Everyone post some favorite quotes!

[IntuitiveWanderer]

"Helplessness guides the wandering thought in their breasts; they are carried along deaf and blind alike, dazed, beasts without judgment, convinced that to be and not to be are the same and not the same, and that the road of all things is a backward-turning one." - Parmenides of Elea

[Taomeow]

Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain.

 

--J. K. Rowling

[ThisLife]

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Traveller, there is no path.

 

The path is made by walking.

 

 

Antonio Machado

 

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Edited November 29, 2014 by ThisLife

[Taomeow]

"There's men out there who want to love a thousand women, but the real man loves one woman a thousand different ways."

-- An acquaintance's father

[Marblehead]

"There's men out there who want to love a thousand women, but the real man loves one woman a thousand different ways."

-- An acquaintance's father

I've done that too, thank you.

[C T]

The value of life can be measured by how many times your soul

has been deeply stirred. - Soichiro Honda

[MooNiNite]

 

A movement is accomplished in six stages,

and the seventh brings return.

The seven is the number of the young light,

it forms when darkness is increased by one.

-- Pink Floyd/Syd Barrett channeling the I Ching, Chapter 24

just curious,

does this mean in total darkness we find enlightenment?

[silent thunder]

There is no secret to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work and learning from failure. ~Colin Powell

[C T]

If you give a man an inch, he thinks he's a ruler. -- comedian, cant recall his name.

[Marblehead]

Fear is the lock and laughter is the key to your heart. From a Crosby Stills & Nash song.

[IntuitiveWanderer]

"There is no truth, only lifestyles. My favorite brand of clothes may not be your favorite brand."

[C T]

It is not necessary to believe in God to be a good person.

In a way, the traditional notion of God is outdated. One

can be spiritual but not religious. It is not necessary to

go to church and give money - for many, nature can be

a church. Some of the best people in history did not

believe in God, while some of the worst deeds were

done in his name. -- Pope Francis

 

[Marblehead]

It is not necessary to believe in God to be a good person.

In a way, the traditional notion of God is outdated. One

can be spiritual but not religious. It is not necessary to

go to church and give money - for many, nature can be

a church. Some of the best people in history did not

believe in God, while some of the worst deeds were

done in his name. -- Pope Francis

That is just so worthy of repeating!

 

(So I did.)

[silent thunder]

It is not necessary to believe in God to be a good person.

In a way, the traditional notion of God is outdated. One

can be spiritual but not religious. It is not necessary to

go to church and give money - for many, nature can be

a church. Some of the best people in history did not

believe in God, while some of the worst deeds were

done in his name. -- Pope Francis

This is rather stunning to me...

 

Francis speaks more like a monk and gnostic than one indoctrinated into and currently leading the army of Christ known as Catholicism. I hope he's got a trustworthy group around him as this sort of behavior is usually, historically very bad for ones' longevity.

[Mark Foote]

Don't get excited, boys- from snopes.com:

 

Earlier comments notwithstanding, the quote appended to the image that circulated in December 2014 does not match any verifiable comments made by Pope Francis.

Edited December 17, 2014 by Mark Foote

[C T]

This is rather stunning to me...

 

Francis speaks more like a monk and gnostic than one indoctrinated into and currently leading the army of Christ known as Catholicism. I hope he's got a trustworthy group around him as this sort of behavior is usually, historically very bad for ones' longevity.

I just copied that from someone's post on FB. It wont surprise me if those words did not even come from the Pope.

[C T]

there you go.

[silent thunder]

Well, I'm not all that trusting of snopes... but in this case, they're probably right.

Too bad, thought there might be real progress there...

[Marblehead]

Don't get excited, boys- from snopes.com:

 

Earlier comments notwithstanding, the quote appended to the image that circulated in December 2014 does not match any verifiable comments made by Pope Francis.

That's okay. I'm going to believe it anyhow. It is a thought worth holding.

[silent thunder]

That's okay. I'm going to believe it anyhow. It is a thought worth holding.

hmm, perhaps a bit of group meditation and plant the idea...

[Taomeow]

Detachment is not that you should own nothing. But that nothing should own you. --Ali ibn abi Talib

[RiverSnake]

"But...you've killed before," Obi-wan added hesitantly. "I have," Qui-Gon admitted, "when there was no other choice. But when I kill, I only win a fight. It's a small, small victory. There are greater battles to be won--battles of the heart. Sometimes, with patience and reason and by setting a good example, I have won more than a fight--I have turned my adversary into a friend."

-Star Wars: The Rising Force by David Wolverton

Edited December 22, 2014 by OldChi

[C T]

Well, I'm not all that trusting of snopes... but in this case, they're probably right.

Too bad, thought there might be real progress there...

Could this report be an indication of overdue reform in the Church, or another publicity attempt at repairing a broken image?

 

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30577368

[silent thunder]

Could this report be an indication of overdue reform in the Church, or another publicity attempt at repairing a broken image?

 

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30577368

Yea, this one surprised me.

 

At this rate, it would be better for the Pope's health to take up smoking, than to continue to smack the hornet's nest.

 

That said... no amount of reform could salvage that intrinsically sick and broken institution in my opinion.

[C T]

Yea, this one surprised me.

 

At this rate, it would be better for the Pope's health to take up smoking, than to continue to smack the hornet's nest.

 

That said... no amount of reform could salvage that intrinsically sick and broken institution in my opinion.

There's always hope, my friend