Quote of the Day

[johnwillyums]

Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?

Friedrich Nietzsche

The sea complains upon a thousand shores.

Alexander Smith

 

[johnwillyums]

Ozymandias

by Percy Bysshe Shelley

I met a traveler from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal these words appear:
“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look upon my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

 

[zigzag3143]

I am a work in progress............ People like you and I, though mortal of course like everyone else, do not grow old no matter how long we live...[We] never cease to stand like curious children before the great mystery into which we were born


.....Albert Einstein

 

[noobvious]

Life is like a ten-speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.
Charles Schulz

 

[JMH]

All men have a sweetness in their life. That is what helps them go on. It is towards that they turn when they feel too worn out.

Albert Camus.



There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

Albert Einstein.

 

[starwolf1336]

Life is like a ten-speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.
Charles Schulz

LMAO, i'm going to use that one day, i know it

 

[DreemWarrior]

Before our white brothers arrived to make us civilized men,
we didn't have any kind of prison. Because of this, we had no delinquents.
Without a prison, there can be no delinquents.
We had no locks nor keys and therefore among us there were no thieves.
When someone was so poor that he couldn't afford a horse, a tent or a blanket,
he would, in that case, receive it all as a gift.
We were too uncivilized to give great importance to private property.
We didn't know any kind of money and consequently, the value of a human being
was not determined by his wealth.
We had no written laws laid down, no lawyers, no politicians,
therefore we were not able to cheat and swindle one another.
We were really in bad shape before the white men arrived and I don't know
how to explain how we were able to manage without these fundamental things
that (so they tell us) are so necessary for a civilized society.

John (Fire) Lame Deer
Sioux Lakota - 1903-1976

 

[FZ21Z]

“Ego is a structure that is erected by a neurotic individual who is a member of a neurotic culture against the facts of the matter. And culture, which we put on like an overcoat, is the collectivized consensus about what sort of neurotic behaviours are acceptable.”

- Terence McKenna

 

[noobvious]

Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.-LAO TZU

 

[Lee]

I think and think for months and years, ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right. Albert Einstein

 

[johnwillyums]

Before our white brothers arrived to make us civilized men,
we didn't have any kind of prison. Because of this, we had no delinquents.
Without a prison, there can be no delinquents.
We had no locks nor keys and therefore among us there were no thieves.
When someone was so poor that he couldn't afford a horse, a tent or a blanket,
he would, in that case, receive it all as a gift.
We were too uncivilized to give great importance to private property.
We didn't know any kind of money and consequently, the value of a human being
was not determined by his wealth.
We had no written laws laid down, no lawyers, no politicians,
therefore we were not able to cheat and swindle one another.
We were really in bad shape before the white men arrived and I don't know
how to explain how we were able to manage without these fundamental things
that (so they tell us) are so necessary for a civilized society.



John (Fire) Lame Deer
Sioux Lakota - 1903-1976

Love this. It sets out a whole political philosophy in very few words. Thanks

 

[garysgold]

Reality is purely a perception of the individual mind.

It follows, that since no two minds are alike, no two perceptions of reality are alike.

It further follows that what reality is to one, may seem complete madness to someone else.

Yefim Novikov

 

[noobvious]

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
-Elbert Hubbard

 

[harry5]

"Computers are useless. They can only give you answers"
~ Pablo Picasso

 

[JMH]

Reality is purely a perception of the individual mind.

It follows, that since no two minds are alike, no two perceptions of reality are alike.

It further follows that what reality is to one, may seem complete madness to someone else.

Yefim Novikov

So true. Good one Gary.

 

[patio]

I just finished my income tax forms. Who says you can't get wounded by a blank?

- Henny Youngman​

....

 

[noobvious]

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[DreemWarrior]

Certain things catch your eye,
But pursue only those
that capture your heart."Unknown"

 

[ZaLiTH]

Certain things catch your eye,
But pursue only those
that capture your heart."Unknown"

Nice quote... I really like that one.

 

[Vosberg1]

Sometimes in life,seasons vanish, as if passed years ago. Memories blur, new ones arise, trying to keep ones mind on a goal, facing a wind, threw it one fights. Situations arise, life feels fleeting, realizing how short time really is. As if, if one could liken, our lives like a fast moving freight train, just passing by. Goals are carried, hope not just on a wing and a prayer, but, oft times, so fast they slip threw our hands. Oh! If one could hold on to the original goal, not wavering, or turning from its first purpose. But, alas, as quite oft, the goal vanishes, fades into air. Why? One must ask, is it thin skin, and not a hard enough head? Why? Did we lose sight, or just our drive, desire, ambition? In saying as such, as days go on, we learn our true motives, and our true heart. But, whether we show it, or just pass by, that is a question that each will live by. The answer? I wish i knew, i don't have an answer for that. But, i saying as such, there is a hope, stand by, watch, for one thing i have learned, Quite oft, events that seem misplaced, or, how does one say it, out of kilter?, are placed there for learning. That we step back, stop, and consider, are we on course? Or, have we drifted to far to turn back? Again, that question has no clear answer, till we see ourselves, if we be truly on course. And that goal in mind has not been altered by other events, or by lack of concern. Serious? You bet. No real time for games. As time vanishes to fast. Take stead in goals, and look ahead, time may be here today, but maybe not soon.

Steve J Vosberg - 19.March.2010