Quotes, Poems, & Sayings...

[Mr.Nobody]

What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

[Butterbean]

In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing.

~Robert Ingersoll

[DamselFly]

our fingerprints never disappear from those whose lives we have touched....
namaste,
DamselFly

[DamselFly]

if i could tell you

time will say nothing but i told you so
time only knows the price we have to pay
if i could tell you i would let you know

if we should weep when clowns put on their show
if we should stumble when musicians play
time when say nothing but i told you so

there are no fortunes to be told, although,
because i love you more than i can say
if i could tell you, i would let you know.

W.H. Auden

[Nat]

"Whatsoever therefore is consequent to a time of Warre, where every man is Enemy to every man; the same is consequent to the time, wherein men live without other security, than what their own strength, and their own invention shall furnish them withall. In such condition, there is no place for Industry; because the fruit thereof is uncertain; and consequently no Culture of the Earth; no Navigation, nor use of the commodities that may be imported by Sea; no commodious Building; no Instruments of moving, and removing such things as require much force; no Knowledge of the face of the Earth; no account of Time; no Arts; no Letters; no Society; and which is worst of all, continuall feare, and danger of violent death; And the life of man, solitary, poore, nasty, brutish, and short."

(Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan)

[Jesse]

Go often to the house of your friend, for weeds soon choke up the unused path.- Old Scandinavian proverb

[Jesse]

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him.- Ralph Waldo Emerson

[Arwen]

No one imagines that symphony is supposed to improve as it goes along, or that the whole object of playing is to reach the finale. The point of music is discovered in every moment of playing and listening to it. It is the same, I feel, with the greater part of our lives, and if we are unduly absorbed in improving them we may forget altogether to live them. -Alan Watts, philosopher, writer, and speaker (1915-1973)

[purepisces]

Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it. ~ Buddha

[purepisces]

When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~ Lao Tzu

[purepisces]

In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful.
~ Alice Walker

[JakeTulane]

"Oh, the comfort - the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person - having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together; certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then with the breath of kindness blow the rest away." ~Dinah Craik

[JakeTulane]

"Sticks and stones are hard on bones
Aimed with angry art,
Words can sting like anything
But silence breaks the heart."
~Phyllis McGinley, "Ballade of Lost Objects," 1954

[JakeTulane]

"You can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your stomach, because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you." ~Frederick Buechner

[Janstevie]

My girlfriends got a stalker, well she does'nt know she's my girlfriend yet.

[nycfem]

Bein' Green by Sesame Street/Kermit the Frog

"It's not that easy bein' green
Having to spend each day the color of the leaves
When I think it could be nicer being red or yellow or gold
Or something much more colorful like that

It's not easy bein' green
It seems you blend in with so many other ordinary things
And people tend to pass you over 'cause you're
Not standing out like flashy sparkles in the water
Or stars in the sky

But green's the color of Spring
And green can be cool and friendly-like
And green can be big like an ocean
Or important like a mountain
Or tall like a tree

When green is all there is to be
It could make you wonder why
But why wonder, why wonder?
I am green and it'll do fine
It's beautiful!
And I think it's what I want to be"

[nycfem]

"Loneliness is the human condition. Cultivate it.The way it tunnels into you allows your soul room to grow. Never expect to outgrow loneliness. Never hope to find people who will understand you, someone to fill that space...If you expect to find people who will understand you, you will grow murderous with disappointment. The best you'll ever do is to understand yourself, know what it is that you want, and not let the cattle stand in your way"

Janet Fitch, from "While Oleander"

[nycfem]

“Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily...”
Thomas S. Szasz

[nycfem]

"There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in travelling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift one's position, and be bruised in a new place." ~Washington Irving

[Diva]

We should do everything we can to gain a delight and joy in our society with all the available parts of the palette.

~Minoru Yamasaki