Quotes, Poems, & Sayings...

[Blade]

“A leader. . .is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.”
― Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom

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[BestButchBoy]

You can’t change how people treat you or what they say about you. All you can do is change how you react to it. Never respond to a fool.

[Genesis]

A moment of happiness,
you and I sitting on the verandah,
apparently two, but one in soul, you and I.
We feel the flowing water of life here,
you and I, with the garden's beauty
and the birds singing.
The stars will be watching us,
and we will show them
what it is to be a thin crescent moon.
You and I unselfed, will be together,
indifferent to idle speculation, you and I.
The parrots of heaven will be cracking sugar
as we laugh together, you and I.
In one form upon this earth,
and in another form in a timeless sweet land.
— Rumi

[Genesis]

All through eternity
Beauty unveils His exquisite form
in the solitude of nothingness;
He holds a mirror to His Face
and beholds His own beauty.
he is the knower and the known,
the seer and the seen;
No eye but His own
has ever looked upon this Universe.

His every quality finds an expression:
Eternity becomes the verdant field of Time and Space;
Love, the life-giving garden of this world.
Every branch and leaf and fruit
Reveals an aspect of His perfection-
They cypress give hint of His majesty,
The rose gives tidings of His beauty.

Whenever Beauty looks,
Love is also there;
Whenever beauty shows a rosy cheek
Love lights Her fire from that flame.
When beauty dwells in the dark folds of night
Love comes and finds a heart
entangled in tresses.
Beauty and Love are as body and soul.
Beauty is the mine, Love is the diamond.

They have together
since the beginning of time-
Side by side, step by step.

- Rumi

[ahk]

It has been an ache and a joy both to look over this big shoulder of mine at all my yesterdays.--Ethel Waters

[Bèsame*]

How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard. ~Carol Sobieski and Thomas Meehan, Annie


Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same. ~Flavia Weedn

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[Degotoga]

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities - brilliantly disguised as insoluable problems.
- John Gardner

[Talon]

Success can make you go one of two ways.
It can make you a prima donna,
or it can smooth the edges,
take away the insecurities,
and allow the nice things to come out.



~Barbara Walters

[ahk]

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.--Richard P. Feynman

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[ahk]

It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.--Mahatma Gandhi

[Candelion]

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.
~Henry David Thoreau

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[Martina]

"I'm thirsty, but the holy keep pissing in my well." -- John Moreland

[DMW]

“Contempt prior to examination is an intellec- tual vice, from which the greatest faculties of mind are not free." William Paley

There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all ar- guments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlast- ing ignorance—that principle is contempt prior to investiga- tion. —Herbert Spencer

In ancient Greece, scholar and intellectual, Socrates , was reputed to hold knowledge in high esteem. One day an acquaintance met the great philosopher and said, "Do you know what I just heard from one of your friends?"

"That's right," Socrates continued. "Before you talk to me about my friend, it might be a good idea to take a moment and filter what you're going to say. That's why I called it the triple filter test."

The first filter is Truth.
"Have you made absolutely sure that what you're about to tell me is true?"
"No," the man said, "actually I just heard about it and wanted to tell it to you."
"Alright," said Socrates, "so you don't really know if it's true or not."

Now let's try the second filter, the filter of Goodness.
"Is what you are going to tell me about my friend something good?"
"No, on the contrary , it is bad."
"So," Socrates replied, " you want to tell me something bad about him, but you're not certain if it's true."

"You may still pass the test though, because there's one filter left, the filter of Usefulness." " Is what you are going to tell me about my friend going to be useful to me?"
"No, not really." replied the man.
"Well," concluded Socrates , " if what you are going to tell me is neither true, nor good, and nor even useful to me, why telling me at all."

[Degotoga]

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards. - Baltasar Gracián, translated from Spanish

[Janstevie]

Why dont i have any tattoo's?
For the same reason you dont put a bumper sticker on a Ferrari.

