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12-17-2011, 01:20 AM | #1 (permalink) |
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"I've been dealt a pretty good hand by the cosmos, which doesn't know I'm here — and won't notice when I'm gone."
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12-17-2011, 12:49 PM | #2 (permalink) |
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“We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.”
~ Orson Welles
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"Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day."
~ Dalai Lama
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12-17-2011, 10:20 PM | #4 (permalink) |
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In the book "The God Delusion" there was some talk of someone lamenting the thought of the world going on without them after they die. The response was that the world went on just fine without them BEFORE they were born. It's all in the mind.
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In apparent response to the mention of astrology:
Falling in love is not at all the most stupid thing that people do — but gravitation cannot be held responsible for it.
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12-18-2011, 02:59 AM | #6 (permalink) |
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"To love another person is to see the face of G-d." Herbert Kretchmer, lyricist, Les Miserables.
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All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian, or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.
-- Thomas Paine. The Age Of Reason, Part I (1793).
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I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that exists - proves that there are infinite laws behind it. There can be no denying this fact. It is mathematical in its precision.
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Potassium is the most overlooked nutrient for fruit production
-- Dr. Thomas Ruehr, Plant Sciences, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
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I want to sit down, and I want to laugh. Nothing works better for me than watching somebody slip on a banana peel.
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You can take a boy out of the country but you can't take the country out of a boy.
-- Arthur Baer, in Hollywood. Baer and Major, 1938. Note: "country" here refers to "rural setting".
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Even a fish could stay out of trouble if it would just learn to keep its mouth shut.
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"You can lead a man to Congress, but you can't make him think." Milton Berle
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Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.
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A good garden may have some weeds.
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Mental fight means thinking against the current, not with it. It is our business to puncture gas bags and discover the seeds of truth.
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