Eve Posted October 24, 2008 Posted October 24, 2008 Words. Words are SO powerful and personal. I think that the chasm between faith and action are felt most aptly within words.. Please share the most inspiring words you have heard and felt here. I shall begin. I knew someone who told me that in his old age that if he could live his life again he would not worry about one single thing because life always works its way out when you have a repentant heart. This conversation changed my life. I now figure that people and life are not as complex as they each seem... These were words from someone who hurt me as a child BUT who changed because he looked upon how he had esteemed 'problem situations' above that of looking after those who were dependant upon him.
theBrokenMuse Posted October 24, 2008 Posted October 24, 2008 My favorite is the following: Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin -- more even than death.... Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid. Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man. -Bertrand Russell-
Author Eve Posted October 25, 2008 Author Posted October 25, 2008 Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin -- more even than death.... Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid. Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man. -Bertrand Russell- DEEP! It is SO true! Many crimes are committed in order to escape a thought... but this quote goes WAY above MANY situations... it encompasses so much! I like it when priviledge and ration are not divided in the stupid ways depicted by the media.. Thank you!
Trialbyfire Posted October 25, 2008 Posted October 25, 2008 There's no depth to this one, it's pretty straight-forward: The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me. ~ Ayn Rand To take that one step further, people stop themselves. There are no victims.
ed-205 Posted October 25, 2008 Posted October 25, 2008 "The more I learn, the less I know..." and "God does NOT play dice with the universe!" Both from Einstein.
Geishawhelk Posted October 25, 2008 Posted October 25, 2008 "If you cannot find peace, happiness and serenity exactly where you are right now - then where else do you expect to find it?" "Weigh in your heart, the difference in the qualities of Hatred, Anger and Resentment, against those of Kindness, Compassion and forgiveness. Then - Choose." It all begins in our head, with what we tell ourselves." "Whatever you put Energy into, will Grow." These four, more than any others, have helped me by kicking me in the @$$, several times over! Oh, those and - "When all else in Life fails - eat the last chocolate biscuit."
marlena Posted October 25, 2008 Posted October 25, 2008 "Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn." Mahatma Gandhi "If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking." General George S. Patton "It is what we think we already know, that prevents us from learning." Claude Bernard "Failure is success if we learn from it." Michael Forbes "To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already 3 parts dead." Bertrand Russell
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