[Trev]

"Don't let the shadows of yesterday spoil the sunshine of tomorrow. Live for today."
~Nandina Morris

"Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch-what make you go beyond the norm."
~Unknown

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[Degotoga]

The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.

- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., The Professor at the Breakfast-Table

[Trev]

“If you have a dream, don’t just sit there. Gather courage to believe that you can succeed and leave no stone unturned to make it a reality.”
― Roopleen

“I can hardly wait for tomorrow, it means a new life for me each and every day.”
― Stanley Kunitz

[BestButchBoy]

"Discipline is the only way to avoid struggle, chaos, and confusion. When you know what you must do, when you must do it, and why you are doing it, things that are not in alignment with your intent seem to fall away."

[deathbypoem]

From the Book I am reading called "Ignore Everybody: And 39 other Keys to Creativity" excellent read.

"The sovereignty you have over your work will inspire far more people than the actual content ever will.” ― Hugh MacLeod

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[Trev]

"A man who dares to waste one hour of life has not discovered the value of life."
~Charles Darwin

"Do not be afraid of showing your affection. Be warm and tender, thoughtful and affectionate. Men are more helped by sympathy, than by service; love is more than money, and a kind word will give more pleasure than a present."
~John Lubbock

[VintageFemme]

Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.
- John Lennon

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[Trev]

"Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?."
~Henry David Thoreau

[Trev]

"Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness."
~George Sand

"Kissing is a means of getting two people so close together that they can't see anything wrong with each other."
~Rene Yasenek

[deedarino]

You keep waiting for something to happen,
the thing that lifts you out of yourself,
catapults you into doing all the things you’ve put off
the great things you’re meant to do in your life,
but somehow never quite get to.
You keep waiting for the planets to shift
the new moon to bring news,
the universe to align, something to give.
Meanwhile, the piles of papers, the laundry, the dishes, the job—
it all stacks up while you keep hoping
for some miracle to blast down upon you,
scattering the piles to the winds.
Sometimes you lie in bed, terrified of your life.
Sometimes you laugh at the privilege of waking.
But all the while, life goes on it its messy way.
And then you turn forty. Or fifty. Or sixty…
and some part of you realizes you are not alone
and you find signs of this in the animal kingdom –
when a snake sheds its skin its eyes glaze over,
it slinks under a rock, not wanting to be touched,
and when caterpillar turns to butterfly
if the pupa is brushed, it will die—
and when the bird taps its beak hungrily against the egg
It’s because the thing is too small, too small,
and it needs to break out.
And midlife walks you into that wisdom
that this is what transformation looks like—
the mess of it, the tapping at the walls of your life,
the yearning and writhing and pushing,
until one day, one day
you emerge from the wreck
embracing both the immense dawn
and the dusk of the body,
glistening, beautiful
just as you are.
by Leza Lowitz

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[ahk]

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.--Ambrose Bierce

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[ahk]

Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know.

Daniel J. Boorstin

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[Trev]

“Dreams only come true if you point yourself in their direction”
― Tina Reber

“I cut an inch off of every straw I see, just to make the world suck a little less.
”
― Jarod Kintz

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[ahk]

I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches.

Alice Roosevelt Longworth

[Trev]

"Take wrong turns. Talk to strangers. Open unmarked doors. And if you see a group of people in a field, go find out what they are doing. Do things without always knowing how they’ll turn out."
~Randall Munroe

"The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time."
~Mark Twain

[Soon]

“Nothing has transformed my life more than realizing that it’s a waste of time to evaluate my worthiness by weighing the reaction of the people in the stands.”
― Brené Brown

[ahk]

Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.--Sam Levenson

[Trev]

“Overlook what you've been through to realize what you have beside you.”
― Miranda Hollander

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[Genesis]

There will always be something that's not right about you,
to a person who's not right for you!
You're perfect for the heart that's meant to love you.
Don't let NOTHING take your smile!!! - Trent Shelton

[Trev]

"Humour is that which most efficiently recognizes that we are living in an imperfect world, with imperfect arguments and things that are insane, illogical, and irrational. And the only way we can live with that fact is to laugh."
~Unknown

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[Genesis]

We Love: that's why life is full of so many wonderful gifts.
- Rumi

[Genesis]

(Español)
Perdite, señora, quiero
de mi silencio perdón,
si lo que ha sido atención
le hace parecer grosero.

