Quotes, Poems, & Sayings... - Page 191

Massive · 08-31-2010, 07:17 AM

You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by seeing an imperfect person perfectly.
~ Sam Keen

What the heart has once owned and had, it shall never lose.
~ Henry Ward Beecher

There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.
~ Mother Teresa

We can only learn to love by loving.
~Iris Murdoch

Don't hold to anger, hurt or pain. They steal your energy and keep you from love.
~Anonymous

To fear love is to fear life,
and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
~Bertrand Russell, Earl Russell

I hold it true, what e'er befall;
I feel it , when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.
~Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Lie still, lie still, my breaking heart
My silent heart, lie still and break.
~Christina Rossetti

Knowledge talks, wisdom listens.
~ Unknown

The mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work unless it’s open.
~ Unknown

Life isn’t worth living for, unless you have something
worth dying for.
- Unknown

Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.
~Jean Anouilh (1910-1987)

Love never claims, it ever gives.
~Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948)

Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things.
~Paul (A.D. First Century) 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

"Love doesn't make the world go round, love is what makes the ride worthwhile."
~Elizabeth Browning

The_Lady_Snow · 08-31-2010, 07:57 AM

"Tolerance is not peace,
But from tolerance,
In the near or distant future,
Peace may blossom."

Janstevie · 08-31-2010, 10:30 AM

If only closed minds came with closed mouths.

Kätzchen · 08-31-2010, 05:29 PM

When love beckons to you, follow him,
Though his ways are hard and steep.
And when his wings enfold you yield to him,
Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.
And when he speaks to you believe in him,
Though his voice may shatter your dreams
as the north wind lays waste the garden.

For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you.
Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning.
Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your
tenderest branches that quiver in the sun,
So shall he descend to your roots and shake them
in their clinging to the earth.

Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself.
He threshes you to make you naked.
He sifts you to free you from your husks.
He grinds you to whiteness.
He kneads you until you are pliant;
And then he assigns you to his sacred fire, that you may become sacred bread for God's sacred feast.

All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart, and in that knowledge become a fragment of Life's heart.

But if in your fear you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure,
Then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love's threshing-floor,
Into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears.
Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself.
Love possesses not nor would it be possessed;
For love is sufficient unto love.

When you love you should not say, "God is in my heart," but rather, "I am in the heart of God."
And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.

Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.
But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires:
To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.
To know the pain of too much tenderness.
To be wounded by your own understanding of love;
And to bleed willingly and joyfully.
To wake at dawn with a winged heart
and give thanks for another day of loving;
To rest at the noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy;
To return home at eventide with gratitude;
And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart
and a song of praise upon your lips.

~ Kahlil Gibran
The Prophet
"Love"

jenny · 08-31-2010, 06:32 PM

"If someone is too tired to give you a smile, leave one of your own, because no one needs a smile as much as those who have none to give." ~ Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch

Spirit Dancer · 08-31-2010, 07:32 PM

To set us on a clear path, it is important to communicate well, at least
with ourselves. To know what we want, to know what we mean, and
to learn to express ourselves clearly, with as little confusion as possible.
If you are confused about yourself, you can expect to be misunderstood
by those around you. You have to set your mind straight, and that is
a task that no one else can undertake for you.

Rosemary Altea

Spirit Dancer · 08-31-2010, 07:33 PM

The balance and peace we seek for ourselves and our society
won’t be achieved through mental effort alone. Mind and spirit are
meant to travel together, with spirit leading the way. Until we make a conscious commitment to understand and embrace our spiritual nature,
we will endure the ache of living without the awareness and guidance
of the most essential part of ourselves.

Susan L. Taylor

Kätzchen · 09-01-2010, 03:32 AM

(8) "Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves,
for the rights of all who are destitute.
(9) Speak up and judge fairly;
defend the poor and the needy."

~ Proverbs 31: 8-9 (NIV)

Duchess · 09-01-2010, 07:04 AM

The quality of your life is the quality of your relationships.

Anthony Robbins
1960-, American Author, Speaker, Peak Performance Expert / Consultant

nowandthen · 09-01-2010, 08:59 AM

To the extent that our experience of suffering reminds us of what everyone else also endures, it serves as a powerful inspiration to practice compassion and avoid causing others pain. And to the extent that suffering awakens our empathy and causes us to connect with others, it serves as the basis of compassion and love.

JakeTulane · 09-01-2010, 09:17 AM

"If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance." - Orville Wright

JakeTulane · 09-01-2010, 09:18 AM

"Discoveries are often made by not following instructions; by going off the main road; by trying the untried." - Frank Tyger

JakeTulane · 09-01-2010, 09:19 AM

"How little do they see what really is, who frame their hasty judgment upon that which seems." - Robert Southey

jenny · 09-01-2010, 09:22 AM

‎"Life is a classroom if you let it be." ~Ky-Mani Marley

Janstevie · 09-01-2010, 10:37 AM

If you want to forget your troubles wear tight shoe's.

