Quotes, Poems, & Sayings... - Page 128

JakeTulane · 06-07-2010, 12:03 PM

“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket- safe, dark, motionless, airless--it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable.” - C.S. Lewis

JakeTulane · 06-07-2010, 12:04 PM

“Loving is a feeling that brings both joy and pain to my heart. Joy from being with you, being filled with an emotion so deep and tender that no other feeling can compare. Pain from knowing that I'm so in love, that I'm more vulnerable than I've ever” - Author Unknown

JakeTulane · 06-07-2010, 12:06 PM

“Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though t'were his own.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Diva · 06-07-2010, 06:21 PM

Make conscientiousness and sincerity Your grand object. Have no friends not equal to Yourself. If You have done wrong, be not ashamed to make amends.

~Confucius

Kätzchen · 06-07-2010, 06:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Diva

It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;-- it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others.

~Jane Austen

I had no idea that J. Austen was the author - I've heard this quote from time to time, over the years, and I appreciate the way she is able to convey this timeless principle.

miss entycing · 06-07-2010, 06:54 PM

A beautiful woman is like a wild rose....
Lovely and calm... but willing to draw blood in her defense.
unknown-

Massive · 06-07-2010, 07:19 PM

Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much
as your own unguarded thoughts.
The Buddha

The greatest achievement is selflessness.
The greatest worth is self-mastery.
The greatest quality is seeking to serve others.
The greatest precept is continual awareness.
The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything.
The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways.
The greatest magic is transmuting the passions.
The greatest generosity is non-attachment.
The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind.
The greatest patience is humility.
The greatest effort is not concerned with results.
The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go.
The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.
Atisha

Do not speak- unless it improves on silence.
Buddhist Saying

In what is seen, there should be just the seen;
In what is heard, there should be just the heard;
In what is sensed, there should be just the sensed;
In what is thought, there should be just the thought.
He should not kill a living being, nor cause it to be killed, nor should he incite another to kill.
Do not injure any being, either strong or weak in the world.
Sutta Nipata II,14

These teachings are like a raft, to be abandoned once you have crossed the flood.
Since you should abandon even good states of mind generated by these teachings,
How much more so should you abandon bad states of mind!

Conquer the angry man by love.
Conquer the ill-natured man by goodness.
Conquer the miser with generosity.
Conquer the liar with truth.
The Dhammapada

Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle,
and the life of the candle will not be shortened.
Happiness never decreases by being shared.

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries.
Without them, humanity cannot survive.
H.H. The 14th Dalai Lama

Through violence, you may 'solve' one problem, but you sow the seeds for another.
H.H. The 14th Dalai Lama

If the love within your mind is lost and you see other beings as enemies, then no matter how much knowledge or education or material comfort you have, only suffering and confusion will ensue.
H.H. The 14th Dalai Lama

It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.
H.H. The 14th Dalai Lama

2myladyblue · 06-07-2010, 10:08 PM

it's not so much that we got closer
it's that her face just got bigger
and by the time it was filling up my whole view
i figured my face had got bigger too
so i used it to try and sway her
say something to her
make my case
but my face
never had a chance
all along it was the wrong song and dance
i just stood there
without even a stance
helpless to her advance
and her retreat
backspace, delete

it wasn't so much that we fell in love as
my life just seemed to come down
to a slow walk on a straight line
between her smile and her frown
and maybe we never were as close
as we should have been
but i didn't know
what i know now then
yeah i didn't know what i
know now then

Enchantress · 06-07-2010, 10:14 PM

"How happy is the blameless Vestal's lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd"...

Alexander Pope

oblivia · 06-07-2010, 10:26 PM

"Evey day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthing, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb."
~Sir Winston Churchill

"Honor does not have to be defended."
~Robert J. Sawyer

Diva · 06-08-2010, 04:33 AM

A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear it will go off in your face. It is one of the few havens remaining where one's mind can get both provocation and privacy.

~Edward P. Morgan

Diva · 06-08-2010, 04:35 AM

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.

~Charles W. Eliot

always2late · 06-08-2010, 06:23 AM

"My webs were no miracle, Wilbur. I was only describing what I saw. The miracle is you." ~ Charlotte

Toofrufru · 06-08-2010, 07:14 AM

There is pleasure in new friendships, comfort in old ones, and sweet memories in those we’ve lost.

Gardening is an ancient and universal passion that enables you to remain rooted in the present but provides glimpses of the future as wisdom grows, wit blossoms, and ideas bear fruit.

Butterbean · 06-08-2010, 08:42 AM

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.

~Author Unknown

The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.

~Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

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2myladyblue · 06-08-2010, 09:25 AM

waiting in the bus stop with a seat at least
when across the street a #7 Rainier jerked
to a belching screech so
my eyes rested on an extraordinarily
beautiful Black woman about our age
Her sloping cheekbones caught the light
in an amazing deep mulberry glow
I wanted to run through traffic
bang on the door as the bus groaned away
to tell her
You're the loveliest sight of my whole day
Thank you!
Staring down at my purple knees
I knew with such a hard ache
in my sore feet
that she'd just think
I was plum crazy

2myladyblue · 06-08-2010, 09:28 AM

A young Black man
arguing passionately
with 3 white ones who are
not in favor of women's rights

PinkieLee · 06-08-2010, 09:30 AM

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. ~Joseph Addison

PinkieLee · 06-08-2010, 09:31 AM

What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner. ~Colette

Kätzchen · 06-08-2010, 11:18 AM

Learn how to live and you'll know how to die; learn how to die, and you'll know how to live.

Without love, we are birds with broken wings.

Love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone.

Keep your heart open for as long as you can, as wide as you can, for others and especially yourself.

06-07-2010, 06:54 PM	#2546
miss entycing Senior Member How Do You Identify?: dangerous, but worth the risk. Preferred Pronoun?: just be nice.. it's that easy. Relationship Status: CapitalM's carved upon my skin. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: on the southern edge of sanity, under a carolina moon. Posts: 3,276 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 8,341 Thanked 8,262 Times in 2,254 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	A beautiful woman is like a wild rose.... Lovely and calm... but willing to draw blood in her defense. unknown- __________________ True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate their life, through devotion, to something beyond themselves. Whenever someone awakens fully, it affects human consciousness at a collective level. It is like dropping a stone into a dark murky pond. Ripples of light... Not one word need be spoken.

06-07-2010, 07:19 PM	#2547
Massive Member How Do You Identify?: Trans man Preferred Pronoun?: He, Him Relationship Status: not looking Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Northern England Posts: 945 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 5,669 Thanked 2,383 Times in 765 Posts Rep Power: 17762095	Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts. The Buddha The greatest achievement is selflessness. The greatest worth is self-mastery. The greatest quality is seeking to serve others. The greatest precept is continual awareness. The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything. The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways. The greatest magic is transmuting the passions. The greatest generosity is non-attachment. The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind. The greatest patience is humility. The greatest effort is not concerned with results. The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go. The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances. Atisha Do not speak- unless it improves on silence. Buddhist Saying In what is seen, there should be just the seen; In what is heard, there should be just the heard; In what is sensed, there should be just the sensed; In what is thought, there should be just the thought. He should not kill a living being, nor cause it to be killed, nor should he incite another to kill. Do not injure any being, either strong or weak in the world. Sutta Nipata II,14 These teachings are like a raft, to be abandoned once you have crossed the flood. Since you should abandon even good states of mind generated by these teachings, How much more so should you abandon bad states of mind! Conquer the angry man by love. Conquer the ill-natured man by goodness. Conquer the miser with generosity. Conquer the liar with truth. The Dhammapada Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive. H.H. The 14th Dalai Lama Through violence, you may 'solve' one problem, but you sow the seeds for another. H.H. The 14th Dalai Lama If the love within your mind is lost and you see other beings as enemies, then no matter how much knowledge or education or material comfort you have, only suffering and confusion will ensue. H.H. The 14th Dalai Lama It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others. H.H. The 14th Dalai Lama __________________ You may not be able to choose your bio-family, but you can choose your Family

06-07-2010, 10:08 PM	#2548
2myladyblue Member How Do You Identify?: Goddess Preferred Pronoun?: ...oui? Relationship Status: Worshipped Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Winterpeg, Manisnowba, The Great White North Posts: 430 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,255 Thanked 455 Times in 186 Posts Rep Power: 90765	Know Now Then ~ ani it's not so much that we got closer it's that her face just got bigger and by the time it was filling up my whole view i figured my face had got bigger too so i used it to try and sway her say something to her make my case but my face never had a chance all along it was the wrong song and dance i just stood there without even a stance helpless to her advance and her retreat backspace, delete it wasn't so much that we fell in love as my life just seemed to come down to a slow walk on a straight line between her smile and her frown and maybe we never were as close as we should have been but i didn't know what i know now then yeah i didn't know what i know now then __________________ "i believe people are see-through if you hold em up to the light i believe people are enlightening if you plug em in right" ~ alix olson "All strong souls first go to hell before they do the healing of the world they came here for." ~Clarissa Pinkola Estes

06-08-2010, 06:23 AM	#2553
always2late Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: m'lady Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NJ Posts: 2,000 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,834 Thanked 6,231 Times in 1,462 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	"My webs were no miracle, Wilbur. I was only describing what I saw. The miracle is you." ~ Charlotte __________________ Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there ~ Rumi

