Quotes, Poems, & Sayings... - Page 293

Semantics · 03-25-2011, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by popcorninthesofa

"Where is Obama?"- The Freedom Fighters screamed in Libya as they lay dying.

A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.

The favorite proverb of Libyan Mohammed Nabous.

I've been following him since early February. He was shot and killed seven days ago by Gadhafi's forces. He was a 27 year old man armed with nothing but an iPhone and a laptop and was working tirelessly to get the plight of the freedom fighters on film and broadcast it to the world.

For God's sake, ask him to stop killing us. We just want to live free. We want our human rights, our basic human rights.

-Mohammed Nabous

Diva · 03-25-2011, 07:42 AM

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

~Judy Garland

Diva · 03-25-2011, 07:46 AM

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in all of us. And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

~Maryanne Williamson

Kätzchen · 03-25-2011, 04:36 PM

"Love is always open arms," ~ Leo Buscaglia

afixer · 03-26-2011, 06:53 AM

“Some people never go crazy, What truly horrible lives they must live”

Charles Bukowski

girl_dee · 03-26-2011, 07:04 AM

Life sucks, Get a straw.

Facebook

little_ms_sunshyne · 03-26-2011, 07:35 AM

It was a million tiny little things that,
when you added them all up,
they meant we were supposed to be together ... and I knew it.
I knew it the very first time I touched her.
It was like coming home. ..
only to no home I'd ever known ...

~ Sleepless in Seattle

Kobi · 03-26-2011, 07:44 AM

When one is freshly informed,
has a serendipitous experience,
one's mood is changed, one's heart is changed,

That is why taking the time to see, hear,
be present to new images and language that
arise from new experiences, have the power
to change one from one way to another.

Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Women Who Run With The Wolves

sylvie · 03-26-2011, 08:13 AM

“If there ever comes a day when we can't be together keep me in your heart, I'll stay there forever”

Winnie the Pooh
♥

Liam · 03-26-2011, 08:27 AM

Hokusai Says

Hokusai says look carefully.
He says pay attention, notice.
He says keep looking, stay curious.
He says there is no end to seeing ...

He says everything is alive—
Shells, buildings, people, fish
Mountains, trees. Wood is alive.
Water is alive.

Everything has its own life.
Everything lives inside us.
He says live with the world inside you...

It matters that you care.
It matters that you feel.
It matters that you notice.
It matters that life lives through you...

Look, feel, let life take you by the hand.
Let life live through you.

—Roger Keyes

DamselFly · 03-26-2011, 09:11 AM

If you can break the wall of the self,
you will become infinite in time and space.
Zen Master Sahn

DamselFly · 03-26-2011, 09:27 AM

those who pursue learning
acquire something day after day
those who pursue the Tao
lose something day after day
Lao Zi
we must study but not to the point that emphasis upon experience and meditation is lost. if we can combine intellect and direct experience with our meditative mind, then there will be no barrier to the wordless experience of reality.

Diva · 03-26-2011, 04:32 PM

So, like a forgotten fire, a childhood can always flare up again within us.

~Gaston Bachelard

Diva · 03-26-2011, 05:41 PM

The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.

~Jack Kerouac

wolfbittenpoet · 03-26-2011, 05:51 PM

A gentleman is simply a patient wolf.
-Lana Turner

Mister Bent · 03-26-2011, 05:58 PM

“We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be,
whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise they turn up unannounced
and surprise us, come hammering on the mind's door at 4am of a bad night and demand
to know who deserted them, who betrayed them, who is going to make amends.
We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.”

- Joan Didion

Diva · 03-26-2011, 06:48 PM

Children ask better questions than adults. "May I have a cookie?" "Why is the sky blue?" and "What does a cow say?" are far more likely to elicit a cheerful response than "Where's your manuscript?" Why haven't you called?" and "Who's your lawyer?"

~Fran Lebowitz

girl_dee · 03-27-2011, 09:43 AM

Just because everything is different doesn't mean anything has changed. ~Irene Peter

MrSunshine · 03-27-2011, 10:04 AM

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

WolfyOne · 03-27-2011, 11:00 AM

The best proof of love is trust.
~ Dr. Joyce Brothers ~

03-26-2011, 07:35 AM	#5847
little_ms_sunshyne Senior Member How Do You Identify?: . Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: . Posts: 3,312 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,339 Thanked 12,241 Times in 2,541 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	Signs....Signs....Signs :) It was a million tiny little things that, when you added them all up, they meant we were supposed to be together ... and I knew it. I knew it the very first time I touched her. It was like coming home. .. only to no home I'd ever known ... ~ Sleepless in Seattle

03-26-2011, 07:44 AM	#5848
Kobi Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Biological female. Lesbian. Relationship Status: Happy Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hanging out in the Atlantic. Posts: 9,234 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,840 Thanked 34,630 Times in 7,640 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	When one is freshly informed, has a serendipitous experience, one's mood is changed, one's heart is changed, That is why taking the time to see, hear, be present to new images and language that arise from new experiences, have the power to change one from one way to another. Clarissa Pinkola Estes Women Who Run With The Wolves __________________