Y no me podrás culpar
si hasta aquí mi proceder,
por ocuparse en querer,
se ha olvidado de explicar.

Que en mi amorosa pasión
no fue desuido, ni mengua,
quitar el uso a la lengua
por dárselo al corazón.

Ni de explicarme dejaba:
que, como la pasión mía
acá en el alma te vía,
acá en el alma te hablaba.

Y en esta idea notable
dichosamenta vivía,
porque en mi mano tenia
el fingirte favorable.

Con traza tan peregrina
vivió mi esperanza vana,
pues te pudo hacer humana
concibiéndote divina.

¡Oh, cuán loca llegué a verme
en tus dichosos amores,
que, aun fingidos, tus favores
pudieron enloquecerme!

¡Oh, cómo, en tu sol hermoso
mi ardiente afecto encendido,
por cebarse en lo lucido,
olvidó lo peligroso!

Perdona, si atrevimiento
fue atreverme a tu ardor puro;
que no hay sagrado seguro
de culpas de pensamiento.

De esta manera engañaba
la loca esperanza mía,
y dentro de mí tenía
todo el bien que deseaba.

Mas ya tu precepto grave
rompe mi silencio mudo;
que él solamente ser pudo
de mi respeto la llave.

Y aunque el amar tu belleza
es delito sin disculpa
castígueseme la culpa
primero que la tibieza.

No quieras, pues, rigurosa,
que, estando ya declarada,
sea de veras desdichada
quien fue de burlas dichosa.

Si culpas mi desacato,
culpa también tu licencia;
que si es mala mi obediencia,
no fue justo tu mandato

Y si es culpable mi intento,
será mi afecto precito,
porque es amarte un delito
de que nunca me arrepiento.

Esto en mis afectos hallo,
y más, que explicar no sé;
mas tú, de lo que callé,
inferirás lo que callo.
-Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz


(English)
My lady, I must implore
forgiveness for keeping still,
if what I meant as tribute
ran contrary to your will.

Please do not reproach me
if the course I have maintained
in the eagerness of my love
left my silence unexplained.

I love you with so much passion,
neither rudeness nor neglect
can explain why I tied my tongue,
yet left my heart unchecked.

The matter to me was simple:
love for you was so strong,
I could see you in my soul
and talk to you all day long.

With this idea in mind,
I lived in utter delight,
pretending my subterfuge
found favor in your sight.

In this strange, ingenious fashion,
I allowed the hope to be mine
that I still might see as human
what I really conceived as divine.

Oh, how mad I became
in my blissful love of you,
for even though feigned, your favor
made all my madness seem true!

How unwisely my ardent love,
which your glorious sun inflamed,
sought to feed upon your brightness,
though the risk of your fire was plain!

Forgive me if, thus emboldened,
I made bold with that sacred fire:
there's no sanctuary secure
when thought's transgressions conspire.

Thus it was I kept indulging
these foolhardy hopes of mine,
enjoying within myself
a happiness sublime.

But now, at your solemn bidding,
this silence I herewith suspend,
for your summons unlocks in me
a respect no time can end.

And, although loving your beauty
is a crime beyond repair,
rather the crime be chastised
than my fervor cease to dare.

With this confession in hand,
I pray, be less stern with me.
Do not condemn to distress
one who fancied bliss so free.

If you blame me for disrespect,
remember, you gave me leave;
thus, if obedience was wrong,
your commanding must be my reprieve.

