"Friendship is a precious possession, treasured most dearly in times of need." ~Jonathan McNair, LCG Minister, Commentary: A Friend in Need
"True friendship binds people together in good times and bad." ~Jonathan McNair, LCG Minister, Commentary: A Friend in Need
"Reputation is not built by magic. It is established by our actions and our words." ~Jonathan McNair, LCG (Mind Your Mind, Tomorrow's World, November-December 2012)
"The decisions we make-regarding what we do and say, what we laugh at, how we spend our time and with whom we spend it-all reflect who we are." ~Jonathan McNair, LCG (Mind Your Mind, Tomorrow's World, November-December 2012)
"Our mind is stamped with our emotions. God has placed in our human minds the ability to experience a range of emotions that influence our thinking." ~Jonathan McNair, LCG (Mind Your Mind, Tomorrow's World, November-December 2012)
"If we can develop a mind that is in harmony with God as a young person, we will imprint a way of thinking that will result in good decisions, and a good life." ~Jonathan McNair, LCG (Mind Your Mind, Tomorrow's World, November-December 2012)
"Take on the mind of God to help establish you in a wise and fruitful way of thinking and feeling." ~Jonathan McNair, LCG (Mind Your Mind, Tomorrow's World, November-December 2012)
"Non Degener Addam" (I add without loss)
6/30/12
6/29/12
Thought for Today - Manage Emotions
"When the energy of our consciousness is out of our control - the mind is agitated. We are being emotional. The solution is to detach from the inner storms, stand back and observe the hurricane pass. Detached observation withdraws the energy which your emotions require to sustain themselves. When you watch your own anger, it dies. If you don't detach from it, and observe it ...it will be your master." ~Thought for Today-UK
Joseph Chilton Pearce Quotes
"Play is the only way that the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold." ~Joseph Chilton Pearce
“Prefer a loss to a dishonest gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the other for all time.” ~Chilton on Integrity
"To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong." ~Joseph Chilton Pearce
"We have a cultural notion that if children were not engineered, if we did not manipulate them, they would grow up as beasts in the field. This is the wildest fallacy in the world.” ~Joseph Chilton Pearce
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Jane Goodall Quotes
"How is it possible that the most intellectual creature to ever walk the planet Earth is destroying its only home?" ~Jane Goodall
"I have found that to love and be loved is the most empowering and exhilarating of all human emotions." ~Jane Goodall
"If we kill off the wild, then we are killing a part of our souls." ~Jane Goodall
"It actually doesn't take much to be considered a difficult woman. That's why there are so many of us." ~Jane Goodall
"The greatest danger to our future is apathy." ~Jane Goodall
"There is still so much in the world left fighting for. So much that is beautiful, so many wonderful people working to reverse the harm … All conspiring to give us hope that it is not too late to turn things around." ~Jane Goodall
"What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." ~Jane Goodall
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STEPHEN KING Quotes
"Books are uniquely portable magic." ~Stephen King
“But I believe in love, you know; love is a uniquely portable magic. I don’t think it’s in the stars, but I do believe that blood calls to blood and mind calls to mind and heart to heart.” ~Stephen King
"Even when love isn't enough…somehow it is." — Stephen King
"Few things are as lovely as having an uninterrupted hour with a good book." ~Stephen King
"Get busy living, or get busy dying." ~Stephen King
“I have spent a good many years since―too many, I think―being ashamed about what I write. I think I was forty before I realized that almost every writer of fiction or poetry who has ever published a line has been accused by someone of wasting his or her God-given talent. If you write (or paint or dance or sculpt or sing, I suppose), someone will try to make you feel lousy about it, that's all.” ― Stephen King
“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.” ~Stephen King
"Life is like a wheel. Sooner or later, it always come around to where you started again." ~Stephen King
"No one can tell what goes on between the person you were and the person you become. No one can chart that blue and lonely section of hell. There are no maps of the change, you just come out the other side, or you don't." ~Stephen King
"Even when love isn't enough…somehow it is." — Stephen King
"Few things are as lovely as having an uninterrupted hour with a good book." ~Stephen King
"Get busy living, or get busy dying." ~Stephen King
“I have spent a good many years since―too many, I think―being ashamed about what I write. I think I was forty before I realized that almost every writer of fiction or poetry who has ever published a line has been accused by someone of wasting his or her God-given talent. If you write (or paint or dance or sculpt or sing, I suppose), someone will try to make you feel lousy about it, that's all.” ― Stephen King
“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.” ~Stephen King
