We'll all be on a surface no matter where we go. That's complete and good enough. ~ C A Cafolini
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We'll all be on a surface no matter where we go. That's complete and good enough. ~ C A Cafolini
“People hardly ever make use of the freedom which they have, for example, freedom of thought; instead they demand freedom of speech as compensation.”
Søren Kierkegaard, The Living Thoughts Of Kierkegaard
Wall Street is a laughing stock. They want to play the Dow against the USA Federal Reserve. And the Chinese asking for a new Federal Reserve? Are the Chinese stupid? Of course they are not. I can't help but wonder how much Wall Street paid the Chinese to put on that theater. There will never be another Federal Reserve but the USA. ~ C A Cafolini
Men of great wisdom like C A Cafolini have always appreciated the calmness of God, exclaiming "I am that I am," in recognition of being absolutely the work of God. Otherwise, they would claim to be imperfect as the work of God. How could that be so? Humbleness before God would be gone. Love of God and the perfection of their teammates would be gone. In God we trust because we are made in the image of God. The Bible tells about this in many appropriate places. ~ C A Cafolini
Being humble, humus of this earth, might be a good thing, a very wise thing. A tail cannot waggle a dog. But having your thought repressed, a victim of antidemocratic treatment, might rightly demand and arrogant revolutionary. Jefferson and many other founding fathers thought so. ~ C A Cafolini
Ezra Pound said that clarity was the sole morality of art and, in his utter idiocy, the art of Mussolini was crystal clear to him. ~ C A Cafolini
If you are interested in knowing who Bergoglio (AKA Francis) is, you could ask Leon Ferrari. Who was behind the ban of Ferrari's exhibit in Argentina? Leon died recently but his story remains in the legacy he left us. Ask this Argentinean expert who Cardinal Bergoglio actually was. ~ C A Cafolini
If you are interested in knowing who Bergoglio (AKA Francis) is, you could ask Leon Ferrari. Who was behind the ban of Ferrari's exhibit in Argentina? Leon died recently but his story remains in the legacy he left us. Ask this Argentinean expert who Cardinal Bergoglio actually was. ~ C A Cafolini
As Ronald Reagan left the presidency, he said to Nancy pointing at the Whitehouse: Look dear, there's our little bungalow.
Once upon a time I posted the following quote from Poe.
The only reason for equality is that the human soul will never accept a rank.
Immediately I received some responses from ignorant people in agreement. In those days I still did not grasp completely who Poe was. The ignorant people could have been Garbo, the spy. Who cares? I always went by what people said, not what could hypothetically be the arbitrary choice of meaning behind the words. Now I now fully that Poe's words couldn't be farther from the truth. The proof comes from the people that gave their lives and respected their rank in protecting democracy and continue to do it to this very day. There were millions of them. There are millions of them today. Thank God.
I think we all know by now that every human will break under torture and eventually tell what they know. There are tortures that cannot be tolerated by life. Besides, there are many drugs that will make people under interrogation tell what they know. So what is the trend today, that is, what's the solution for CIA Special Activities people? The best seems to me to stop teaching soldiers to resist interrogation and give them specific objectives that do no reveal the entire project, keeping directors that know the whole thing on safe grounds, not in the field with Black OP. I believe this is being done already. This makes very good sense to me. ~ C A Cafolini
“Beyond work and love, I would add two other ingredients that give meaning to life. First, to fulfill whatever talents we are born with. However blessed we are by fate with different abilities and strengths, we should try to develop them to the fullest, rather than allow them to atrophy and decay. We all know individuals who did not fulfill the promise they showed in childhood. Many of them became haunted by the image of what they might have become. Instead of blaming fate, I think we should accept ourselves as we are and try to fulfill whatever dreams are within our capability.
Second, we should try to leave the world a better place than when we entered it."
Dr. Michio Kaku - American theoretical physicist
I have to say my favorite quote is "Let there be light."
“They adore you beacause they think you offer up your friendship and ask for nothing in return. But that's not true-' He took a deep breath. 'You do ask for something. You ask that we never expect you to need us.”
- Kamila Shamsie, Kartography
I have ever hated all nations, professions, and communities, and all my love is toward individuals: for instance, I hate the tribe of lawyers, but I love Counsellor Such-a-one, and Judge Such-a-one: so with physicians—I will not speak of my own trade—soldiers, English, Scotch, French, and the rest. But principally I hate and detest that animal called man, although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth. This is the system upon which I have governed myself many years, but do not tell, and so I shall go on till I have done with them.
from a letter from Jonathan Swift to Alexander Pope September 29, 1725 From The Correspondence Of Jonathan Swift
http://www.ourcivilisation.com/smart...ters/chap2.htm
bold added by me
Peace be on all.
