Favorite Quotes, Sayings, and Poems

[Andrew, Jr.]

Please share with us what your favorite quotes, sayings, and poems are. I so enjoy them.

Namaste,
Andrew

[Diva]

Symptoms of Inner Peace
Be on the lookout for symptoms of inner peace. The hearts(l) of a great many have already been exposed to inner peace and it is possible that people everywhere could come down with it in epidemic proportions. This could pose a serious threat to what has, up to now, been a fairly stable condition of conflict in the world.

Some signs and symptoms of inner peace:

• A tendency to think and act spontaneously rather than on fears based on past experiences.
• An unmistakable ability to enjoy each moment.
• A loss of interest in judging other people.
• A loss of interest in interpreting the actions of others.
• A loss of interest in conflict.
• A loss of the ability to worry. (This is a very serious symptom).
• Frequent, overwhelming episodes of appreciation.
• Contented feelings of connectedness with others and nature.
• Frequent attacks of smiling.
• An increasing tendency to let things happen rather than make them happen.
• An increased susceptibility to the love extended by others as well as the uncontrollable urge to extend it.(})

(Not sure who penned this. But I find it to be lovely.)

[Diva]

I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes.

~Sara Teasdale

[Andrew, Jr.]

Seek joy in what you give, not in what you get.

[Arwen]

"Our happiness or unhappiness depends as much on our temperaments as on our luck."
-La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680)

[Diva]

If every word I said could make you laugh, I'd talk forever...

~Anonymous

[Diva]

The artist's experience lies so unbelievably close to the sexual, to its pain and its pleasure, that the two phenomena are really just different forms of one and the same longing and bliss.

~Rainer Maria Rilke

[Arwen]

You*do*not*define*anyone*with*your*judgment.*You*o nly*define*yourself*as*someone*who*needs*to*judge. ~Wayne*Dyer

[Andrew, Jr.]

Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.

Norman V. Peale

:cowboy:

[Andrew, Jr.]

Imagination is the true magic carpet.

Norman V. Peale

:dogwalking:

[TROOPER]

Can we write from nothing just a word in our head
take it and tease it out like a thread
till finally we make a story unfold
a little part of us that needs to be told
take a word like blame i have thought it just now
what would i say that would not start a row
if i blamed you on this or i blamed you on that
should i just stay silent remove the tongue from the cat
does anyone really see what they do
not only to others but to ourselves too
do we pay attention to what we might say
that tears at another in a negative way
do we watch what we do when our loved ones look on
and then sit and wonder why now they are gone
it is easy for us to be our own judge
easy sentences for all to lessen the drudge
of our days as we walk to the end we must meet
till our final judge meets us and we beg be descreet
look in the mirror and stay there a while
and pick just one fault you have not seen and then smile
and understand what you learned for today...
that none of us are perfect in any way
to seldom have blame there is something you can do...
do onto others as you would have them do onto you
so what you dont like never do to a soul
before you make a decision... know, you must pay the toll
and bear that in mind and live happy and true
and do onto others as you would have them do onto you.

[Andrew, Jr.]

"A friend doesn't go on a diet because you are fat."
Erma Bombeck

"A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running."
Groucho Marx

[Andrew, Jr.]

"I always believe that there is a reason why you go through everything."
John Elway

"A boo is a lot louder than a cheer."
Lance Armstrong

[PinkieLee]

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. Joseph Addison

[Ender]

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[Kätzchen]

"The only people who can see the whole picture," he murmured, "are the ones who step out of the frame."


~ Salman Rushdie

[C0LLETTE]

" Exit, pursued by a bear. "

'Exit, Pursued By A Bear' is generally considered to be the most famous of Shakespeare's stage directions – leading up to the off stage death of Antigonus in The Winter's Tale."

nosweatshakespeare.com

[Stone-Butch]

Never think much about what you hear people say about you, but ponder their whispers.

[Bèsame*]

They claim they don't like you but they watch your every move. People hate on who they can't be; and they throw stones at who they can't reach.

Tony A. Gaskins Jr.

[LOQUI]

"Be gentle with that tender heart of yours.
It may be holding a year's worth of grief inside it.
Be caring with all those parts of you that feel life’s tender moments, childhood pains and unmet emotions.
Take yourself out into the gathering light and breathe a bright ember into the very centre of you, into your hearts red soft middle, holding yourself in love and warmth.
Wake your heart slowly, allowing it all to be felt, allowing yourself to create space in which to rest and to breathe.
Let the coming light light up your bones and remind you of the gold that is held deep within you."

•words by Brigit Anna McNeill•

[Stone-Butch]

It does not take too many words to tell the truth.

Tatanka Yotanka

[LOQUI]

"The body doesn’t know the difference between nerves and excitement, panic and doubt, the beginning and the end."

- Meredith Grey from Grey's Anatomy

[LOQUI]

"We do not become healers.
We came as healers. We are.
Some of us are still catching up to what we are.
We do not become storytellers.
We came as carriers of the stories
we and our ancestors actually lived. We are.
Some of us are still catching up to what we are.
We do not become artists. We came as artists. We are.
Some of us are still catching up to what we are.
We do not become writers.. dancers.. musicians.. helpers.. peacemakers.
We came as such. We are.
Some of us are still catching up to what we are.
We do not learn to love in this sense.
We came as Love. We are Love.
Some of us are still catching up to who we truly are."
- Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes-

[Stone-Butch]

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[PlatinumPearl]

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[Orema]

Slow progress is better than no progress.
–Anonymous