Quotations

I read this Empire of the Ants by Bernard Werber and thought it offered a rather interesting persepctive.

In Africa people are sadder about the death of an old man than that of a newborn baby. The old man represented a wealth of experience which might have benefited the tribe, whereas the newborn baby had not lived and could not be aware of dying.

In Europe, people are sad about the newborn baby because they think it might have done wonderful things if he lived. On ...

From Villa Incognito by Tom Robbins:


Those who willingly accept being conned are as corrupt as those who con them.

This is just a great quote

I beleive in the cutting off of heads ~Jean-Paul Marat

I just love this expression. It is from Villa Incognito by Tom Robbins and well I think the beauty of it is that on the one hand it means nothing and yet you can craft your own meaning around it, and it is very Zen like.

It is what it is
You are what you it
There are no mistakes.

I absolutely loved this, it made me laugh out loud.

From The Monk by Matthew Lewis

For though All are not able to write
books, all conceive themselves able to judge them.