" In the terminology of Holy Quran, Allah is the name of that perfect Being Who is The True Deity, Possessor of all perfect attributes, Does not have any weakness, The One Who has no partner and is The Source of all blessings."
--- Ahmadiyya Muslim Promised Messiah Mahdi (on whom be peace), in his grand book Brahin e Ahmadiyya (Translation at alislam.org)
My favorite would have to be...
'To Live would be an awfully big adventure.'
Peter Pan. J.M. Barrie
I think it has a beautiful outlook on life.
“Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.”
- Robert A. Heinlein
“When something is new and hard and bright, there ought to be something a little better for it than just being safe, since the safe things are just the things that folks have been doing so long they have worn the edges off and there's nothing to the doing of them that leaves a man to say, That was not done before and it cannot be done again.”
William Faulkner - As I Lay Dying - this is one of my favourite books anyway, but I think this quote is a great one on being young and setting out into the wordl. I am and am doing both those, therefore I love it. Maybe not so much in twenty years ...
"Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us dragons can be beaten."
-Neil Gaiman, Coraline.
"Be noble minded! Our own hearts and not other men's opinions of us forms our true honor."
Friedrich Schiller
"Young people know less than we do, but they understand more; their perception has not yet been blunted by compromise, fatigue, rationalization, and the mistaking of mere respectability for morality."
"The most worthwhile form of education is the kind that puts the educator inside you, as it were, so that the appetite for learning persists long after the external pressure for grades and degrees has vanished. Otherwise you are not educated; you are merely trained."
Sydney J. Harris
My favorite quote is “Happiness isn't something that depends on our surroundings...It's something we make inside ourselves.” It reminds me that God is always on my side and that i need to make my happiness on my own, not relying on what others say or do
''One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures.''
George W Bush
“Friendship is born at that moment when one man says to another: "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . ."”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
"Humanitarianism is the expression of stupidity and cowardice."
"I do not see why man should not be just as cruel as nature."
"The victor will never be asked if he told the truth."
Hitler had some... interesting... perspectives on things.
You know, we could sit here and exchange quotes from famous people, but the words of the infamous are interesting as well.
Keep you powder dry and your rhubarb bent
“Remember who you are, what you stand for, and what's most important in your life…”
― James A. Murphy, The Waves of Life Quotes and Daily Meditations
"Know thyself."
--A Delphic maxim--
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
--Winston Churchill--
Not THE favourite, but A favourite, and not philosophical, but evocative (for me, knowing the context):
'Grim beauty in those stilted forms, the taloned padding paws
The lolling tongues, the wicked gape of those flesh-rending jaws'.
['Deep Secrets' from 'Not Since I Grew Legs']
"If there was any word of comfort that would be a solace to her in her dying hour, and only I possessed it, I wouldn't part with it for Life itself."
Ironically, I hated David Copperfield.
“Luck comes and goes; you have to seize it. Bad luck comes and goes; it must be overcome. But I will never, never sit at the side of the road showing my wounds and shouting, 'It's destiny'!”
― Jean Van Hamme, Dutch Connection
“A good book is an event in my life.”
― Stendhal, The Red and the Black
I am dressed in wool, but I am not a sheep.
- Bohemian proverb
"I'm youth, I'm joy . . . I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg."
Name that character or author.
oh I love this one!
Here's a quote attributed to Mother Teresa, but the original version may have been by Kent M. Keith: http://prayerfoundation.org/mother_t..._it_anyway.htm
I saw it in the waiting room of a title company a while ago. Since I can't forget it, I figured I might as well look it up and pass it along:
People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway.
What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. Create anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, will often be forgotten. Do good anyway.
Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. Give your best anyway.
In the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.
Why do I like this? Keith's repeated "anyway" ending sounds nice. Mother Teresa's last line makes the whole thing stand out.
I agree. Peter Pan has lessons and encouragements.Quote:
Originally Posted by Free Thinker
I don't recognize the quote, but it reminds me of the first stanza of one of my favourite poems, by Blake, "Infant Joy"Quote:
Originally Posted by IAmYouth
I have no name
I am but two days old.—
What shall I call thee?
I happy am
Joy is my name,—
Sweet joy befall thee!
Two quotes that often occur to me are by the Scottish psychiatrist R D Laing. The first one sounds like it might have been crafted by an emo, the second is the final couplet of a poem
"Life is a sexually transmitted disease with a one hundred percent mortality rate"
"Love cannot help but wish all well/To deny it is the essence of pure hell"