers, i hope you are basking in springtime sunshine...and for our friends who live on the other side of the hemisphere, i hope that your days are filled with lots of colour as well as warmth...

melodious

28.CONTEMPLATE THE WORKINGS of this world; listen to the words of the wise, and take all that is good as your own. With this as your base, open your own door to truth. Do not overlook the truth that is right before you..

melodious

29.TRUE WISDOM COMES from intellectual education, physical education, ethical education, and ki education.

Abookamongstthemany

Emma Goldman:

"Free love? As if love is anything but free! Man has bought brains, but all the millions in the world have failed to buy love. Man has subdued bodies, but all the power on earth has been unable to subdue love. Man has conquered whole nations, but all his armies could not conquer love. Man has chained and fettered the spirit, but he has been utterly helpless before love. High on a throne, with all the splendor and pomp his gold can command, man is yet poor and desolate, if love passes him by. And if it stays, the poorest hovel is radiant with warmth, with life and color. Thus love has the magic power to make of a beggar a king. Yes, love is free; it can dwell in no other atmosphere."

Abookamongstthemany

Bertrand Russell:

Three passions have governed my life:
The longings for love, the search for knowledge,
And unbearable pity for the suffering of [humankind].

Love brings ecstasy and relieves loneliness.
In the union of love I have seen
In a mystic miniature the prefiguring vision
Of the heavens that saints and poets have imagined.

With equal passion I have sought knowledge.
I have wished to understand the hearts of [people].
I have wished to know why the stars shine.

Love and knowledge led upwards to the heavens,
But always pity brought me back to earth;
Cries of pain reverberated in my heart
Of children in famine, of victims tortured
And of old people left helpless.
I long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot,
And I too suffer.

This has been my life; I found it worth living.

melodious

Happy Cinco De Mayo

Thank you for the words on love, Miss Book. You know I have a love affair going with you and the members of this board.

I am sending you a kiss and hug from the Konocti Princess...


Here is a quote, from a state where I am:

Father, Mother God, just now we ask for Your Light and Divine Loving to fill us completely, to push out all negativity and surround and protect us for the highest good. We ask that we learn more deeply the loving that we are, for we are made in your image. We ask that only that which is for our highest good be brought forward as we join with our brothers and sisters in these processes toward peace and understanding. For all your many blessings, Father-Mother God·we give our thanks. Amen

I learned over the weekend, that we are not victims of others when concerning our interactions with friends, family, and associates...moreso we target others when we are lacking a link of understanding, tolerance, and patience towards context, and then we lash out, only to blame the other party...talk about crazy...????

we make them our victim and then we claim we are their victim, so we can justifyour own irrational thinking and behavior....oh my my my....

melodious

30.THE UNIVERSE is our greatest teacher, our greatest friend. It is always teaching THE ART OF PEACE. Study how water flows in a valley stream, smoothly and freely between the rocks. Everything~mountains, rivers, plants and trees~should be your teacher. The world's wisdom is contained in books, and by studying the words of the wise, countless new techniques can be created. Study and practice and then reflect on your progress. THE ART OF PEACE is the art of learning deeply, the art of knowing oneself...

polaris

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbZMUInKDGI

To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never, to forget.

Commy

polaris wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbZMUInKDGI

To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never, to forget.

Arundhati Roy is great, nice quote.

“The mullahs of the Islamic world and the mullahs of the Hindu world and the mullahs of the Christian world are all on the same side. And we are against them all.”
Arundhati Roy