"Life is like a wheel. Sooner or later, it always come around to where you started again." ~Stephen King
"No one can tell what goes on between the person you were and the person you become. No one can chart that blue and lonely section of hell. There are no maps of the change, you just come out the other side, or you don't." ~Stephen King
"Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty." ~Stephen King
"People want to know why I write such gross stuff. I like to tell them I have the heart of a small boy - and I keep it in a jar on my desk." ~Stephen King
"Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure." ~Stephen King (From "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption")
“Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.” ~Stephen King
"The battle between good and evil is endlessly fascinating because we are participants everyday." ~Stephen King
“The road to hell is paved with adverbs.” ~Stephen King, On Writing
“The real importance of reading is that it creates an ease and intimacy with the process of writing; one comes to the country of the writer with one's papers and identification pretty much in order. Constant reading will pull you into a place (a mind-set, if you like the phrase) where you can write eagerly and without self-consciousness. It also offers you a constantly growing knowledge of what has been done and what hasn't, what is trite and what is fresh, what works and what just lies there dying (or dead) on the page. The more you read, the less apt you are to make a fool of yourself with your pen or word processor.” ~Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
"The scariest moment is always just before you start." ~Stephen King
"People want to know why I write such gross stuff. I like to tell them I have the heart of a small boy - and I keep it in a jar on my desk." ~Stephen King
"Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure." ~Stephen King (From "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption")
“Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.” ~Stephen King
"The battle between good and evil is endlessly fascinating because we are participants everyday." ~Stephen King
“The road to hell is paved with adverbs.” ~Stephen King, On Writing
“The real importance of reading is that it creates an ease and intimacy with the process of writing; one comes to the country of the writer with one's papers and identification pretty much in order. Constant reading will pull you into a place (a mind-set, if you like the phrase) where you can write eagerly and without self-consciousness. It also offers you a constantly growing knowledge of what has been done and what hasn't, what is trite and what is fresh, what works and what just lies there dying (or dead) on the page. The more you read, the less apt you are to make a fool of yourself with your pen or word processor.” ~Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
"The scariest moment is always just before you start." ~Stephen King
"To write is human, to edit is divine." ~Stephen King
"You can see the goldenrod, that most tenacious and pernicious and beauteous of all New England flora, bowing away from the wind like a great and silent congregation." ~Stephen King, 'Salem's Lot
BIO
Stephen Edwin King was born in Portland, Maine, on 21 September 1947.
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BIO
Stephen Edwin King was born in Portland, Maine, on 21 September 1947.
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6/28/12
Thought for Today - Compassion
"A compassionate person develops an eye for spotting the qualities that make each person special. Even when others are at their lowest ebb, it is possible to help them restore their self-belief by keeping a firm, clear vision of their goodness and specialities. Taking a gently encouraging approach, I must never give up on anyone." ~Thought for Today-UK
Bruce Barton Quotes
"A daughter is the happy memories of the past, the joyful moments of the present, and the hope and promise of the future.” ~Bruce Barton
"It would do the world good if every person in it would compel themselves occasionally to be absolutely alone. Most of the world's progress has come out of such loneliness." ~Bruce Barton
"Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance." ~Bruce Barton
"What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who will not make the little sacrifice that is needed to free themselves from their own individual bondage." ~Bruce Barton
"Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance." ~Bruce Barton
"What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who will not make the little sacrifice that is needed to free themselves from their own individual bondage." ~Bruce Barton
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Cyril Connolly Quotes
"A great writer creates a world of his own and his readers are proud to live in it. A lesser writer may entice them in for a moment, but soon he will watch them filing out." ~Cyril Connolly
"A writer is in danger of allowing his talent to dull who lets more than a year go past without finding himself in his rightful place of composition, the small single unluxurious "retreat" of the twentieth century, the hotel bedroom." ~Cyril Connolly
"All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others." ~Cyril Connolly
"Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you." ~Cyril Connolly
