Quotes

Standingstones

Celestial
I am always careful when taking quotes from the historical Buddha. There are so many people making up fake sayings and posting them online.
 

nivek

As Above So Below
When Idries Shah, the prominent Sufi teacher, was asked to name a fundamental mistake of man’s he replied, “To think that he is alive, when he has merely fallen asleep in life’s waiting room.”

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nivek

As Above So Below
'Asses must not be tied up with horses.'

- French proverb

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nivek

As Above So Below
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Dejan Corovic

As above, so bellow
“Coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous”

Albert Einstein

I love that freaking one. At least I know dozens of crazy coincidences.
 
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August

Metanoia
  • “You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” Bernard M. Baruch.
 

nivek

As Above So Below
"Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five.'

-Ben Franklin

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nivek

As Above So Below
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August

Metanoia
"You know what you are. What you're made of. War is in your blood. Don't fight it. You didn't kill for your country. You killed for yourself. God's never gonna make that go away. When you're pushed, killing's as easy as breathing." John Rambo.
 

pigfarmer

tall, thin, irritable
to quote and obscure fictional character Dennis Silva, some times some things just need killing.

apropos of what I'm not sure but I'm ready now for my long day of wading through the unwashed general public
 

karl 12

Noble
Some good quotes on this thread - can't remember where I read it but apparently

"It's nice to be important but more important to be nice"



Also like these two



"There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-- that principle is contempt prior to investigation."

Herbert Spencer, British philosopher



"Sit down before facts like a child, and be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses Nature leads, or you shall learn nothing."

T.H. Huxley
 
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