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It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
A computer would deserve to be called intelligent if it could deceive a human into believing that it was human.
- Alan Turing -
"The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance." - Nathaniel Branden
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.
Bertrand Russell.
continuing the bertie russell theme:
bertrand russell said:
nice one mickey. That's just so true:)
Once I thought I saw you
in a crowded hazy bar,
Dancing on the light
from star to star.
Far across the moonbeam
I know that's who you are,
I saw your brown eyes
turning once to fire.
You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eye.
And I'm gettin' blown away
To somewhere safer
where the feeling stays.
I want to love you but
I'm getting blown away.
Neil Young-Like A Hurricane:)
doesn't mean anything profound I suppose but it's a lovely analogy for a dangerous love.
Last edited by johnwillyums; 18 Mar 2010 at 04:45. Reason: explanation
"The pioneers of a warless world are the young men and women who refuse military service."
- Albert Einstein