Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. -Abraham Lincoln When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace. -Jimi Hendrix
True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country. -Kurt Vonnegut The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity. -Harlan Ellison It's time for the human race to enter the solar system. -Dan Quayle
I like refried beans. That's why I wanna try fried beans, because maybe they're just as good and we're just wasting time. You don't have to fry them again after all. - Mitch Hedberg
“Oh, they never lie. They dissemble, evade, prevaricate, confound, confuse, distract, obscure, subtly misrepresent and willfully misunderstand with what often appears to be a positively gleeful relish....but they never lie. Perish the thought.” ― Iain M. Banks
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws. -Plato- Muad'Dib learned rapidly because his first training was in how to learn. And the first lesson of all was the basic trust that he could learn. It's shocking to find how many people do not believe they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult. Muad'Dib knew that every experience carries its lesson. -Frank Herbert-
“The real question of life after death isn't whether or not it exists, but even if it does what problem this really solves.†― Ludwig Wittgenstein To compliment the profundity of the following favorite quotes . some Chopin whilst thou continue to peruse this thread
Chapter 1 The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao The name that can be named is not the eternal name The nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth The named is the mother of myriad things Thus, constantly without desire, one observes its essence Constantly with desire, one observes its manifestations These two emerge together but differ in name The unity is said to be the mystery Mystery of mysteries, the door to all wonders Chapter 2 When the world knows beauty as beauty, ugliness arises When it knows good as good, evil arises Thus being and non-being produce each other Difficult and easy bring about each other Long and short reveal each other High and low support each other Music and voice harmonize each other Front and back follow each other Therefore the sages: Manage the work of detached actions Conduct the teaching of no words They work with myriad things but do not control They create but do not possess They act but do not presume They succeed but do not dwell on success It is because they do not dwell on success That it never goes away -Lao Tzu, One of many conflicting translations. Translated by Derek Lin (Good thread tommy!)
"The problem with quotes on the internet is that you never know if it's real or not" - Abraham Lincoln
