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Post by Tamrin on Jan 3, 2014 8:04:44 GMT 10
God said, “Let us make man in our image.” Man said, “Let us make God in our image”
Love's like the measles — all the worse when it comes late in life
Some people are so fond of bad luck they run half way to meet it
Talk to him of Jacob's ladder, and he would ask the number of the steps
Dogmatism is puppyism come to its full growth
The sharp employ the sharp; verily, a man may be known by his attorney
We love peace, but not peace at any priceDouglas William JerroldEnglish dramatist and writer ( Punch) (Born this day 1803) In this world truth can wait; she is used to it
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Post by Tamrin on Jan 3, 2014 8:06:02 GMT 10
My parents wanted me to study music. I decided however that I should never be anything more than an average musician, so I gave myself up finally to writing
I soon realized, on comparing myself with others, that I could never hope to excel as a pianist
Myself, I had always wanted to be a writer — had scribbled stories ever since could hold a pen. And after my marriage ... I was free to follow my bent. Encouraged by him I set to work on my first novel, Maurice Guest
I do not write poetry. My efforts in that direction ceased long ago; and long ago were all burned. Of recent years, when I have felt "lyrically" inclined, I have turned to music, which has always contested the literary interest in my mind — or at least has never died. And so I have numerous little songs in my drawer; but no poems
He patted me on the shoulder, bade me learn by heart the verses he gave me, and go about repeating them to myself until I found a tune. This I did; and sure enough a tune presented itself, without any conscious effort on my part
It had come unsought, and seemed as natural to me as my dullness at figures
Such were the fates of those who had succumbed to the ‘unholy hunger’. It was like a form of revenge taken on them, for their loveless schemes of robbing and fleeing; a revenge contrived by the ancient, barbaric country they had so lightly invaded. Now, she held them captive — without chains; ensorcelled — without witchcraft; and, lying stretched like some primeval monster in the sun, her breasts freely bared, she watched, with a malignant eye, the efforts made by these puny mortals to tear their lips awayEthel Florence Lindesay Richardson, aka Henry Handel RichardsonAustralian author ( The Getting of Wisdom) (Born this day 1870) The most sensitive, the most delicate of instruments is the mind of a little child
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Post by Tamrin on Jan 3, 2014 8:06:35 GMT 10
1 of 3:If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world
His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or singing, or just sitting and thinking, best, or a pleasant mixture of them all
Go not to the elves for counsel, for they will say both yes and no
A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid
Courage is found in unlikely places
It's a job that's never started that takes the longest to finish
Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkensJohn Ronald Reuel TolkienSouth African-born British philologist and writer (Lord of Rings) (Born this day 1892) One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
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Post by Tamrin on Jan 3, 2014 8:07:20 GMT 10
2 of 3:The wise speak only of what they know
It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him
There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after
All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, a light from the shadows shall spring; renewed shall be blade that was broken, the crownless again shall be king
He who breaks a thing to find out what it is, has left the path of wisdom
The wolf that one hears is worse than the orc that one fears
The wide world is all about you; you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot forever fence it outJ.R.R. Tolkien(Born this day 1892) I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge
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Post by Tamrin on Jan 3, 2014 8:08:04 GMT 10
3 of 3:It's a dangerous business going out your front door
Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger
Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see all ends
I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence
The Hobbits are just rustic English people, made small in size because it reflects the generally small reach of their imagination
I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve
Still round the corner there may wait, a new road or a secret gateJ.R.R. Tolkien(Born this day 1892) My political opinions lean more and more to Anarchy (philosophically understood, mean- ing the abolition of control not whiskered men with bombs) ... the most improper job of any man, even saints (who at any rate were at least unwilling to take it on), is bossing other men. Not one in a million is fit for it, and least of all those who seek the opportunity
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Post by Tamrin on Jan 3, 2014 8:08:50 GMT 10
I only know two pieces, one is 'Clair de Lune', the other one isn't
Laughter is the closest distance between two people
Santa Claus has the right idea: visit people once a year
I normally don't do requests. Unless, of course, I have been asked to do so
I know [canned music] makes chickens lay more eggs and factory workers produce more. But how much more can they get out of you on an elevator?
Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, humor is truth
Occasionally, a finger comes up to wipe a tear [of laughter] from the eye ... and that's my reward ... the rest goes to the governmentVictor Borge (Clown Prince of Denmark) Danish piano-playing comedian (Born this day 1909) I wish to thank my parents for making it all possible... and I wish to thank my children for making it necessary
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Post by Tamrin on Jan 3, 2014 8:09:44 GMT 10
Remember, the body does gradually renew itself constantly. Do not look upon the conditions which have existed as not being to be eradicated from the system. Hold to that KNOWLEDGE — and don't think of it as just therapy — that the body CAN, the body DOES, renew itself!