Jesse · 09-01-2010, 11:49 AM

To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly
Henri L. Bergson

You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.
James Allen

We are what we repeatedly do.
Aristotle

princessbelle · 09-01-2010, 02:19 PM

What we see in others depends mainly on what we look for.
We need to enlighten our own spirit before we assign conviction to anyone.

John Lubbock

BestButchBoy · 09-01-2010, 05:01 PM

"Time to make the donuts!"

~Fred the Baker [as portrayed by actor Michael Vale]

FeminineAllure · 09-02-2010, 05:42 AM

"There is a fine line between loosing it and getting it."

From a character on LMN

JakeTulane · 09-02-2010, 07:31 AM

"Only intuition can save you from the most dangerous individual of all, the articulate incompetent." - Robert Bernstein

08-31-2010, 07:17 AM	#3801
Massive Member How Do You Identify?: Trans man Preferred Pronoun?: He, Him Relationship Status: not looking Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Northern England Posts: 945 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 5,669 Thanked 2,383 Times in 765 Posts Rep Power: 17762095	You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by seeing an imperfect person perfectly. ~ Sam Keen What the heart has once owned and had, it shall never lose. ~ Henry Ward Beecher There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread. ~ Mother Teresa We can only learn to love by loving. ~Iris Murdoch Don't hold to anger, hurt or pain. They steal your energy and keep you from love. ~Anonymous To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead. ~Bertrand Russell, Earl Russell I hold it true, what e'er befall; I feel it , when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. ~Alfred, Lord Tennyson Lie still, lie still, my breaking heart My silent heart, lie still and break. ~Christina Rossetti Knowledge talks, wisdom listens. ~ Unknown The mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work unless it’s open. ~ Unknown Life isn’t worth living for, unless you have something worth dying for. - Unknown Love is, above all, the gift of oneself. ~Jean Anouilh (1910-1987) Love never claims, it ever gives. ~Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948) Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things. ~Paul (A.D. First Century) 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 "Love doesn't make the world go round, love is what makes the ride worthwhile." ~Elizabeth Browning __________________ You may not be able to choose your bio-family, but you can choose your Family

08-31-2010, 07:57 AM	#3802
The_Lady_Snow MILLION $$$ PUSSY How Do You Identify?: Kinky, Raw, Perverted, Uber Queer Alpha Femme Preferred Pronoun?: Iconic Ms. Relationship Status: Keeper of 3, only one has the map to my freckles Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: La Reina del Sur Posts: 22,488 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 32,231 Thanked 80,097 Times in 15,676 Posts Rep Power: 21474874	Unknown "Tolerance is not peace, But from tolerance, In the near or distant future, Peace may blossom." __________________ "If you’re going to play these dirty games of ours, then you might as well indulge completely. It’s all about turning back into an animal and that’s the beauty of it. Place your guilt on the sidewalk and take a blow torch to it (guilt is usually worthless anyway). Be perverted, be filthy, do things that mannered people shouldn’t do. If you’re going to be gross then go for it and don’t wimp out."---Master Aiden

08-31-2010, 06:32 PM	#3805
jenny Member How Do You Identify?: queer femme Relationship Status: inquire within Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NJ Posts: 956 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 434 Thanked 1,593 Times in 580 Posts Rep Power: 5091118	"If someone is too tired to give you a smile, leave one of your own, because no one needs a smile as much as those who have none to give." ~ Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch __________________ "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." ~ Anne Frank “Life's most persistent and urgent question is: 'What are you doing for others?'” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

08-31-2010, 07:32 PM	#3806
Spirit Dancer Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Complex but Tender Preferred Pronoun?: ~Ma`am~ Relationship Status: Shotgun Rider Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Following the red road Posts: 4,519 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,304 Thanked 12,941 Times in 3,467 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	To set us on a clear path, it is important to communicate well, at least with ourselves. To know what we want, to know what we mean, and to learn to express ourselves clearly, with as little confusion as possible. If you are confused about yourself, you can expect to be misunderstood by those around you. You have to set your mind straight, and that is a task that no one else can undertake for you. Rosemary Altea __________________ “For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.” Judy Garland

08-31-2010, 07:33 PM	#3807
Spirit Dancer Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Complex but Tender Preferred Pronoun?: ~Ma`am~ Relationship Status: Shotgun Rider Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Following the red road Posts: 4,519 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,304 Thanked 12,941 Times in 3,467 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	The balance and peace we seek for ourselves and our society won’t be achieved through mental effort alone. Mind and spirit are meant to travel together, with spirit leading the way. Until we make a conscious commitment to understand and embrace our spiritual nature, we will endure the ache of living without the awareness and guidance of the most essential part of ourselves. Susan L. Taylor __________________ “For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.” Judy Garland

08-31-2010, 10:30 AM	#3803
Janstevie Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Soft Butch Relationship Status: single Join Date: May 2010 Location: England Posts: 1,814 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 112 Thanked 1,331 Times in 411 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	If only closed minds came with closed mouths.

