Quotes, Poems, & Sayings... - Page 107

Mister Bent · 05-12-2010, 09:21 PM

"I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you."
- Friedrich Neitzsche

UofMfan · 05-12-2010, 09:25 PM

Latin American proverb:

"Para sacar un clavo se necesita otro."

Truer words were never spoken.

Oneida · 05-12-2010, 09:28 PM

I'm sorry, you must have mistaken me for someone else. My name is Anastasia Beaverhausen.

-Karen Walker

Fancy · 05-12-2010, 10:18 PM

Kindness does wonderful things to a face. --Dixie Doyle

Enchantress · 05-12-2010, 11:13 PM

“Abandon all attachment to the results of action and attain supreme peace."

~ Krishna

Leigh · 05-13-2010, 12:04 AM

Everyday is a new sky rising, a time of transformation and renewal. Everyday is a fresh chance to make your dreams happen. ~ Kitty Terin

Kätzchen · 05-13-2010, 02:09 AM

"Giving up security takes guts. Bohemians have the courage to reject mainstream society, to follow an ideal and forsake praise and security; to alienate family; to be, as Jack Kerouac put it, "yourself at whatever cost" (p. 22)"

~Laren Stover (2004 - New York: Bullfinch Press)
"The Bohemian Manifesto: A Fieldguide to Living on the Edge."

Kätzchen · 05-13-2010, 05:24 AM

"This is love: To fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet."

~ Jalal ad-Din Rumi

afixer · 05-13-2010, 06:35 AM

“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” -Rumi

femmedyke · 05-13-2010, 06:38 AM

"We join spokes together in a wheel, but it is the center hole that makes the wagon move. We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want. We hammer wood for a house, but it is the inner space that makes it livable." Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching, translated by Stephen Mitchell

(and part of my horoscope from Rob Brezsny... Apparently somewhere in there there is a message for me this week. . . now if it could only smack me over the head. . . )

Toofrufru · 05-13-2010, 06:58 AM

"Every problem has a gift for you in its hands."
Richard Bach

PinkieLee · 05-13-2010, 08:00 AM

I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It's probably the most important thing in a person. ~ Audrey Hepburn

Spirit Dancer · 05-13-2010, 08:37 AM

Nothing in life is more exciting and rewarding than the sudden flash of insight that leaves you a changed person, not only changed, but for the better.
Arthur Gordon

Spirit Dancer · 05-13-2010, 08:39 AM

If one is not oneself a sage or saint, the best thing
one can do is to study the words of those who were.

Aldous Huxley

Spirit Dancer · 05-13-2010, 08:42 AM

There are things that we never want to let go of, people we never want to leave behind. But keep in mind that letting go isn’t the end of the world; it’s the beginning of a new life.

unattributed

Spirit Dancer · 05-13-2010, 08:43 AM

Letting go doesn't mean we don't care. Letting go doesn't mean we shut down.
Letting go means we stop trying to force outcomes and make people behave.
It means we give up resistance to the way things are, for the moment.
It means we stop trying to do the impossible--controlling that which
we cannot--and instead, focus on what is possible--which usually means
taking care of ourselves. And we do this in gentleness, kindness,
and love, as much as possible.

Melody Beattie

Spirit Dancer · 05-13-2010, 08:46 AM

On Letting Go
author unknown

To "let go" does not mean to stop caring.
It means I can't do it for someone else.

To "let go" is not to cut myself off.
It's the realization that I can't control another.

To "let go" is to admit powerlessness,
which means the outcome is not in my hands.

To "let go" is not to try to change or blame another.
It's to make the most of myself.

To "let go" is not to care for, but to care about.

To "let go" is not to fix, but to be supportive.

To "let go" is not to judge, but to allow another to be a human being.

To "let go" is not to be in the middle, arranging all the outcomes,
but to allow others to affect their own destinies.

To "let go" is not to deny, but to accept.