Let my love be ever doomed
if guilty in its intent,
for loving you is a crime
of which I will never repent.

This much I descry in my feelings--
and more that I cannot explain;
but you, from what I've not said,
may infer what words won't contain.
-Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz

[VintageFemme]

ヅ It is always sad when someone leaves home, unless they are simply going around the corner and will return in a few minutes with ice-cream sandwiches.
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish

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Love came,
and became like blood in my body.
It rushed through my veins and
encircled my heart.
Everywhere I looked,
I saw one thing.
Love's name written
on my limbs,
on my left palm,
on my forehead,
on the back of my neck,
on my right big toe…
Oh, my friend,
all that you see of me
is just a shell,
and the rest belongs to love.
-Rumi

[Genesis]

Patience is not sitting and waiting, it is foreseeing.
It is looking at the thorn and seeing the rose,
looking at the night and seeing the day.
Lovers are patient and know that the moon needs time to become full.
- Shams Tabrizi

[Genesis]

There is a sacredness in tears.
They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.
They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues.
They are messengers of overwhelming grief and unspeakable love.
-Rumi

[Genesis]

Lovely days don't come to you,
you should walk to them...
- Rumi

[Degotoga]

A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug.

- Patricia Neal

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[Trev]

"All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous, unpremeditated act without benefit of experience."
~Henry Miller

[Kobi]

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[homoe]

“I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person”

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[Genesis]

Every morning we wake up we have a chance to direct our day
~ Will I begin with gratitude for the new day
~ Will I take steps towards my goals and my initiatives
~ Will I seek inspiration and knowledge
~ Will I be accountable for where I am and where I can go

~~~~~~~ When ~~~~~~~~
We think about the day and what we want to make of it we take action
When we follow the thought with action we have made progress
When we are aware of this progress we become grateful

~~~~~~ Gratitude ~~~~~~
Shift from thoughts of doubt and fear to thoughts of Gratitude which opens doors
Hope seems to push the door open further and we find ourselves surrounded by opportunity

Every day life presents situations we interrupt by our thoughts ~ learn to shift those to the positive ~ and you will shift your entire life.

- Jane Changes

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[Genesis]

In the house of lovers, the music never stops, the walls are made of songs & the floor dances.
- Rumi


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[Degotoga]

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

― H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You

[Trev]

"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing."
~George Bernard Shaw

[Smiling]

Autobiography in Five Short Chapters


I

I walk down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk
I fall in.
I am lost ... I am helpless.
It isn't my fault.
It takes me forever to find a way out.

II

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don't see it.
I fall in again.
I can't believe I am in the same place
but, it isn't my fault.
It still takes a long time to get out.

III

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it is there.
I still fall in ... it's a habit.
my eyes are open
I know where I am.
It is my fault.
I get out immediately.

IV

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.

V

I walk down another street.



Copyright (c) 1993, by Portia Nelson from the book There's A Hole in My Sidewalk. Reproduced with kind permission from Beyond Words Publishing, Hillsboro, Oregon.

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The very purpose of our life is happiness, which is sustained by hope.
We have no guarantee about the future, but we exist in the hope of something better.
Hope means keeping going, thinking, ‘I can do this.’
It brings inner strength, self-confidence, the ability to do what you do honestly, truthfully and transparently.
- Dalai Lama

[Genesis]

The spirit of her invincible heart guided her through the shadows.
~ Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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[Trev]

"The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning."
-Ivy Baker Priest

"If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again."
-Flavia Weedn

"A bend in the road is not the end of the road...unless you fail to make the turn."
-Author Unknown

[BestButchBoy]

"To create the highest and best that is within us, we must constantly let go of the old and welcome in the new."