"Civilization is maintained by a very few people in a small number of places and we need only some bombs and a few prisons to blot it out altogether." ~Cyril Connolly
"Classical and romantic: private language of a family quarrel, a dead dispute over the distribution of emphasis between man and nature." ~Cyril Connolly
"Green leaves on a dead tree is our epitaph—green leaves, dear reader, on a dead tree." ~Cyril Connolly
"Imprisoned in every fat man a thin one is wildly signalling to be let out." ~Cyril Connolly
"In the sex-war thoughtlessness is the weapon of the male, vindictiveness of the female. Both are reciprocally generated, but a woman's desire for revenge outlasts all other emotion." ~Cyril Connolly
"It is closing time in the gardens of the West and from now on an artist will be judged only by the resonance of his solitude or the quality of his despair." ~Cyril Connolly
"Like water, we are truest to our nature in repose." ~Cyril Connolly
"Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once." ~Cyril Connolly
"No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in a morning." ~Cyril Connolly
"The English language is like a broad river on whose bank a few patient anglers are sitting, while, higher up, the stream is being polluted by a string of refuse-barges tipping out their muck." ~Cyril Connolly
"The more books we read, the clearer it becomes that the true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and that no other task is of any consequence." ~Cyril Connolly
"The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up." ~Cyril Connolly
"The secret of success is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm – to let each wave of life wash us a little farther up the shore." ~Cyril Connolly
"The true index of a man's character is the health of his wife." ~Cyril Connolly
"The worst vice of the solitary is the worship of his food." ~Cyril Connolly
"Those of us who were brought up as Christians and have lost our faith have retained the sense of sin without the saving belief in redemption. This poisons our thought and so paralyses us in action." ~Cyril Connolly
"We create the world in which we live; if that world becomes unfit for human life, it is because we tire of our responsibility." ~Cyril Connolly
"Words today are like the shells and rope of seaweed which a child brings home glistening from the beach and which in an hour have lost their lustre." ~Cyril Connolly (1903-1974), British critic.
"A writer is in danger of allowing his talent to dull who lets more than a year go past without finding himself in his rightful place of composition, the small single unluxurious "retreat" of the twentieth century, the hotel bedroom." ~Cyril Connolly
"All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others." ~Cyril Connolly
"Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you." ~Cyril Connolly
"Civilization is maintained by a very few people in a small number of places and we need only some bombs and a few prisons to blot it out altogether." ~Cyril Connolly
"Classical and romantic: private language of a family quarrel, a dead dispute over the distribution of emphasis between man and nature." ~Cyril Connolly
"Green leaves on a dead tree is our epitaph—green leaves, dear reader, on a dead tree." ~Cyril Connolly
"Imprisoned in every fat man a thin one is wildly signalling to be let out." ~Cyril Connolly
"In the sex-war thoughtlessness is the weapon of the male, vindictiveness of the female. Both are reciprocally generated, but a woman's desire for revenge outlasts all other emotion." ~Cyril Connolly
"It is closing time in the gardens of the West and from now on an artist will be judged only by the resonance of his solitude or the quality of his despair." ~Cyril Connolly
"Like water, we are truest to our nature in repose." ~Cyril Connolly
"Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once." ~Cyril Connolly
"No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in a morning." ~Cyril Connolly
"The English language is like a broad river on whose bank a few patient anglers are sitting, while, higher up, the stream is being polluted by a string of refuse-barges tipping out their muck." ~Cyril Connolly
"The more books we read, the clearer it becomes that the true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and that no other task is of any consequence." ~Cyril Connolly
"The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up." ~Cyril Connolly
"The secret of success is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm – to let each wave of life wash us a little farther up the shore." ~Cyril Connolly
"The true index of a man's character is the health of his wife." ~Cyril Connolly
"The worst vice of the solitary is the worship of his food." ~Cyril Connolly
"Those of us who were brought up as Christians and have lost our faith have retained the sense of sin without the saving belief in redemption. This poisons our thought and so paralyses us in action." ~Cyril Connolly
"We create the world in which we live; if that world becomes unfit for human life, it is because we tire of our responsibility." ~Cyril Connolly
"Words today are like the shells and rope of seaweed which a child brings home glistening from the beach and which in an hour have lost their lustre." ~Cyril Connolly (1903-1974), British critic.