To "let go" is not to nag, scold, or argue,
but instead to search out my own shortcomings and correct them.

To "let go" is not to adjust everything to my desires,
but to take each day as it comes and cherish myself in it.

To "let go" is not to regret the past, but to grow and live for the future.

To "let go" is to fear less and to love more.

Lillie · 05-13-2010, 10:07 AM

" People come into your life for a reason; the negative people usually are there to teach you what you don't want to become, treat you how you don't want to be treated, and to show you what you don't deserve. Embrace them, let them teach you, and then let them go."

Andrew, Jr. · 05-13-2010, 10:14 AM

"Time, the devourer of all things."

"A man is sorry to be honest for nothing."

"A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward."

Ovid

JakeTulane · 05-13-2010, 10:39 AM

“Goals are a means to an end, not the ultimate purpose of our lives. They are simply a tool to concentrate our focus and move us in a direction. The only reason we really pursue goals is to cause ourselves to expand and grow. Achieving goals by themselves will never make us happy in the long term; it's who you become, as you overcome the obstacles necessary to achieve your goals, that can give you the deepest and most long-lasting sense of fulfillment.” - Anthony Robbins

05-12-2010, 09:21 PM	#2121
Mister Bent Senior Member How Do You Identify?: . Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: . Posts: 2,905 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,151 Thanked 5,831 Times in 1,721 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	"I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you." - Friedrich Neitzsche __________________ Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats. - H. L. Mencken

05-13-2010, 02:09 AM	#2127
Kätzchen Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: Monogamously Attached ❤️ Join Date: May 2010 Location: Where it once rained daily but now it doesn’t. Posts: 15,092 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 35,992 Thanked 32,009 Times in 9,947 Posts Rep Power: 21474865	On Courage: "Giving up security takes guts. Bohemians have the courage to reject mainstream society, to follow an ideal and forsake praise and security; to alienate family; to be, as Jack Kerouac put it, "yourself at whatever cost" (p. 22)" ~Laren Stover (2004 - New York: Bullfinch Press) "The Bohemian Manifesto: A Fieldguide to Living on the Edge."

05-13-2010, 06:35 AM	#2129
afixer Member How Do You Identify?: human Preferred Pronoun?: ma'am Relationship Status: adrift in my head Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: in and out of the woods Posts: 989 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 491 Thanked 1,513 Times in 661 Posts Rep Power: 8660554	more Rumi on love “Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” -Rumi

05-13-2010, 06:38 AM	#2130
femmedyke Member How Do You Identify?: femme Preferred Pronoun?: she, her Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: mostly in my head Posts: 396 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 638 Thanked 958 Times in 198 Posts Rep Power: 8571020	"We join spokes together in a wheel, but it is the center hole that makes the wagon move. We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want. We hammer wood for a house, but it is the inner space that makes it livable." Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching, translated by Stephen Mitchell (and part of my horoscope from Rob Brezsny... Apparently somewhere in there there is a message for me this week. . . now if it could only smack me over the head. . . ) __________________ “purple does something strange to me” -charles bukowski

05-13-2010, 06:58 AM	#2131
Toofrufru Member How Do You Identify?: femme Preferred Pronoun?: Ms as in Ms Fru to you Relationship Status: Not the Marrying kind! Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Sunny Florida Posts: 172 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 95 Thanked 173 Times in 77 Posts Rep Power: 335	bounty "Every problem has a gift for you in its hands." Richard Bach

05-12-2010, 09:25 PM	#2122
UofMfan Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Relationship Status: A very happy Mr. Grumpy Cat Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Neither here or there Posts: 7,987 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 27,733 Thanked 18,942 Times in 4,709 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	Latin American proverb: "Para sacar un clavo se necesita otro." Truer words were never spoken.

