Nifty Quotes

[Vanessa White]

because it speaks to the kind of person I am:
"Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who have tried, for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives."

I don't know the name of the author, it was text in a picture compilation email from a friend of mine. But I love the words....

[Deb]

love this thread... made my day.

[Jennifer5]

Originally Posted by Deb

love this thread... made my day.

Glad to hear that! Feel free to jump in when-ever you feel comfortable! (Welcome!)

[Emproph]

Originally Posted by Jennifer5

Glad to hear that! Feel free to jump in when-ever you feel comfortable! (Welcome!)

I was glad to read that too. Yes, welcome to Soulforce Deb.

[BenL]

The opposite of faith is not doubt. It's certitude.

Mark Beckwith in a sermon at All Saints, Worcester MA, some months ago.

[Vanessa White]

"The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another when we are there in the most attentive or caring way. This simple and profound intimacy is the love that we all long for." Jack Kornfield

[tpdncr4christ]

Those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

Don't sweat the petty stuff, and don't pet the sweaty stuff.

[nmwolfboy]

"Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,
A medley of extemporanea;
And love is a thing that can never go wrong;
And I am Marie of Romania."
Dorothy Parker, Not So Deep as a Well (1937)

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function."
F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Crack-Up" (1936)

"If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect."
Benjamin Franklin

"He that blows the coals in quarrels that he has nothing to do with, has no right to complain if the sparks fly in his face."
Benjamin Franklin

"Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it."
Andre Gide

"I always admired atheists. I think it takes a lot of faith."
Diane Frolov & Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Seoul Mates, 1991

[Deb833]

Originally Posted by tpdncr4christ

Those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

Don't sweat the petty stuff, and don't pet the sweaty stuff.

LOL

I totally love this thread! I love sayings and always using them when talking to my kids. The one they are most tired of hearing (when they say "I wish") is, "If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride". I don't remember where I saw that but it is a good reply.

I saw another one on You Tube. A student (I think) was interviewing a teacher (I think) and the woman said, "You can't legistate the human heart". I just loved that one.

I have more in my documents, I'll have to dig up some of my favorites.

[Dash]

Couple a Gandhi quotes:

"My experience has shown that we win justice quickest by rendering justice to the other party."

"This ahimsa [nonviolence] is the basis of the search for truth. I am realizing every day that the search is vain unless it is founded on ahimsa as the basis. It is quite proper to resist and attack a system, but to resist and attack its author is tantamount to resisting and atacking oneself. For we are all tarred with the same brush, and are children of one and the same Creator, and as such the divine powers within us are infinite. To slight a single human being is to slight those divine powers, and thus to harm not only that being but with him the whole world."

And from the Tao Te Ching (or Te Tao Ching as this translator made it):

When people are born, they're supple and soft:
When they die, they end up stretched out firm and rigid;
When the ten thousand things and grasses and trees are alive, they're supple and pliant;
When they're dead, they're withered and dried out.
Therefore we say that the firm and rigid are companions of death,
While the supple, the soft, the weak, and the delicate are companions of life.
If a soldier is rigid, he won't win;
If a tree is rigid, it will come to its end.
Rigidity and power occupy the inferior position;
Suppleness, softness, weakness, and delicateness occupy the superior position.

[Jennifer5]

"And here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."

-from The Little Prince...for those who haven't read the book, you really should... it's really short, and yes it was on a freshmen reading list... but I know a lot of adults who love this book... READ IT!!! I think you'll more-likely-then-not like it!

[keltic63]

someone just sent me this in an email: God wants spiritual fruits, not religious nuts.