06-08-2010, 09:25 AM	#2556
2myladyblue Member How Do You Identify?: Goddess Preferred Pronoun?: ...oui? Relationship Status: Worshipped Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Winterpeg, Manisnowba, The Great White North Posts: 430 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,255 Thanked 455 Times in 186 Posts Rep Power: 90765	Rush Hour ~ Chrystos waiting in the bus stop with a seat at least when across the street a #7 Rainier jerked to a belching screech so my eyes rested on an extraordinarily beautiful Black woman about our age Her sloping cheekbones caught the light in an amazing deep mulberry glow I wanted to run through traffic bang on the door as the bus groaned away to tell her You're the loveliest sight of my whole day Thank you! Staring down at my purple knees I knew with such a hard ache in my sore feet that she'd just think I was plum crazy __________________ "i believe people are see-through if you hold em up to the light i believe people are enlightening if you plug em in right" ~ alix olson "All strong souls first go to hell before they do the healing of the world they came here for." ~Clarissa Pinkola Estes

06-07-2010, 12:03 PM	#2541
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06-07-2010, 12:04 PM	#2542
JakeTulane Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Mr. Prickly Porcupine Preferred Pronoun?: Butch - Hy, Hym, Hys Relationship Status: She has softened My quills Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Permanently Banned 8/8/2011 Posts: 4,880 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,221 Thanked 5,264 Times in 2,732 Posts Rep Power: 0	“Loving is a feeling that brings both joy and pain to my heart. Joy from being with you, being filled with an emotion so deep and tender that no other feeling can compare. Pain from knowing that I'm so in love, that I'm more vulnerable than I've ever” - Author Unknown

06-07-2010, 12:06 PM	#2543
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06-07-2010, 06:21 PM	#2544
Diva Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Diva Preferred Pronoun?: Diva Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Chez Diva Posts: 11,879 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,263 Thanked 17,174 Times in 5,239 Posts Rep Power: 0	Make conscientiousness and sincerity Your grand object. Have no friends not equal to Yourself. If You have done wrong, be not ashamed to make amends. ~Confucius

06-07-2010, 10:14 PM	#2549
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06-07-2010, 10:26 PM	#2550
oblivia Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: she/her Relationship Status: Married, treasured, and adored Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 472 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,582 Thanked 1,430 Times in 359 Posts Rep Power: 0	"Evey day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthing, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb." ~Sir Winston Churchill "Honor does not have to be defended." ~Robert J. Sawyer

06-08-2010, 04:33 AM	#2551
Diva Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Diva Preferred Pronoun?: Diva Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Chez Diva Posts: 11,879 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,263 Thanked 17,174 Times in 5,239 Posts Rep Power: 0	A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear it will go off in your face. It is one of the few havens remaining where one's mind can get both provocation and privacy. ~Edward P. Morgan

06-08-2010, 04:35 AM	#2552
Diva Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Diva Preferred Pronoun?: Diva Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Chez Diva Posts: 11,879 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,263 Thanked 17,174 Times in 5,239 Posts Rep Power: 0	Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers. ~Charles W. Eliot

06-08-2010, 07:14 AM	#2554
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06-08-2010, 08:42 AM	#2555
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06-08-2010, 09:28 AM	#2557
2myladyblue Member How Do You Identify?: Goddess Preferred Pronoun?: ...oui? Relationship Status: Worshipped Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Winterpeg, Manisnowba, The Great White North Posts: 430 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,255 Thanked 455 Times in 186 Posts Rep Power: 90765	Hope Haiku ~ Chrystos A young Black man arguing passionately with 3 white ones who are not in favor of women's rights __________________ "i believe people are see-through if you hold em up to the light i believe people are enlightening if you plug em in right" ~ alix olson "All strong souls first go to hell before they do the healing of the world they came here for." ~Clarissa Pinkola Estes

06-08-2010, 09:30 AM	#2558
PinkieLee Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Relationship Status: I need ya boo, gotta see ya boo Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Big Money Texas Posts: 4,708 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 24,309 Thanked 13,074 Times in 3,049 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. ~Joseph Addison

06-08-2010, 09:31 AM	#2559
PinkieLee Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Relationship Status: I need ya boo, gotta see ya boo Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Big Money Texas Posts: 4,708 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 24,309 Thanked 13,074 Times in 3,049 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner. ~Colette

06-08-2010, 11:18 AM	#2560
Kätzchen Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, please. Join Date: May 2010 Location: Somewhere over the rainbow ツ Posts: 16,060 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 30,111 Thanked 33,517 Times in 10,643 Posts Rep Power: 21474868	Quotes by Morrie Schwartz Learn how to live and you'll know how to die; learn how to die, and you'll know how to live. Without love, we are birds with broken wings. Love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone. Keep your heart open for as long as you can, as wide as you can, for others and especially yourself.