Mine is "We are here to awaken from the illusion of our separateness"
2007-04-15 09:40:03 · 19 answers · asked by Scarlet 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
this is a good one:
Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not. Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need not obscure it. Because the dream is within you, no one can take it away
~anonymous
2007-04-15 10:11:41 · answer #1 · answered by audiofreedom 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I followed the whole gang of howling poets to the reading...that night, which was, among other things, the night of the birth of the San Francisco Poetry Renaissance. Everyone was there.- Jack Kerouac, Dharma Bums
2007-04-15 12:38:17 · answer #2 · answered by takeiteasy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I like these ones:
Mother Theresa: "I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples."
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie!'... till you can find a rock.
2007-04-15 11:42:46 · answer #3 · answered by Allegra 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I and a few others know what must be done...
Perhaps we cannot prevent this world from becoming a world where children are tortured. But we can reduce the number of tortured children.
-Albert Camus
2007-04-15 09:56:09 · answer #4 · answered by bustedsanta 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"It is a wise thing to be polite; consequently it is a stupid thing to be rude. To make enemies by unnecessary and wilful incivility, is just as insane as to set your house on fire. For politeness is like a counter, an avowedly false coin, with which it is foolish to be stingy."
~Schopenhauer
2007-04-15 10:20:42 · answer #5 · answered by Existentialist 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If the Truth Hurts, it's not the Truth that needs to change.
2007-04-15 10:17:25 · answer #6 · answered by PtolemyJones 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"Life in this form is short so eat dessert first" & "Live Fast Die Young" Sence I live slow and will die very very very old :) but I still get extream every ounce and a while :). I live a good balanced life :).
2007-04-15 10:44:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
“Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.”
Henry James
2007-04-15 10:31:11 · answer #8 · answered by johnslat 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet" - Bob Dylan
2007-04-15 10:41:10 · answer #9 · answered by Jenn G 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Mine is... B.O.H.I.C.A.! ( pronounced bo-hee-ka)
"Bend Over Here It Comes Again"
OR...."Live each day as if it were your last, cuz one day you'll be right!" said by the late great comic Benny Hill.
2007-04-15 10:31:32 · answer #10 · answered by Pete 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