05-12-2010, 09:28 PM	#2123
Oneida Member How Do You Identify?: Free Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Eden Posts: 241 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 99 Thanked 269 Times in 101 Posts Rep Power: 142534	I'm sorry, you must have mistaken me for someone else. My name is Anastasia Beaverhausen. -Karen Walker

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Fancy Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: N/A Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: NY Posts: 3,742 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 7,696 Thanked 7,097 Times in 2,322 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	Kindness does wonderful things to a face. --Dixie Doyle

05-12-2010, 11:13 PM	#2125
Enchantress Senior Member How Do You Identify?: A complex confection. Preferred Pronoun?: Miss Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The land of milk and honey. Posts: 2,169 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 741 Thanked 3,421 Times in 1,201 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	“Abandon all attachment to the results of action and attain supreme peace." ~ Krishna

05-13-2010, 12:04 AM	#2126
Leigh Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, Her, etc Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 7,767 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,029 Thanked 13,026 Times in 4,786 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	Everyday is a new sky rising, a time of transformation and renewal. Everyday is a fresh chance to make your dreams happen. ~ Kitty Terin

05-13-2010, 05:24 AM	#2128
Kätzchen Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: Monogamously Attached ❤️ Join Date: May 2010 Location: Where it once rained daily but now it doesn’t. Posts: 15,092 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 35,992 Thanked 32,009 Times in 9,947 Posts Rep Power: 21474865	"This is love: To fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet." ~ Jalal ad-Din Rumi

05-13-2010, 08:00 AM	#2132
PinkieLee Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Relationship Status: I need ya boo, gotta see ya boo Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Big Money Texas Posts: 4,708 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 24,309 Thanked 13,087 Times in 3,051 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	Stolen from a friend's facebook page today... I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It's probably the most important thing in a person. ~ Audrey Hepburn

05-13-2010, 08:37 AM	#2133
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 12,951 Times in 3,466 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	It took me time, but I learned. Nothing in life is more exciting and rewarding than the sudden flash of insight that leaves you a changed person, not only changed, but for the better. Arthur Gordon __________________ “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

05-13-2010, 08:39 AM	#2134
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 12,951 Times in 3,466 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	If one is not oneself a sage or saint, the best thing one can do is to study the words of those who were. Aldous Huxley __________________ “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

05-13-2010, 08:42 AM	#2135
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 12,951 Times in 3,466 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	There are things that we never want to let go of, people we never want to leave behind. But keep in mind that letting go isn’t the end of the world; it’s the beginning of a new life. unattributed __________________ “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

05-13-2010, 08:43 AM	#2136
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 12,951 Times in 3,466 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	Even a spiritualist has to let go Letting go doesn't mean we don't care. Letting go doesn't mean we shut down. Letting go means we stop trying to force outcomes and make people behave. It means we give up resistance to the way things are, for the moment. It means we stop trying to do the impossible--controlling that which we cannot--and instead, focus on what is possible--which usually means taking care of ourselves. And we do this in gentleness, kindness, and love, as much as possible. Melody Beattie __________________ “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

05-13-2010, 08:46 AM	#2137
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 12,951 Times in 3,466 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	On Letting Go author unknown To "let go" does not mean to stop caring. It means I can't do it for someone else. To "let go" is not to cut myself off. It's the realization that I can't control another. To "let go" is to admit powerlessness, which means the outcome is not in my hands. To "let go" is not to try to change or blame another. It's to make the most of myself. To "let go" is not to care for, but to care about. To "let go" is not to fix, but to be supportive. To "let go" is not to judge, but to allow another to be a human being. To "let go" is not to be in the middle, arranging all the outcomes, but to allow others to affect their own destinies. To "let go" is not to deny, but to accept. To "let go" is not to nag, scold, or argue, but instead to search out my own shortcomings and correct them. To "let go" is not to adjust everything to my desires, but to take each day as it comes and cherish myself in it. To "let go" is not to regret the past, but to grow and live for the future. To "let go" is to fear less and to love more. __________________ “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

05-13-2010, 10:07 AM	#2138
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05-13-2010, 10:14 AM	#2139
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05-13-2010, 10:39 AM	#2140
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