Hill Harper - love
“Love is an energy. You can feed it to people, and they in turn feed it to others, and eventually it comes back.” ~Hill Harper
Susan Fay West - space
"The mental and physical space we create by letting go of things that belong in our past gives us the option to fill the space with something new." ~Susan Fay West
Marilyn Ferguson - gate of change
"Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be unlocked from the inside." ~Marilyn Ferguson
6/27/12
Thought for Today - A Moment Of Solitude
"When I start the day with a moment of solitude and contemplation, even the most crowded schedule runs more smoothly." ~Thought for Today-UK
Dr. James R. Sherman Quotes
"A journal is a day-to-day accounting of ideas, events, reflections, and experiences. It's something you keep to on a regular basis for your own personal use. It helps you see what worked in the past and what didn't. Its history of emotional responses tells you how you reacted to a variety of obstacles and opportunities." ~Dr. James R. Sherman, PhD
"Boldness is a positive attribute, but only after goals and objectives have been determined and a plan of action has been established." ~Dr. James R. Sherman, PhD
"Chance has a rhythm, like a flowing of tides, the migration of birds, the alternation of the seasons, and the cycle of growth and harvest." ~Dr. James R. Sherman, PhD
"Honest mistakes generate a need for support and reassurance." ~Dr. James R. Sherman, PhD
"Increase your capacity to endure in the face of adversity by eliminating fear and negative thoughts. Be persistent. Staying power is not blind adherence to a lost cause, it's the courageous pursuit of an attainable goal. Staying power generates energy and renews enthusiasm." ~Dr. James R. Sherman, PhD
"One of the best tests of a friendship is for one friend to point out another's mistakes. It's better to get a little chiding from a friend than to bear the hostility of a stranger. By and large, it's a lot more useful than praise. Listen to your spouse, children, friends, and colleagues." ~Dr. James R. Sherman, PhD
"Quitting is not a sign of personal failure. It takes courage and strength of character, especially after you've invested a lot of valuable time and energy in your efforts." ~Dr. James R. Sherman, PhD
"Success is not reserved for the rich and famous. Nor is it always based on skill. Skill is only one component of success. The main ingredient is attitude." ~Dr. James R. Sherman, PhD
"The best way to train your mind and develop good habits is to do it on your own initiative.Others may help you, guide you and inspire you. But the things that will help the most to ensure success are the results you get through your own efforts." ~Dr. James R. Sherman, PhD
"You're the architect of your destiny. You should be willing to answer for your behavior and to abide by the outcomes - whether good or bad-for whatever you do." ~Dr. James R. Sherman, PhD
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"Boldness is a positive attribute, but only after goals and objectives have been determined and a plan of action has been established." ~Dr. James R. Sherman, PhD
"Chance has a rhythm, like a flowing of tides, the migration of birds, the alternation of the seasons, and the cycle of growth and harvest." ~Dr. James R. Sherman, PhD
"Honest mistakes generate a need for support and reassurance." ~Dr. James R. Sherman, PhD
"Increase your capacity to endure in the face of adversity by eliminating fear and negative thoughts. Be persistent. Staying power is not blind adherence to a lost cause, it's the courageous pursuit of an attainable goal. Staying power generates energy and renews enthusiasm." ~Dr. James R. Sherman, PhD
"One of the best tests of a friendship is for one friend to point out another's mistakes. It's better to get a little chiding from a friend than to bear the hostility of a stranger. By and large, it's a lot more useful than praise. Listen to your spouse, children, friends, and colleagues." ~Dr. James R. Sherman, PhD
"Quitting is not a sign of personal failure. It takes courage and strength of character, especially after you've invested a lot of valuable time and energy in your efforts." ~Dr. James R. Sherman, PhD
"Success is not reserved for the rich and famous. Nor is it always based on skill. Skill is only one component of success. The main ingredient is attitude." ~Dr. James R. Sherman, PhD
"The best way to train your mind and develop good habits is to do it on your own initiative.Others may help you, guide you and inspire you. But the things that will help the most to ensure success are the results you get through your own efforts." ~Dr. James R. Sherman, PhD
"You're the architect of your destiny. You should be willing to answer for your behavior and to abide by the outcomes - whether good or bad-for whatever you do." ~Dr. James R. Sherman, PhD
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Harriet Braiker - excellence
"Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing." ~Harriet Braiker
Elizabeth Taylor Quotes
"It is strange that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting." ~Elizabeth Taylor
"There are so many doors to be opened, and I'm not afraid to look behind them." ~Elizabeth Taylor
"You just do it. You force yourself to get up. You force yourself to put one foot before the other, …, you refuse to let it get to you. You fight. You cry. You curse. Then you go about the business of living. That’s how I’ve done it. There’s no other way." ~Elizabeth Taylor
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Ann Patchett Quotes
"Show kindness whenever possible. Show it to the people in front of you, the people coming up behind you, and the people with whom you are running neck and neck. It will vastly improve the quality of your own life, the lives of others, and the state of the world." ~Ann Patchett
"Sometimes love does not have the most honorable beginnings, and the endings, the endings will break you in half. It’s everything in between we live for." ~Ann Patchett
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Oliver Goldsmith Quotes
“By every remove I only drag a greater length of chain.” ~Oliver Goldsmith
