"Equality may perhaps be a right, but now power on earth can ever turn it into a fact."
"We might be our own worst enemy."
"Forgive sounds good. Forget I'm not sure I could. They say time heal's everything, but I'm still waiting."
"We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us."
"Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive. "
"Those who love peace must learn to organize as well as those who love war. "
"Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. "
"The secret to happiness is not in doing what one likes to do, but in liking what one has to do."
"Yesterday is but a dream, and tomorrow is only a vision, but today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope."
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade win
2006-11-25 10:09:57 · 11 answers · asked by snappypappy797 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
you are right. i love the sayings. where did you get them? or did you just hear them or think about them. i have heard of a few of them. they are really nice.
2006-11-25 10:33:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Equality: Unfortunately, all too true.
Enemy: We are our own worst enemy.
Forgive: All things fade with time or wine.
Nature I: Remember that true wisdom lies in knowing one knows nothing.
Nature II: Prejudice is always the foe of truth.
Peace and War: War is in essence the exercise of force. Those who would have peace must realize that it comes only through understanding and cannot be imposed.
Challenges: Achievement for its own sake can become meaningless without contentment.
Happiness: This is a great philosophy for the oppressed.
Yesterday: Live your life well and you will enjoy yourself.
Twenty Years: Truly, experiencing as much as possible should always be encouraged. However, never forget that regret is not something to be feared. A person with no regrets is a person with no imagination.
2006-11-25 13:06:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The quotes are indeed beautiful, but at the same time pointless. At this stage, it's just a bunch of people looking to improve their lives by reading and memorizing these quotes for a sort of psuedo-enlightenment as a passing fad. We speak these quotes, but no one really bothers thinking about or following them.
Personally, I like these sayings, but at this point, what I think of them is that they're no more than a "zen" cliche that everyone has heard too much. When these people who look up the quotes in search of some sort of better life realize so, and see them for their meaning instead of their cryptic wording or philosophical sound, maybe things will be so much better.
2006-11-25 11:01:22 · answer #3 · answered by *luz* 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Its an eclectic group. I like 2-5 7 and that's it. Did the doctor tell you that you have 6 months to live or something?
2006-11-25 10:18:00 · answer #4 · answered by cybermedical 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think they would probably sell as popular bumper stickers. That's what they sound like they came from. Hey, some of the best reading comes from bumper stickers, I think I read that on a bumper sticker, as well.
2006-11-25 18:36:54 · answer #5 · answered by raven dismukes 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this ones my favorite,
Those who love peace must learn to organize as well as those who love war
and if practiced, would greatly improve the world
2006-11-25 11:16:14 · answer #6 · answered by dlin333 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
way kool snappypap, the dixie chicks one is cool, but my fav. out of all of them is...challenges are what makes life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful...
2006-11-25 11:42:06 · answer #7 · answered by MAGGIEMAGGOO 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can make quotes like this all day long. /yawn
2006-11-25 11:30:43 · answer #8 · answered by Nick T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These expressions aren't even good enough to be a stupid cliché.
2006-11-25 10:30:08 · answer #9 · answered by -.- 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
they are all very good quotes...are these some of your favorites or do they have something in significant in your life?
2006-11-25 10:23:15 · answer #10 · answered by d_runner07 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