08-31-2010, 05:29 PM	#3804
Kätzchen Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Relationship Status: I’m devoted to my own wellness (lucky me) ツ Join Date: May 2010 Location: Blue Lady in a ruby red county Posts: 15,849 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 31,605 Thanked 33,390 Times in 10,550 Posts Rep Power: 21474867	When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. And when he speaks to you believe in him, Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden. For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning. Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun, So shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth. Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself. He threshes you to make you naked. He sifts you to free you from your husks. He grinds you to whiteness. He kneads you until you are pliant; And then he assigns you to his sacred fire, that you may become sacred bread for God's sacred feast. All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart, and in that knowledge become a fragment of Life's heart. But if in your fear you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure, Then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love's threshing-floor, Into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears. Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself. Love possesses not nor would it be possessed; For love is sufficient unto love. When you love you should not say, "God is in my heart," but rather, "I am in the heart of God." And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course. Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself. But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires: To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To know the pain of too much tenderness. To be wounded by your own understanding of love; And to bleed willingly and joyfully. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving; To rest at the noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy; To return home at eventide with gratitude; And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips. ~ Kahlil Gibran *The Prophet* "Love"

09-01-2010, 03:32 AM	#3808
Kätzchen Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Relationship Status: I’m devoted to my own wellness (lucky me) ツ Join Date: May 2010 Location: Blue Lady in a ruby red county Posts: 15,849 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 31,605 Thanked 33,390 Times in 10,550 Posts Rep Power: 21474867	(8) "Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. (9) Speak up and judge fairly; defend the poor and the needy." ~ Proverbs 31: 8-9 (NIV)

09-01-2010, 07:04 AM	#3809
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09-01-2010, 08:59 AM	#3810
nowandthen Member How Do You Identify?: Queer Butch Preferred Pronoun?: S/he Relationship Status: In a realationship with my PhD. Dissertation work for the next 3 years Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: West Coast Posts: 508 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 400 Thanked 947 Times in 325 Posts Rep Power: 6580599	Dalai Lama To the extent that our experience of suffering reminds us of what everyone else also endures, it serves as a powerful inspiration to practice compassion and avoid causing others pain. And to the extent that suffering awakens our empathy and causes us to connect with others, it serves as the basis of compassion and love. __________________ "Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you." "Does it hurt" asked the Rabbit, "Sometimes", said the Skin Horse, for he was always honest. " It's a Kind of testing, The kind of testing that spiritual warriors need in order to awaken their Heart" PC

09-01-2010, 09:17 AM	#3811
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09-01-2010, 09:18 AM	#3812
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09-01-2010, 09:19 AM	#3813
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09-01-2010, 09:22 AM	#3814
jenny Member How Do You Identify?: queer femme Relationship Status: inquire within Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NJ Posts: 956 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 434 Thanked 1,593 Times in 580 Posts Rep Power: 5091118	‎"Life is a classroom if you let it be." ~Ky-Mani Marley __________________ "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." ~ Anne Frank “Life's most persistent and urgent question is: 'What are you doing for others?'” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

09-01-2010, 10:37 AM	#3815
Janstevie Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Soft Butch Relationship Status: single Join Date: May 2010 Location: England Posts: 1,814 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 112 Thanked 1,331 Times in 411 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	If you want to forget your troubles wear tight shoe's.

09-01-2010, 11:49 AM	#3816
Jesse Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Transguy Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: single Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Central West Coast of Florida Posts: 5,204 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 34,866 Thanked 17,783 Times in 3,940 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly Henri L. Bergson You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you. James Allen We are what we repeatedly do. Aristotle __________________ “You’re so hard on yourself. Take a moment. Sit back. Marvel at your life: at the grief that softened you, at the heartache that widened you, at the suffering that strengthened you. Despite everything, you still grow. Be proud of this.”

09-01-2010, 02:19 PM	#3817
princessbelle Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: femme Preferred Pronoun?: femme ones Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Tennessee Posts: 6,100 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 29,380 Thanked 30,499 Times in 5,201 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	What we see in others depends mainly on what we look for. We need to enlighten our own spirit before we assign conviction to anyone. John Lubbock __________________ ~ I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. ~ Maya Angelou

09-01-2010, 05:01 PM	#3818
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09-02-2010, 05:42 AM	#3819
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09-02-2010, 07:31 AM	#3820
JakeTulane Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Mr. Prickly Porcupine Preferred Pronoun?: Butch - Hy, Hym, Hys Relationship Status: She has softened My quills Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Permanently Banned 8/8/2011 Posts: 4,880 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,221 Thanked 5,264 Times in 2,732 Posts Rep Power: 0	"Only intuition can save you from the most dangerous individual of all, the articulate incompetent." - Robert Bernstein