Favorite Quotes

[Turtle]

not what we have, but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance. ~ epicurus

[modest]

I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do. ~HAL

 

~modest

[Turtle]

in the consciousness of the truth perceived, humans now see everywhere only the awfulness or the absurdity of existence and loathing seizes them. ~ friedrich nietzsche *

 

*i don't care much for commentary in this thread, but it seems appropriate here. to whit, nietzsche used the words "he", "his" & "him" in the above quote. i have edited it, as i have other quotes that i have posted, to be gender neutral. if you like that, g'donya; if you dont', bite me.

[modest]

The Way can be neither sensed nor known. It transmits sensation and transcends knowledge. ~Lao Tzu

[Turtle]

gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world. ~ john milton

[modest]

We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if humanity is to survive. ~Albert Einstein

[modest]

Thought of a better response to that last one:

 

I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me. ~Newton

[Turtle]

the sages experience without abstraction,

and accomplish without action;

they accept the ebb and flow of things,

nurture them, but do not own them,

and live, but do not dwell.

~ lao tze ~

[pamela]

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

plutarch

[Boerseun]

Religion makes you fly into buildings.

 

Science flies you to the moon.

[Turtle]

flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price. ~ amelia earhart

[Southtown]

Religion makes you fly into buildings.

 

Science flies you to the moon.

Always? Every time? Either statement? ****

[Turtle]

these contradictions are gross and palpable and demonstrate that the new testament is not inspired, and that many of its statements must be false. ~ robert green ingersoll

[Boerseun]

I dream of a better world, where chickens can cross the road without their motives being questioned.

[Turtle]

i don't know which is more discouraging; literature or chickens. ~ e. b. white

[Turtle]

the faster we go, the quicker we slow. ~ roger thelonious george

[Turtle]

the prince of darkness is a gentleman. ~ william shakespeare