Any really profound and pithy quotations would be very welcome. Mine is " When you build, then they come. "
2006-12-20 07:03:37 · 38 answers · asked by The Global Geezer 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
if you meditate and do energy work "religiously" you will grow up to be significantly healthier and wiser than otherwise ;-)
2006-12-20 07:09:02 · answer #1 · answered by drakke1 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Never make an important decision on one feeling, instead, combine all your instincts to form a conclusive and wise decision. Take chances based on your gut, it is the one thing that tells you when a risk is willing to take or not, its instincts are true in near seconds. In the same aspect, once instinct is derived, you must follow your heart, it is the one thing that will never lie to you. This heart leads into your soul, for it is the one thing that defines you as it knows you best. And finally, use your wisdom of all justly, wisdom of these is the one thing that can make you successful in life’s endeavors or a failure. Judge such success by that of virtue, love and happiness vice status and money, those are nothing more than perks. Such a task comes at no ease; however if we sit back and take a minute to think through, this system can lead many to the lives we desire. The best of which is when all aspects are applied simultaneously, but if a rash decision must be made, make it on the aspect you trust most at that time and adjust accordingly.
2006-12-20 07:29:50 · answer #2 · answered by utopitarian 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
'Just because I'm 86 years old, and my husband has the Altzheimer's, does not make me exempt from participatin' in society!' - Anonymous African-American woman who made a donation to the Rape Crisis Centre, when I was fundraising for them, Denver, CO, USA, 1985.
'We do not acknowledge the right of this court, to try us in our own Country' - my mother and friends, age 17, facing a British Majistrate for demonstrating against the Raj, 1941.
'I want no part of this Fascist Regime. I would rather be a man without a nationality.' - my father, age 22, throwing his Spanish passport at the Spanish Consul General, in Madrid, upon Genralissimo Franisco Franco's rise to power, 1933.
'They have become Fascists...' - my until-that-moment rabid Zionist father, upon Israël's invasion of Lebanon, 1980.
'I hope, if I grow up that way, I have the courage to tell people, like you did' - my brother, age 11, when I came out as lesbian, at 15, New York City, 1976.
'I shall continue to be an impossible person, so long as those people who are now possible, remain possible' - José Maria Parentes, Union Organiser, USA, 1970s, my ex's Chefe.
2006-12-20 08:01:01 · answer #3 · answered by protectrikz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Invicticus
William Ernest Henley
OUT of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
Works for me..
2006-12-20 07:11:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
"You spend your life waiting for a moment that just won't come. Well, don't waste your life waiting." Bruce Springsteen
"When you get to the end of all the light you know and it's time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen: either you will be given something solid to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly." Edward Teller
2006-12-20 08:09:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.
--Reinhold Niebuhr
2006-12-20 09:16:43 · answer #6 · answered by ••Mott•• 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"How do you make God laugh? Tell Him your plans."
I think once you understand what's at the heart of this, the fact that we are not really in control of what ultimately happens, even though we think we are, then you can just relax and enjoy life much more. Destiny is just going to happen if we follow the path.
2006-12-20 07:27:46 · answer #7 · answered by Rvn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only thing that you can change is the here and now. The past is gone; the future has not arrived and will never do so. Be in the here and now. Best wishes.
2006-12-20 21:39:44 · answer #8 · answered by Linus 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This quote from Albert Einstein: "Its not that I'm so much cleverer than the others. Its more that I stay with the problems for longer."
And the lesson is of course, PERSISTENCE. With persistence you can out-do people who are stonger, faster, cleverer, etc than you are.
Oh yes, and here's another "Procrastination is the thief of time".
2006-12-20 07:15:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Karmanye Vadhikaraste Ma Phaleshu Kadachana,
Ma Karma Phala Hetur Bhurmatey Sangostva Akarmani.
It means...Give your best shot/Do your duty/Do what you got to do. Do not get too worried about what the outcome would be.
2006-12-20 07:30:04 · answer #10 · answered by The Pianist 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
"Treat others as you would like to be treated"
"An eye for an eye makes everybody blind" spoken by Gandhi
"Let kindness be your religion" said by the Dalai Lama
"Let no one think lightly of evil, thinking- "it will not touch me".
Drop by drop is a water pot filled; little by little the fool becomes filled with evil".
Though my favourite quotation is-"A foolish passing thought makes one an ordinary man, while an enlightened second thought makes one a buddha" spoken by the sixth patriarch of Chinese Ch'an/ Zen, Master Hui Neng.
2006-12-20 09:31:03 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