Quotes & Sayings

[DrLeftover]

"Even if a person knows the way of wisdom; without practicing there is no realization. Even if a master shows you the way, you have to go it by yourself."
- Drukpa Kunle, born Kunga Legpai Zangpo, (1455 - 1529)

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Patience is the companion of wisdom.
~Saint Augustine

 

[DrLeftover]

'As the Buddha said and taught quite often: ”And what is right speech? Abstaining from lying, from divisive speech, from abusive speech, and from idle chatter: This is called right speech."'
- Samyutta Nikaya XLV.8

 

[DrLeftover]

"...one musn't overrate the culture of what used to be called 'top people' before the wars. They had charming manners, but they were as ignorant as swans. They did know something about literature, and a few had been to the opera. But they knew nothing about painting and less than nothing about philosophy. The members of a music group or an art group at a provincial university would be five times better informed and more alert."

Lord Kenneth Clark (1903-1983)
in his landmark Civilisation TV series, 1969

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

"Inside your mind as I seduce your brain cells"
~song lyric

 

[Fatal Dawn]

”All humans are dead except those who have knowledge; and all those who have knowledge are asleep, except those who do good deeds; and those who do good deeds are deceived, except those who are sincere; and those who are sincere are always in a state of worry.” ― Imam Ash-Shafi’i

 

[DrLeftover]

"Sex is currency. What's the use of being beautiful if you can't profit from it?"
- Lili St Cyr (1917 - 1999)

 

[Fatal Dawn]

“Two things define you: Your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything.”
― Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib



A man had three friends, some of whom were closer to him than others. He was struck by a calamity and met the closest of the three to him and said, “Such and such calamity has befallen me, and I would appreciate your help.” His friend refused, so the man went to his second closest friend and said, “Such and such calamity has befallen me, and I would appreciate your help.” His friend said, “I will accompany you to where you want to go, but leave you there and come back.” So he went to his third friend and said, “I have suffered such and such calamity, would you help me?” His friend said, “I will go wherever you go and be wherever you may be.”

The first friend was his wealth, which remained with his family and none of it followed him [to the grave]. The second was his family and tribe, they accompanied him to his grave and then went back, leaving him there. The third was his actions, and one’s actions are always with him wherever he goes and exist wherever he may be.
― Ubaid bin Umair

 

[DrLeftover]

"Man may rise to the contemplation of the divine through the senses"
Suger (1081 - 1151) Abbot of St Denis, France

 

[Fatal Dawn]

"Much good work is lost for the lack of a little more."
-- Edward H. Harriman

 

[seasidemike]

The harder I work the luckier I seem to get

 

[DrLeftover]

The harder I work the luckier I seem to get

This saying has often been attributed to Thomas Jefferson. However, it has never been found either in his papers or in articles about him from his time.

It has also been listed as having been said by everybody from Mark Twain or Samuel Goldwyn (of MGM fame) down.

Because of its truth, it is likely to have been coined multiple times by various individuals like that.

 

[JetWing34]

It's hard to beat a person who never gives up.

~ Babe Ruth (1895 - 1948)

 

[DrLeftover]

Ahhh, sports quotes.

Excellent!

how's this one for a followup to 'The Babe'?

"Never quit. It is the easiest cop-out in the world. Set a goal and don't quit until you attain it. When you do attain it, set another goal, and don't quit until you reach it. Never quit."

- Bear Bryant (1913-1983)

 

[JetWing34]

“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.”

William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), from "All's Well That Ends Well"

 

[DrLeftover]

And now we have the Bard of Avon.

Lord Macbeth "...To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing."

http://www.shakespeare-online.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsSWJCM3Wxw


and on a related note:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YGf_goOoDk

 

[Fatal Dawn]

 

[DrLeftover]

"It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived."
Rene Descartes (1596 - 1650)

 

[GBattaglia]

From the movie Limelight (Chaplin):

Terry: I thought you said you hated the theater [in regards to performing on stage]
Calvero [Chaplin]: I also hate the sight of blood, but it is still in my veins.

 

[Fatal Dawn]