Quote-of-the-day

[Nada]

- "Surely you can't be serious."
- "I am serious. And don't call me Shirley."
Airplane! (1980)

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Life is like playing a violin solo in public, and learning the instrument as one goes on."

~ Samuel Butler

 

[roger1440]

What do I think of Western civilization? "I think it would be a very good idea."
Mahatma Gandhi

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mahatmagan141784.html#WDw67HATlTORWVcK.99

 

[Viker]

"Everyone is interested in something." - Oberyn

"When I see what desire does to people - what it's done to this country - I'm very glad to have no part in it." - ‪Varys‬.

 

[Nada]

“What goes up must come down.”
― Isaac Newton

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Seek and you will find. If you look for reasons to judge someone you will surely find them. If you look for reasons to love someone you will find them also."

~ Anon

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth."

~ Pierre Abelard from "1001 Pearls of Buddhist Wisdom"

 

[DawudTalut]

Peace be on all.
"The root of all virtue is righteousness - If this root remains all remains"
------------------A couplet from poem by Ahmadiyya Muslim Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) [second part is revelation]

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"God cannot be grasped by the mind. If he could be grasped he would not be God."

~ Evagrius of Pontus

That quote comes from a fabulous little book called "God: A Companion For Seekers" by David Schiller - I can highly recommend it!

 

[Nada]

"My best attribute is knowing when not to answer stupid questions."
-Gina Gershon

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Of what use is a "great session" of meditation if it doesn't translate into improvement of our whole being, which can then place itself at the service of others? Once the seeds of patience, inner strength, serenity, love and compassion have come to maturity, it is to others that we must offer their fruit."

That little sample comes from another book I highly recommend -

"Happiness" by Matthieu Ricard

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Well I've always said, There's nothing an agnostic can't do if he really doesn't know whether he believes in anything or not."

~ Monty Python

 

[Monk Of Reason]

"The truth resists simplicity"- John Green.

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Happiness is the natural result of cultivating a kind & compassionate attitude towards your fellow beings."

~ Anon

 

[Nada]

Nano-Nano!
Robin Williams as Mork.

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Things are not as they seem, nor are they otherwise."

~ Zen proverb

 

[oldbadger]

What would you do if you knew that you could not fail?
anon

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"There is no difficulty that enough love will not conquer."

~ Emmet Fox

Emmet Fox Quotes (Author of The Sermon on the Mount)

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Many people in this word are frustrated because they secretly yearn 2 experience their full potential but don't know how 2 go about it. That frustration creates all the problems that humanity faces."

~ Anon

 

[Geoff-Allen]

“The complexity of the simplest known type of cell is so great that it is impossible to accept that such an object could have been thrown together suddenly by some kind of freakish, vastly improbable, event. Such an occurrence would be indistinguishable from a miracle.”

~ Michael Denton