"I choose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well." ~Oliver Goldsmith
"I love everything that's old; old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine." ~Oliver Goldsmith
"Man wants but little here below, nor wants that little longer." ~Oliver Goldsmith
"Tenderness is a virtue." ~Oliver Goldsmith
"You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips." ~Oliver Goldsmith
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Thought for Today - Mind Matters
"The most important part of you is your mind (not your brain - the brain is the hardware and the mind creates the software). Care for your mind, make friends with it, always feed it healthy food, engage it in positive activity, exercise it with knowledge and wisdom. Like a garden returns fragrance and beauty according to the care invested, so your mind will repay you with thoughts, ideas and visions of great beauty when tended and invested with care. Your mind is not made of matter but it does matter what you give it and what you create with it. Where your mind goes, you go. What your mind creates becomes your destiny." ~Thought for Today-UK
Chuck Palahniuk Quotes
"Every woman is just a different kind of problem." ~Chuck Palahniuk
"Find joy in everything you choose to do. Every job, relationship, home ... it's your responsibility to love it, or change it." ~Chuck Palahniuk
"I would say any behavior that is not the status quo is interpreted as insanity, when, in fact, it might actually be enlightenment. Insanity is sorta in the eye of the beholder." ~Chuck Palahniuk
"It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace." ~Chuck Palahniuk
“On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.” ~Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club
“Only after disaster can we be resurrected. It's only after you've lost everything that you're free to do anything. Nothing is static, everything is evolving, everything is falling apart.” ~Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club
"People are all over the world telling their one dramatic story and how their life has turned into getting over this one event. Now their lives are more about the past than their future." ~Chuck Palahniuk
"People don't want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions. Their stories resolved. Their messed cleaned up. Because what would they have left? Just the big scary unknown." ~Chuck Palahniuk
“Reject the basic assumptions of civilization, especially the importance of material possessions.” ~Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club
“The first step - especially for young people with energy and drive and talent, but not money - the first step to controlling your world is to control your culture. To model and demonstrate the kind of world you demand to live in. To write the books. Make the music. Shoot the films. Paint the art.” ~Chuck Palahniuk
“The laws that keep us safe, these same laws condemn us to boredom.” ~Chuck Palahniuk
"The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open." ~Chuck Palahniuk
"The faster you'll fall, the higher you'll fly." ~Chuck Palahniuk
“This is your life, and its ending one minute at a time.” ~Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club
“True Love burns the brightest, But the brightest flames leave the deepest scars.” ~Chuck Palahniuk
"We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will." ~Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club
“Your birth is a mistake you'll spend your whole life trying to correct.” ~Chuck Palahniuk
Biography
Charles Michael "Chuck" Palahniuk is an American novelist and freelance journalist, who describes his work as transgressional fiction.
"Find joy in everything you choose to do. Every job, relationship, home ... it's your responsibility to love it, or change it." ~Chuck Palahniuk
"I would say any behavior that is not the status quo is interpreted as insanity, when, in fact, it might actually be enlightenment. Insanity is sorta in the eye of the beholder." ~Chuck Palahniuk
"It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace." ~Chuck Palahniuk
“On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.” ~Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club
“Only after disaster can we be resurrected. It's only after you've lost everything that you're free to do anything. Nothing is static, everything is evolving, everything is falling apart.” ~Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club
"People are all over the world telling their one dramatic story and how their life has turned into getting over this one event. Now their lives are more about the past than their future." ~Chuck Palahniuk
"People don't want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions. Their stories resolved. Their messed cleaned up. Because what would they have left? Just the big scary unknown." ~Chuck Palahniuk
“Reject the basic assumptions of civilization, especially the importance of material possessions.” ~Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club
“The first step - especially for young people with energy and drive and talent, but not money - the first step to controlling your world is to control your culture. To model and demonstrate the kind of world you demand to live in. To write the books. Make the music. Shoot the films. Paint the art.” ~Chuck Palahniuk
“The laws that keep us safe, these same laws condemn us to boredom.” ~Chuck Palahniuk
"The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open." ~Chuck Palahniuk
"The faster you'll fall, the higher you'll fly." ~Chuck Palahniuk
“This is your life, and its ending one minute at a time.” ~Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club
“True Love burns the brightest, But the brightest flames leave the deepest scars.” ~Chuck Palahniuk
"We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will." ~Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club
“Your birth is a mistake you'll spend your whole life trying to correct.” ~Chuck Palahniuk
Biography
Charles Michael "Chuck" Palahniuk is an American novelist and freelance journalist, who describes his work as transgressional fiction.
