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PlatinumPearl · 05-12-2020, 05:37 PM

PlatinumPearl · 05-14-2020, 11:19 AM

Bèsame* · 05-17-2020, 11:11 AM

AlexF · 05-17-2020, 01:51 PM

This poem has guided me for many years.

Desiderata

GO PLACIDLY amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.

Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.

And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

By Max Ehrmann © 1927

AlexF · 05-18-2020, 11:46 AM

The Night Has a Thousand Eyes

Francis William Bourdillon (b. 1852)

THE NIGHT has a thousand eyes,
And the day but one;
Yet the light of the bright world dies
With the dying sun.

The mind has a thousand eyes, 5
And the heart but one;
Yet the light of a whole life dies
When love is done.

homoe · 05-19-2020, 06:57 AM

AlexF · 05-19-2020, 10:39 AM

Invictus

BY WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.

AlexF · 05-21-2020, 09:27 AM

Pablo Neruda

“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close.”
― Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets

Orema · 05-30-2020, 10:57 AM

After uplifting and empowering white nationalists, stoking the fires of violence, pointing fingers, and threatening to sic the National Guard on us, he says ...

MAGA loves the Black people
—President Donald Trump, moments ago.

homoe · 06-06-2020, 06:36 AM

homoe · 06-10-2020, 03:57 AM

Stone-Butch · 06-10-2020, 05:38 AM

Those who profess their own greatness become legends in their own minds.

M. Lawton

C0LLETTE · 06-13-2020, 08:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by homoe

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Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt.
— ABRAHAM LINCOLN

"Exactly"

Groucho Marx

Stone-Butch · 06-13-2020, 11:58 AM

To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice.

Confucius

Self-discipline is when your conscience tells you to do something and you don't talk back.

W.K. Hope

C0LLETTE · 06-13-2020, 12:51 PM

The mind is Patient Zero for sexually transmitted diseases.

C0LLETTE (I wrote it, what can I do? lol )

Orema · 06-15-2020, 04:50 AM

Stone-Butch · 06-15-2020, 05:54 PM

Make no judgements where you have no compassion.

Anne McCaffrey

Orema · 06-19-2020, 09:11 AM

Freedom is a constant struggle. —Angela Davis

homoe · 06-19-2020, 02:46 PM

Stone-Butch · 06-19-2020, 03:03 PM

Everyone is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day. Wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.

Elbert Hubbard

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05-17-2020, 11:11 AM	#19983
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05-17-2020, 01:51 PM	#19984
AlexF Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Join Date: May 2020 Location: USA East Coast Posts: 201 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 378 Thanked 377 Times in 142 Posts Rep Power: 5191405	Desiderata This poem has guided me for many years. Desiderata GO PLACIDLY amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is as perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy. By Max Ehrmann © 1927

05-18-2020, 11:46 AM	#19985
AlexF Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Join Date: May 2020 Location: USA East Coast Posts: 201 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 378 Thanked 377 Times in 142 Posts Rep Power: 5191405	The Night Has a Thousand Eyes The Night Has a Thousand Eyes Francis William Bourdillon (b. 1852) THE NIGHT has a thousand eyes, And the day but one; Yet the light of the bright world dies With the dying sun. The mind has a thousand eyes, 5 And the heart but one; Yet the light of a whole life dies When love is done.

05-19-2020, 06:57 AM	#19986
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05-19-2020, 10:39 AM	#19987
AlexF Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Join Date: May 2020 Location: USA East Coast Posts: 201 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 378 Thanked 377 Times in 142 Posts Rep Power: 5191405	Invictus Invictus BY WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the Horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the years Finds and shall find me unafraid. It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.

05-21-2020, 09:27 AM	#19988
AlexF Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Join Date: May 2020 Location: USA East Coast Posts: 201 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 378 Thanked 377 Times in 142 Posts Rep Power: 5191405	A Favourite Pablo Neruda “I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close.” ― Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets

05-30-2020, 10:57 AM	#19989
Orema Superlative Soul Sister How Do You Identify?: Lesbian stone femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, her Relationship Status: Moving in a single file and sometimes a sinner. Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Cottage of Content Posts: 13,689 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 41,476 Thanked 34,735 Times in 8,962 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	Made me laugh out loud After uplifting and empowering white nationalists, stoking the fires of violence, pointing fingers, and threatening to sic the National Guard on us, he says ... MAGA loves the Black people —President Donald Trump, moments ago.

06-06-2020, 06:36 AM	#19990
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06-10-2020, 05:38 AM	#19992
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06-13-2020, 11:58 AM	#19994
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06-13-2020, 12:51 PM	#19995
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06-15-2020, 04:50 AM	#19996
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