03-26-2011, 08:13 AM	#5849
sylvie Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Mr Mtn's babygirl Preferred Pronoun?: girly, she Relationship Status: fiercely protected ♥ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Moving home in OR with Him VERY soooon !! Posts: 2,548 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,834 Thanked 7,501 Times in 1,850 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	“If there ever comes a day when we can't be together keep me in your heart, I'll stay there forever” Winnie the Pooh ♥ __________________ my Mantra: i am letting go of angers, continuing to find forgiveness, welcoming inner peace & deserving of it all. my facebook weight loss page: http://www.facebook.com/asyllyjourney

03-26-2011, 08:27 AM	#5850
Liam Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Guy Preferred Pronoun?: He, Him, His Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The Evergreen State Posts: 2,269 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 14,865 Thanked 6,875 Times in 1,861 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	Hokusai Says Hokusai says look carefully. He says pay attention, notice. He says keep looking, stay curious. He says there is no end to seeing ... He says everything is alive— Shells, buildings, people, fish Mountains, trees. Wood is alive. Water is alive. Everything has its own life. Everything lives inside us. He says live with the world inside you... It matters that you care. It matters that you feel. It matters that you notice. It matters that life lives through you... Look, feel, let life take you by the hand. Let life live through you. —Roger Keyes __________________ <3 Love is weird.

03-26-2011, 09:11 AM	#5851
DamselFly Member How Do You Identify?: QueerStoneFemme Preferred Pronoun?: Ma'am or Damsel Relationship Status: single Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: hovering here and there Posts: 259 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,053 Thanked 771 Times in 199 Posts Rep Power: 396593	boundlessness If you can break the wall of the self, you will become infinite in time and space. Zen Master Sahn __________________ so long as space remains so long as sentient beings remain i will remain in order to help, to serve, to make my own contribution (Buddhist prayer, a favorite of H.H.)

03-25-2011, 07:42 AM	#5842
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	For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul. ~Judy Garland

03-25-2011, 07:46 AM	#5843
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	Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in all of us. And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. ~Maryanne Williamson

03-25-2011, 04:36 PM	#5844
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03-26-2011, 06:53 AM	#5845
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03-26-2011, 07:04 AM	#5846
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03-26-2011, 09:27 AM	#5852
DamselFly Member How Do You Identify?: QueerStoneFemme Preferred Pronoun?: Ma'am or Damsel Relationship Status: single Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: hovering here and there Posts: 259 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,053 Thanked 771 Times in 199 Posts Rep Power: 396593	Education and Tao those who pursue learning acquire something day after day those who pursue the Tao lose something day after day Lao Zi we must study but not to the point that emphasis upon experience and meditation is lost. if we can combine intellect and direct experience with our meditative mind, then there will be no barrier to the wordless experience of reality. __________________ so long as space remains so long as sentient beings remain i will remain in order to help, to serve, to make my own contribution (Buddhist prayer, a favorite of H.H.)

03-26-2011, 04:32 PM	#5853
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	So, like a forgotten fire, a childhood can always flare up again within us. ~Gaston Bachelard

03-26-2011, 05:41 PM	#5854
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	The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. ~Jack Kerouac

03-26-2011, 05:51 PM	#5855
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03-26-2011, 05:58 PM	#5856
Mister Bent Senior Member How Do You Identify?: . Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: . Posts: 2,905 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,151 Thanked 5,825 Times in 1,722 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	sometimes it's always 4 am “We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind's door at 4am of a bad night and demand to know who deserted them, who betrayed them, who is going to make amends. We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.” - Joan Didion __________________ Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats. - H. L. Mencken

03-26-2011, 06:48 PM	#5857
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	Children ask better questions than adults. "May I have a cookie?" "Why is the sky blue?" and "What does a cow say?" are far more likely to elicit a cheerful response than "Where's your manuscript?" Why haven't you called?" and "Who's your lawyer?" ~Fran Lebowitz

03-27-2011, 09:43 AM	#5858
girl_dee Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: dee Relationship Status: Hitched up Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Livin’ the Dream Posts: 24,079 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 30,560 Thanked 54,832 Times in 13,908 Posts Rep Power: 21474873	Just because everything is different doesn't mean anything has changed. ~Irene Peter

03-27-2011, 10:04 AM	#5859
MrSunshine Senior Member How Do You Identify?: The Gardner Preferred Pronoun?: Ummmm Relationship Status: Nah Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Sunshine State, State of Sunshine Posts: 2,616 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,577 Thanked 3,891 Times in 1,155 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

03-27-2011, 11:00 AM	#5860
WolfyOne Magically Delicious How Do You Identify?: Gentle Butch Relationship Status: Single and content Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Minnesota Posts: 6,558 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 22,052 Thanked 15,392 Times in 4,138 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	The best proof of love is trust. ~ Dr. Joyce Brothers ~ __________________ Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage --- Lao Tzo