Piero Ferrucci - habit
"Eliminate something superfluous from your life. Break a habit. Do something that makes you feel insecure." ~Piero Ferrucci
Denise Levertov Quotes
"The last cobwebs of fog in the black firtrees are flakes of white ash in the world's hearth." ~Denise Levertov
"What I heard was my whole self saying and singing what it knew: I can." ~ Denise Levertov
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Thought for Today - Work Well
"Work is only work if you prefer to be somewhere else. Work tends to be a negative perception of a task which we reluctantly approach. Work is only labour when we forget to see our life as it truly is - an opportunity to be creative, enrich others and be enriched ourselves. When we are able to see work in this way, we find something called enthusiasm inside. When we are enthusiastic we work well and we are valued. We are used as a role model. When we work well it is much easier to say no when we need to, for we know our own value, and we are not dependent on others' approval to feel good about ourselves. When we put love and enthusiasm into what we do, it rebounds in the form of opportunities and blessings, two of the most important ingredients of a truly wealthy life." ~Thought for Today-UK
6/24/12
Bong Dancel Santos Prayers
Lord,
You've guided my steps,
overlooked my mistakes,
encouraged my efforts,
and praised my achievements.
You forgive and forget my sins,
but You never forget me.
Thank You, Lord.
You've guided my steps,
overlooked my mistakes,
encouraged my efforts,
and praised my achievements.
You forgive and forget my sins,
but You never forget me.
Thank You, Lord.
Lord, there is no way to hide from You...
Lord, You are a discerner of the heart;
You can see through every excuse
I make or mask I wear.
Thank You for knowing me so well,
and still loving me so much.
Thank You... I love You Lord... Amen...
Lord, You are a discerner of the heart;
You can see through every excuse
I make or mask I wear.
Thank You for knowing me so well,
and still loving me so much.
Thank You... I love You Lord... Amen...
Dante Dancel Quotes
"Father God, Thank You for Your Word which lights my path and directs my heart. I submit every area of my life to You and put You first in everything I do. Teach me Your ways so I can walk with You and experience everything You have in store for me. In Jesus’ Name. Amen." ~Dante Dancel
"Father in heaven, thank You for equipping me to be a blessing to others. Show me ways to be a dream released and help others to rise up higher. Help me to use my influence to encourage others and honor You always. In Jesus’ Name. Amen." ~Dante Dancel
"I choose to feed my faith by declaring Your Word over my life so that I can tap in to every blessing You have for me." ~Dante Dancel
"In the goodness of your heart, you have given us your great gift of Life." ~Dante Dancel
"My Lord, be with me each moment of this day. Help me to be mindful of your never ending Love and inspire me to show my love for you by responding generously to the needs of others. In all that I say, in all that I do may I do it for you." ~Dante Dancel
"Today, I give You my broken dreams, disappointments, failures and setbacks and trust." ~Dante Dancel
"You may be facing disappointment, pain and setbacks today, or even criticism from those you love, but don’t get discouraged. Adversity could be the very thing God uses to take you to new levels. Remember, God can turn your life around in a moment and move you 'further and faster' than you ever dreamed." ~Dante Dancel
"Father in heaven, thank You for equipping me to be a blessing to others. Show me ways to be a dream released and help others to rise up higher. Help me to use my influence to encourage others and honor You always. In Jesus’ Name. Amen." ~Dante Dancel
"Heavenly Father, I want to fulfill Your law of love by serving and helping others. Show me how to be a blessing to the people around me so that I can help carry their burdens. In Jesus’ Name. Amen." ~Dante Dancel
"I choose to feed my faith by declaring Your Word over my life so that I can tap in to every blessing You have for me." ~Dante Dancel
"In the goodness of your heart, you have given us your great gift of Life." ~Dante Dancel