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[Bèsame*]

"Hearts will never be practical until they are made unbreakable." – Wizard of Oz

"Life is messy. Love is messier." – Catch and Release

"Love is a promise; love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear." – John Lennon

"A simple 'I love you' means more than money." – Frank Sinatra

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[Genesis]

"I have come to drag you out of yourself and take you in my heart.
I have come to bring out the beauty you never knew you had and lift you like a prayer to the sky."
-Rumi

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I have this quote in black stencilling on one of the walls in my classroom. I hope the students believe it. :)

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[Genesis]

What have you put off over and over again?
What if you stopped putting it off and just did it?
What if for 30 days you did that which you moves you closer to your goal?
What if today were day one... you would only have 29 days left...
Amazing things happen when our habits are in alignment with the life we want to lead.
- Jane Changes

[ahk]

If we do not permit the earth to produce beauty and joy, it will in the end not produce food, either.--Joseph Wood Krutch

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"I find television very educating.
Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book."
- Groucho Marx.

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[Soon]

"Change, when it comes, cracks everything open."

--Dorothy Allison

[Trev]

"Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength."
~Unknown

[ahk]

Good words are worth much, and cost little.--George Herbert

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[Degotoga]

“The best relationships in our lives are the best not because they have been the happiest ones, they are that way because they have stayed strong through the most tormentful of storms.”

― Pandora Poikilos, Excuse Me, My Brains Have Stepped Out

[Kobi]

"We'll never solve the feminization of power until we solve the masculinity of wealth."

Gloria Steinem

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There is only one important point you must keep in your mind and let it be your guide.
No matter what people call you, you are just who you are. Keep to this truth.
You must ask yourself how is it you want to live your life.
We live and we die, this is the truth that we can only face alone.
No one can help us. So consider carefully, what prevents you from living the way you want to live your life?
- Shams Tabrizi

[Genesis]

“We are
Born like this
Into this
Into these carefully mad wars
Into the sight of broken factory windows of emptiness
Into bars where people no longer speak to each other
Into fist fights that end as shootings and knifings
Born into this
Into hospitals which are so expensive that it’s cheaper to die
Into lawyers who charge so much it’s cheaper to plead guilty
Into a country where the jails are full and the madhouses closed
Into a place where the masses elevate fools into rich heroes”
― Charles Bukowski

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[SleepyButch]

And when her lips met mine, I knew that I could live to be a hundred and visit every country in the world, but nothing would ever compare to that single moment when I first kissed the girl of my dreams and knew that my love would last forever.

~ Nicholas Sparks, Dear John

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Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world.
Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

- Rumi

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Si alguien llama a tu puerta, amiga mía,
y algo en tu sangre late y no reposa
y en su tallo de agua, temblorosa,
la fuente es una líquida armonía.

Si alguien llama a tu puerta y todavía
te sobra tiempo para ser hermosa
y cabe todo abril en una rosa
y por la rosa se desangra el día.

Si alguien llama a tu puerta una mañana
sonora de palomas y campanas
y aún crees en el dolor y en la poesía.

Si aún la vida es verdad y el verso existe.
Si alguien llama a tu puerta y estás triste,
abre, que es el amor, amiga mía.

-Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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[Blade]

"One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon-instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today."

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Wear gratitude like a cloak and it will feed every corner of your life.
- Rumi

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In your life you may at times feel you have worked so hard, and you have done every single thing you could in your power to earn your way and be a good person. You have given and given and given — trying to never keep a score or be a burden to others. You tried so hard to be selfless and tried to believe that good people are rewarded in the end. You turned your doubts into faith and your anger into love after endless failures and betrayals. You pressed forward with positivity. But, maybe things have not turned out the way you had hoped yet, and you have found yourself in a low place. You looked around and said, "I have helped people, who will help me? I have been so good." In these moments it is tempting to ask, "where is my break; what about karma or God — does anyone care? Is everything in life for nothing? Is any of it worth it?" It is so easy to want to give-up in times of failure and disappointment in what seems like an endless struggle. We can become depressed and dis-couraged, which means we have lost our courage.