[Emproph]

Better that a guy with father issues act out through homosexual acts, than that he get himself elected president and act out through acts of war. That's all I have to say on the matter.
~AARM

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"If people let government decide which foods they eat and medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny."
~Thomas Jefferson

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The present subject of transgenderism aside, any doctor who would advocate harassment and bullying of children by anyone should have his license to "do no harm" revoked.
~Re NARTH

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Most haters will turn a deaf ear once you best them in argument.
~knowthyneighbor.org blog

(^ No wonder I can't seem to maintain a "relationship" with those I debate on line. )

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The only "experts" are gays themselves.
~ibid

[Jennifer5]

Secrecy is the enemy of democracy. If politicians are acting honorably, they can do it with the doors open and the lights on.

[Emproph]

because you treat me like an equal

[Zerbie]

Originally Posted by Emproph

because you treat me like an equal

I don't get it. Was there a context for this?

[Emproph]

Originally Posted by Zerbie

I don't get it. Was there a context for this?

Sorry, and thanks. I just didn't want to ruin it. Long story short, there ended up to be too many contexts, but here's the run down:

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At first it was supposed to be:

...because you treat me like an equal.

As in, "I love you...because you treat me like an equal.

It was in referrence to God, and immediately it brought me to the struggle for Equality that we face and how it all really comes down to wanting just that in order to feel comfortable with someone, or be "one" with them, and thus "love" them.

And then I thought about my family and my brother especially, and how condescending I can be because I actually am morally superior to them and I take it for granted that they should recognize this.
Kind of like I take it for granted that you'all should know to take statements like that with a healthy grain of salt. But they didn't take my sarcasm with a healthy grain of salt. Perhaps because I didn't suggest to do so. Whatever the case, I'll do better next time.

Point being though, I don't fear God to the extent that I perceive that God considers me an equal. I am coming from a paradigm of everyone already having the Power and Glory of God here and now.

But my brother is coming from a paradigm where God does not consider him equal to himself, thus there is a never ending struggle to measure up to God, usually by measuring others down.

So I realized it could also be seen as [I hate you] because you treat me like an equal...

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1) [I love you]...because you treat me like an equal.

or

2) [I hate you] because you treat me like an equal...

The first sentiment is to God. If I believe God love's me as much as it loves itself then Love treats me as an equal. Equality is what I recognize as Love/God, and thus expect from our "Christian" counterparts.

The second is from our "Christian" counterparts. They despise the fact that we consider ourselves equal to them, namely because their idea of God is literally one of 'holier than thou,' the antithesis of love. They can never measure up enough, they're addicted to measuring up. Throw gays in the mix and they have an endless source of "measuring up." (until we're no longer considered inferior..)

And once I got that far in my thinking I was convinced it resonated without explanation, so I decided to just throw it to the wind and see if it had any resonating effect.

I was going to keep an eye out for a anyway, so I hope that at least provided some context.

I think I like the first one the best though as far as objective resonating effect goes.

...because you treat me like an equal.

[Jennifer5]

Originally Posted by Emproph

...because you treat me like an equal.

I think I get it... not sure if I think of that the same way you do or not, but I actually say that a lot.

I respect you...becuase you treat me like an equal.
I love you... because you treat me like an equal.


..I just hadn't really ever heard anyone else say that.

[andrewlittle]

...it just smells funny." -- Frank Zappa

"The greatest obstacle to new learning often is not the student's lack of prior knowledge but rather, the existence of prior knowledge." -- Bader

"Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content." -- Paul Valery

"Me and a book is a party. Me and a book and a cup of coffee is an orgy." -- Robert Fripp

"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it." -- Terry Pratchett

"I believe in an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out." -- Arthur Hays Sulzberger

"Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat." -- Mark Twain

"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." -- Sir Winston Churchill

"Well, I've been listening to my gut since I was 14 years old, and frankly speaking, I've come to the conclusion that my guts have shit for brains." -- Rob Gordon (Hi-Fidelity)

This one is the story of my life:
"Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and just give her a house." -- Rod Stewart

And finally:
"Where are we going, and why am I in this handbasket?" -- Puskuritarra

[andrewlittle]

... is best used by someone who can envision a positive outcome. Otherwise, it is self-defense. -- Andy Little