Know that all healing forces are within, not without! The applications from without are merely to create within a coordinating mental and spiritual force
There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, it doesn't behoove any of us to speak evil of the rest of us
Forget the financial angle and consider rather which is the best outlet for the greatest contribution you can make towards making the world a better place in which to live. Efforts should never be expended purely for mercenary reasons. Pecuniary gains should come as a result of the entity's using his abilities in the direction of being helpful
In those ways that open to you day by day. It isn't always the individual that plans to accomplish some great deed that does the most. It is the one who meets the opportunities and privileges which are accorded it day by day. As such opportunities are used, there are better ways opened. For what we use in the way of helpfulness to others, increases in itself. Begin with what you are!
There will be a shifting of the poles. There will be upheavals in the Arctic and the Antarctic that will make forth the eruption of volcanos in the Torrid areas ... The upper portion of Europe will be changed in the blink of an eye. The earth will be broken up in the western portion of America. The greater portion of Japan must go into the sea
Don't worry so much where you live but how you live. Make the family of man your family as wellEdgar Cayce (“the Sleeping Prophet”)American “psychic” (Disciples of Christ) (Died this day 1945) Encouraging the weak and the faint; giving strength and courage to those who have faltered(compare I Thessalonians 5:14)
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Post by Tamrin on Jan 3, 2014 8:10:27 GMT 10
If God is male, then male is God. The divine patriarch castrates women as long as he is allowed to live on in the human imagination
I had explained that a woman's asking for equality in the church would be comparable to a black person's demanding equality in the Ku Klux Klan
It is the creative potential itself in human beings that is the image of God
Why indeed must 'God' be a noun? Why not a verb — the most active and dynamic of all
'God's plan' is often a front for men's plans and a cover for inadequacy, ignorance, and evil
Courage to be is the key to revelatory power of the feminist revolution
Courage is like — it's a habitus, a habit, a virtue: you get it by courageous acts It's like you learn to swim by swimming. You learn courage by couragingMary DalyAmerican radical feminist philosopher, academic and theologian (Died this day 2010) There are and will be those who think I have gone overboard. Let them rest assured that this assessment is correct, probably beyond their wildest imagination, and that I will continue to do so
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Post by Tamrin on Jan 4, 2014 7:32:27 GMT 10
Saturday’s Quotes:In the old times, when it was still of some use to wish for the thing one wanted, there lived a King whose daughters were all handsome, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun himself, who had seen so much, wondered each time he shone over her because of her beauty
Mirror, mirror, here I stand. Who is the fairest in the land?
He who is too well off is always longing for something new
Some men are born to good luck: all they do or try to do comes right — all that falls to them is so much gain — all their geese are swans — all their cards are trumps — toss them which way you will, they will always, like poor puss, alight upon their legs, and only move on so much the faster. The world may very likely not always think of them as they think of themselves, but what care they for the world? what can it know about the matter?
They were indeed great rascals, and belonged to that class of people who find things before they are lost
He who helped you when you were in trouble ought not afterwards be despised by you
“Will you hold your tongue!' screamed the cat.' Another word, and I devour you too!' And the poor little mouse, having "All-gone" on her tongue, out it came, and the cat leaped upon her and made an end of her. And that is the way of the worldJacob Grimm (Brothers Grimm — with Wilhelm) German philologist ( Grimm’s Law), jurist and mythologist ( Grimms’ Fairy Tales) (Born this day 1785) “Take me as godfather." The man asked, "Who art thou?" "I am Death, and I make all equal." Then said the man, "Thou art the right one, thou takest the rich as well as the poor, without distinction; thou shalt be godfather." Death answered, "I will make thy child rich and famous, for he who has me for a friend can lack nothing”
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Post by Tamrin on Jan 4, 2014 7:33:26 GMT 10
Consciousness of myself, combined with complete ignorance of everything that does not fall within my sphere of thinking, is the most telling proof of my substantiality outside God, of my original existence
We would be able neither to remember nor to reflect nor to compare nor to think, indeed, we would not even be the person who we were a moment ago, if our concepts were divided among many and were not to be encountered somewhere together in their most exact combination
I fear that, in the end, the famous debate among materialists, idealists, and dualists amounts to a merely verbal dispute that is more a matter for the linguist than for the speculative philosopher
Judaism boasts of no exclusive revelation of eternal truths that are indispensable to salvation, of no revealed religion in the sense in which that term is usually understood
My religion recognizes no obligation to resolve doubt other than through rational means; and it commands no mere faith in eternal truths
Thus, even in the system of a doubter or an idealist, the value of not only pure, theoretical math- ematics but even practical and applied mathematics remains, and it retains its undeniable certainty
The analysis of concepts is for the understanding nothing more than what the magnifying glass is for sightMoses MendelssohnJewish-German philosopher (Haksalah) (Died this day 1786) I am, therefore there is a God
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