In painful moments of dire discouragement, please know that your soul has a resiliency and a capacity to endure suffering that is beyond anything you can imagine. Even the softest and sweetest heart was made by design for extreme battle. Make no mistake about it, no matter how kind, meek, humble and soft your giving heart is — you are a warrior! Your strength is beyond your own imagination. The further you are challenged and threatened, the more your warrior heart will emerge. When you are backed into a corner, or someone you love is suffering, or you are hanging by your fingernails over the edge of ruin with the cold, hungry abyss peering into your soul — the super-human occurs. Billions of years of dormant survival intelligence will erupt from every pore. You don't have to be strong, because the strength is in you; it's in your DNA, in your soul and your essence. You would not believe what skill, power and ability your total intelligence possesses until you are in desperate need. So, do not despair. Have faith. It is going to work out and you will be delivered. You have the heart of a warrior and you were designed to survive!

- Bryan McGill

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[Stud_puppy1991]

"I'm in the struggle looking to fight for the right to be more than just alright..and I'm looking for more light so I can see what they got in store for my life. ''- Twiztid

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Ohhhh! Is that what that's about? See? I had no idea; and to think I was starting to wonder if something was wrong with me. :facepalm:

Thanks for clearing that up, Rumi! I feel much better now, lol.

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Set your sights high, the higher the better.
Expect the most wonderful things to happen,
not in the future but right now.
Realize that nothing is too good.
Allow absolutely nothing to hamper you
or hold you up in any way.
― Eileen Caddy

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It is such a mistake to assume that practising dharma will help us calm down and lead an untroubled life; nothing could be further from the truth. Dharma is not a therapy. Quite the opposite, in fact, dharma is tailored specifically to turn your life upside down – it’s what you sign up for. So when you life goes pear-shaped, why do you complain?

-Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche



I'm going to need to ruminate on this one for a little while - not sure how I feel about what he is stating here, though I do acknowledge at least some truth inherent in it.

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Be good to your body!
Make slow changes in your diet. Be strong.
Good foods will make you feel amazing!
Your personal health is your greatest possession; the most significant foundation of any future you will have.
Health is a priceless wealth. Invest while you can.
Make your body your prized possession above all physical things.
Spare no expense, re-prioritize and invest in your health.
Your health is a long-range investment that will pay-off when you need it most.
— Bryant McGill

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[ahk]

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.--Kurt Vonnegut

[BullDog]

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.
The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference.
The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference.
And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.

Elie Wiesel

[*Anya*]

I put this in another quote thread the other day but feel it is worth putting here where it will be seen:

My daughter and I were talking Saturday about the damage parents do, wether we want to or not, and she told me about this poem. I think it is so good:

This Be The Verse

BY PHILIP LARKIN

They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.

But they were fucked up in their turn
By fools in old-style hats and coats,
Who half the time were soppy-stern
And half at one another’s throats.

Man hands on misery to man.
It deepens like a coastal shelf.
Get out as early as you can,
And don’t have any kids yourself.


Philip Larkin, “This Be the Verse” from Collected Poems. Used by permission of The Society of Authors as the Literary Representative of the Estate of Philip Larkin.

Source: Collected Poems (Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2001)

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/178055

[jenny]

“Watch out for each other. Love everyone and forgive everyone, including yourself. Forgive your anger. Forgive your guilt. Your shame. Your sadness. Embrace and open up your love, your joy, your truth, and most especially your heart.” ~ Jim Henson

[ahk]

There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.--Ansel Adams

[Trev]

"A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it."
~Jean De La Fontaine

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[Talon]

I think that to explore the uncomfortable and politically incorrect is the job of the artist.

>J. Leto


Art is the most intense form of individualism that the world has ever known.


>Oscar Wilde


Art, it is said, is not a mirror...but a hammer: it does not reflect, it shapes.


>Leon Trotsky

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On a day when the wind is perfect,
the sail just needs to open and
the world is full of beauty.
Today is such a day.
~ Rumi

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