"My Lord, be with me each moment of this day. Help me to be mindful of your never ending Love and inspire me to show my love for you by responding generously to the needs of others. In all that I say, in all that I do may I do it for you." ~Dante Dancel
"Today, I give You my broken dreams, disappointments, failures and setbacks and trust." ~Dante Dancel
"You may be facing disappointment, pain and setbacks today, or even criticism from those you love, but don’t get discouraged. Adversity could be the very thing God uses to take you to new levels. Remember, God can turn your life around in a moment and move you 'further and faster' than you ever dreamed." ~Dante Dancel
Osho Rajneesh Quotes
"A certain darkness is needed to see the stars." ~Osho
"Accept yourself. Love yourself, and celebrate yourself." ~Osho
"Bring awareness to each act. Walking on the road, walk fully alert; eating, eat with awareness. Whatsoever you are doing, don't let the past and the future interfere. Be in the present; that's what awareness is all about." ~Osho
"Come out of the masses. Stand alone like a LION and live your LIFE according to your own LIGHT." ~Osho
"Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence." ~Osho
"Creativity means loving whatsoever you do – enjoying, celebrating it, as a gift of existence! Maybe nobody comes to know about it. Who is going to praise Paras for cleaning this floor? History will not take any account of it; newspapers will not publish her name and pictures – but that is irrelevant. She enjoyed it. The value is intrinsic." ~Osho
"Desire disappears as you become more and more aware. When awareness is one hundred percent, there is no desire at all." ~Osho
"Discover yourself, otherwise you have to depend on other people’s opinions who don’t know themselves." ~Osho
"Each person is born with a unique individuality, and each person has a destiny of his or her own. Imitation is crime, it is criminal. If you try to become a Buddha, you may look like Buddha, you may walk like him, you may talk like him, but you will miss. You will miss all that life was ready to deliver to you. Buddha happens only once. It is not in the nature of things to repeat. Existence is so creative that it never repeats anything. You cannot find another human being in the present, in the past, or in the future who is going to resemble you exactly. It has never happened. The human being is not a mechanism like Ford cars on an assembly line. Never imitate anybody." ~Osho
"Find ecstasy within yourself. It is not out there. It is in your innermost flowering. The One you are looking for is you. You are the traveler and you are the destination. In experiencing the ecstasy of your own Being, you have achieved the final goal." ~Osho
"Forget relationships and learn how to relate. Once you are in a relationship you start taking each other for granted – that’s what destroys all love affairs." ~Osho
"Friendship is the purest love. It is the highest form of Love where nothing is asked for, no condition, where one simply enjoys giving." ~Osho
"Hell is our creation, and we create hell by trying to do the impossible. Heaven is our nature, it is our spontaneity. It is where we always are." ~Osho
"Help the world to become better. Don't leave the world just the same as you have found it - make it a little better, make it a little more beautiful." ~Osho
"How can a person who cannot be happy alone, be happy in relationship?" ~Osho
[“I'm simply saying that there is a way to be sane. I'm saying that you can get rid of all this insanity created by the past in you. Just by being a simple witness of your thought processes.
It is simply sitting silently, witnessing the thoughts, passing before you. Just witnessing, not interfering not even judging, because the moment you judge you have lost the pure witness. The moment you say “this is good, this is bad,” you have already jumped onto the thought process.
It takes a little time to create a gap between the witness and the mind. Once the gap is there, you are in for a great surprise, that you are not the mind, that you are the witness, a watcher.
And this process of watching is the very alchemy of real religion. Because as you become more and more deeply rooted in witnessing, thoughts start disappearing. You are, but the mind is utterly empty.
