"The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it"- Karl Marx
"All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher"- Ambrose Bierce
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"The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it"- Karl Marx
"All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher"- Ambrose Bierce
Ok that one is awesomeQuote:
Originally Posted by Danika_Valin
My favorite bits of wisdom have come from Voltaire
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities."
"Anything too stupid to be said is sung."
"Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd."
"Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do."
"Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes."
"It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong."
"The secret of being boring is to say everything."
(Well, if we have Eco, why not one of his best friends, Borges? ;) )
"Mirrors and procreation are abominable, for they multiply the image of man."
- Tlon, Uqbar, Orbus Tertius (Jorge L. Borges, Garden of Forking Paths)
If this seems a bit obscure, it's actually a reference to the way many religious texts, or even Plato's Republic, discourage creating an image of a living entity. Either the text itself or Umberto Eco's caricature of Borges (Jorge of Burgos) in The Name of The Rose (the conversation on illustrations early in the book) can shed more light on this.
OOOH I love quotes; I have a Word document just for my collection. Here are a few:
"One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well." Virginia Woolf
"You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants." Stephen King
"If you asked me what I came into this world to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud." Emile Zola
"A counted number of pulses is given to us of a variegated dramatic life." Walter Pater
"I suppose it is in the nature of the poet, beginning in childhood, to love the sounds of language. Others may swim in Webster Lake, but poets swim in Lake Chauggogagogmanchauggagogchabunagungamaugg." Stanley Kunitz
... I have a million more. It was difficult not to submit them. But I think it's a good start!
"What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly"-Richard Bach
HSD
"The Book of Life begins with a man and woman in a garden; it ends with Revelations." - Oscar Wilde
Life is about pursuing the truth, showing kindness and being altruistic. Do it.
There's nothing like a good joke... and that was nothing like a good joke.
"You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted and used against you" :D
"There is a light at the end of every tunnel....just pray it's not a train!"
"If you dont like my driving stay off the sidewalk"
"Tradgedy is when i cut my finger, Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die"- Mel Brooks
"You look like Helen of Troy after a good facial."-P.G. Wodehouse
if you are not living on the edge ,you are taking up too much space
Thank you for the quote from Mel Brooks. Sometimes, we can be so unkind at the misfortune of others. We need to be more concious of our outlook and be more altrustic and therefore more empathetic towards others.
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Originally Posted by Shakira
hello! since am a bigggg fan of austen here's some from her---->
this are from jane austen's letters
"I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal."
-- letter of December 24, 1798
"Your silence on the subject of our ball makes me suppose your curiosity too great for words."
-- letter of January 24, 1809
[Jane Austen had a running joke with her family about her marrying the poet Crabbe, whose poetry she admired:]
"No, I have never seen [news of] the death of Mrs. Crabbe. I have only just been making out from one of his prefaces that he probably was married. ... Poor woman! I will comfort him as well as I can, but I do not undertake to be good to her children. She had better not leave any."
-- letter of October 18, 1813
"I will not say that your mulberry-trees are dead, but I am afraid they are not alive."
-- letter of May 31 1811
woah! these are a few but you can find more on this site
http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/br...html#letterqot
other quote:
words are the most powerful drug used by mankind
-rudyard kipling
there's a luxury in self-reproach. when we blame ourselves we feel no one else should blame us. it's the confession, not the priest that gives us absolution.
-oscar wilde