Quote of the Day - 2

[Irene]

“I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being.”
Hafiz of Persia

I like this one, BB.

 

[Imperfect1]

"Forgiveness comes when you give up the hope that you can change the past."
Dutchess Sarah Furgeson quoting Oprah Winfrey

 

[alfred01]

Let he who is without sin cast the first stone (lets me out)

Jesus

 

[Layback Bear]

No stone casting from me.

 

[A Guy]

The only difference between a cult and a religion is the amount of real estate they own
~Frank Zappa

A Guy

 

[JMH]

It is the enemy who can truly teach us to practice the virtues of compassion and tolerance.

~ Dalai Lama ~
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[mickey megabyte]

The price of freedom of religion or of speech or of the press is that we must put up with, and even pay for, a good deal of rubbish.

Robert H. Jackson, US Supreme Court justice (1892-1954)

 

[Borg 386]

"A fool and his money can throw one serious party." - ?????

 

[alfred01]

The price of freedom of religion or of speech or of the press is that we must put up with, and even pay for, a good deal of rubbish.

Robert H. Jackson, US Supreme Court justice (1892-1954)

If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.

Louis Armstrong

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[A Guy]

We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.
~John Gay

A Guy

 

[Irene]

Wind is to fire like distance is to love; it extinguishes the small and enflames the great.

~ Anonymous​

 

[johnwillyums]

Little by little grow the bananas. CONGOLESE PROVERB (on BBC Home page today)

Well. I'd like to hear a few more Congolese proverbs. If they're all as insightful as this there's a treasure trove of wisdom lost to the western world.

 

[mickey megabyte]

No matter how hard you throw a dead fish in the water, it still won't swim.

number 33 on this list of 65 congolese proverbs

 

[A Guy]

If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters.
~Alan Simpson

A Guy

 

[alfred01]

Woe to the high spirited bride whose mother-in-law is still alive.

Congolese Proverbs #62

 

[Irene]

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

~ Lou Holtz
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[johnwillyums]

Lower your head modestly while passing, and you will harvest bananas.

no. 29. a corker eh?

65 Famous Congolese Proverbs > Page 2

 

[StalkeR]

Living is more a question of what one spends than what one makes.
Marcel Duchamp

 

[mickey megabyte]

Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought.

Arthur Helps, writer (1813-1875)

 

[A Guy]

It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life.
~Irish Proverbs

A Guy