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Knowledge is limited.
Imagination encircles the world.
-Albert Einstein
"Freedom is what you do with what's been
done to you" Jean-Paul Sartre
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness. - The Dalai Lama
Some people never go crazy.
what truly horrible lives they must lead.
-Charles Bukowski
"The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind." ~ William Blake
 "Come to the edge, he said.
They said: We are afraid.
They came.
He pushed them... and they flew."
~ Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918)
Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.
-Carl Jung
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
-Oscar Wilde
"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
~ Albert Einstein ~
Doubt everything. Find your own light.
-Buddha
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On peace, war, the world...
"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but
World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
-- Albert Einstein
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." -Gandhi
An eye for an eye-
and the whole world would be blind.
-Kahlil Gibran
"They kicked one, and he was alive. They shot him again. When they kicked me, I didn't move." -A 42-year old ethnic Albanian, reportly the sole survivor of a Serbian massacre in Kosovo in which 13 villagers were killed.
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe. ~ Albert Einstein
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On nature...
Keep your love of nature, for that is the true way to understand art more and more. ~ Vincent van Gogh
 "At root, ecology is an erotic attitude of
closeness, relatedness and care. We have
made it into a rational/activist project
and lost sight of its heart."
~ Thomas Moore
"To stand at the edge of the sea...is to have knowledge of things that are as eternal as any earthly life can be."
"Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment."
~ R. Buckminister Fuller ~
"Don't ever forget the seed is the most important thing in the whole world. I am going to tell you a story. It was during the war and I was doing some drawings in the Bethlehem- Fairfield shipyard near Baltimore. There was a great battleship being made there and while I was looking at it, suddenly I saw at my feet a rubble heap and a little dandelion plant. As I was standing there a puff of wind came and wafted the seed from that dandelion plant right across the big steel ship, and as I looked at it, suddenly I realized there was more power in that one little seed then there was in this great big steel ship, because the steel ship was static. It had no power of growth. But that one tiny dandelion seed had in itself the force of immortality beyond my lifetime, because it held inside that tiny little shell the power of growth. And so I think that when we play with earth and seeds, we do it with a stimulating humility because we know we are playing with the things of this life which are of the most enduring importance".
From the 'The Philosophy of Gardening' by Clare Leighton.
"Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts."
~ Rachel Carson ~
"Look deep, deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better."
~ Albert Einstein ~
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"Dear Lord: The gods have been good to me. For the first time in my life, everything is absolutely perfect just the way it is. So here's the deal: You freeze everything the way it is, and I won't ask for anything more. If that is OK, please give me absolutely no sign. OK, deal. In gratitude, I present you this offering of cookies and milk. If you want me to eat them for you, give me no sign. Thy will be done." - Homer Simpson
One thing I've come to realize.. Leap and your net will appear. Life will carry you. ~ unknown
Enlightenment is like the moon reflected on the water. The moon does not get wet, nor is the water broken. Although its light is wide and great, the moon is reflected even in a puddle an inch wide. The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.
-Dogen
There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly
what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly
disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and
inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has
already happened.
-- Douglas Adams, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
Be yourself....you're better at it.
Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most do. (Dale Carnegie)
The future isn't what it used to be - Arthur C. Clarke
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn
from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent
disinclination to do so. -- Douglas Adams
It's difficult to work in a group when you're omnipotent. -- Q (from Star Trek)
I am not young enough to know everything.
-Oscar Wilde
'cats look down on you, dogs look up to you, but pigs is equal'" ~ one farmer's reason why pigs were his favourite animal
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
-Albert Einstein
When I was fourteen years old, I was amazed at how unintelligent my
father was. By the time I turned twenty-one, I was astounded how much
he had learned in the last seven years.
~ Mark Twain
The silent person is often worth listening to.
-Japanese saying
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On love...
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love. ~ Albert Einstein
"People fall in love, but have to climb out."
- Ernest Hemmingway (1898-1961)
I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people ~ Vincent van Gogh
"Where love rules, laws are not needed." ~Annie Besant - from "Theosophy"
Perhaps it will seem to you that the sunshine is brighter and that everything has a new charm. At least, I believe this is always the result of a deep love, and it is a beautiful thing. And I believe people who think love prevents one from thinking clearly are wrong; for then one thinks very clearly and is more active than before. And love is something eternal--the aspect may change, but not the essence. There is the same difference in a person before and after he is in love as there is in an unlighted lamp and one that is burning. The lamp was there and it was a good lamp, but now it is shedding light too, and that is its real function. And love makes one calmer about many things, and in that way, one is more fit for one's work.
~ Vincent van Gogh
"What most people need to learn in life is how to love people and use things instead of using people and loving things."
~ Unknown ~
"I'm going to the backseat of my car with the woman I love, and I won't be back for TEN MINUTES." - Homer Simpson
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