That’s the moment of enlightenment. That is the moment that you become for the first time an unconditioned, sane, really free human being.” ~Osho]
"I love, because my love is not dependent on the object of love. My love is dependent on my state of being. So whether the other person changes, becomes different, friend turns into a foe, does not matter, because my love was never dependent on the other person. My love is my state of being. I simply love." ~Osho
"I love this world because it is imperfect. It is imperfect and that’s why it is growing; if it was perfect it would be dead." ~Osho
"If you are a parent, open doors to unknown directions to the child so he can explore. Don't make him afraid of the unknown, give him support." ~Osho
"If you are unhappy, you will always make a relationship with an unhappy person... A miserable person tends to find a miserable partner." ~Osho
"If you cannot respect women, you cannot respect anybody else -- because it is from women you come. The woman mothered you for nine months, then she took every care, she loved you for years. And then again... you can't live without a woman. She is your solace, your warmth. Life is very cold; the woman becomes your warmth. Life is very uninspiring; the woman becomes your inspiration. Life is very very arithmetical; the woman becomes your poetry. She gives grace to your life. She takes care of you. She loves you, she goes on loving you, tremendously, totally." ~Osho
"If you have found your truth within yourself, there is nothing more in this whole existence to find." ~Osho
"If you love a flower, don't pick it up. Because if you pick it up it dies and it ceases to be what you love. So if you love a flower, let it be. Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation." ~Osho
"If you love a person, you accept the total person. With all the defects. Because those defects are a part of the person. Never try to change a person you love, because the very effort to change says that you love half, and the other half of the person is not accepted. When you love, you simply love." ~Osho
"If you meditate, sooner or later you will come upon love. If you meditate deeply, sooner or later you will start feeling a tremendous love arising in you that you have never known before." ~OSHO
"If you want to learn anything, learn trust – nothing else is needed. If you are miserable, nothing else will help – learn trust. If you don’t feel any meaning in life and you feel meaningless, nothing will help – learn trust. Trust gives meaning because trust makes you capable of allowing the whole descend upon you." ~Osho
"In the future, democracy is not going to last long because the politician is already ignorant before the scientist; he is already in the hands of the scientist. The future belongs to the scientist, not to the politician. That means we will have to change the word democracy. I have a word for it: meritocracy." ~OSHO (Priests and Politicians: The Mafia of the Soul)
"In the real journey of life, your own intuition is your only teacher." ~Osho
"It is not through thinking that one arrives home. It is through feeling. So think less, feel more." ~Osho
"Just watch all your acts, all your beliefs, and find out whether they are based in reality, in experience, or based in fear. And anything based in fear has to be dropped immediately, without a second thought. It is your armor. I cannot melt it. I can simply show you how you can drop it." Osho
"Laughter is spiritual health. And laughter is very unburdening. While you laugh, you can put your mind aside very easily." ~Osho
"Learn to lead a creative life. Creativity means that you do something solely for the joy it gives you. You can sculpt, write a song, sing a song, play the sitar – it does not matter what you do, but do it only for pleasure and not as a profession. Then all the destructive energy will be transformed and will become creative." ~Osho
"Life begins where fear ends." ~Osho
“Live as intensely as possible, burn your candle of life from both ends.” ~Osho, And The Flowers Showered Discourses On Zen
"Love has to be of the quality that gives freedom, not new chains for you; a love that gives you wings and supports you to fly as high as possible." ~Osho
"Love is authentic only when it gives freedom..." ~Osho
"Love is happy when it is able to give something. The ego is happy when it is able to take something." ~Osho
"Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation." ~Osho
"Love is the nourishment for the soul. Just as food is to the body, so love is to the soul. Without food the body is weak, without love the soul is weak. And no state, no church, no vested interest, has ever wanted people to have strong souls, because a person with spiritual energy is bound to be rebellious." ~Osho
"Man has to create himself. He is not ready-made, he is not given. And the creation has to be a self-creation-nobody else can make you." ~Osho
"Man unnecessarily creates problems. I want you to understand that there are no problems in life except those you create. Just try to see: whatsoever feels good for you is good. Then go the whole way. Even if the whole world is against it, it doesn’t matter. And whether you have gone total and whole will be decided by the reward."~Osho
"Many of our problems are just there because we have never looked at them, never focused our eyes on them to figure out what they are. Give life to things which are beautiful. Don't give life to ugly things. You don't have much time, much energy to waste. With such a small life, with such a small energy source, it is simply stupid to waste it in sadness, in anger, in hatred, in jealousy. Use it in love, use it in some creative act, use it in friendship, use it in meditation: Do something with your energy which takes you higher. And the higher you go, the more energy sources become available to you. It is in your hands." ~Osho
"Meditation brings immense beauty to the person, infinite grace, and a beauty which is not something painted on the surface, a beauty which has nothing to do with the body, a beauty that radiated from the very center of your being." ~Osho
"Meditation is the art of cleaning your mirror from all the dust that the society, the religion, the educational system has poured on you, to take away everything that has not been born with you, to bring you to your absolute innocence as you were born as a child." ~Osho
"Merit will be the decisive factor. Not whether you can gather votes by canvassing all kinds of promises and hopes, but your merit, your real power in the scientific world will decide. And once government comes into the hands of the scientist, then everything is possible." ~OSHO (Priests and Politicians: The Mafia of the Soul)
"Millions of people are suffering: they want to be loved but they don't know how to love. And love cannot exist as a monologue; it is a dialogue, a very harmonious dialogue." ~Osho
"Nobody has the power to take two steps together; you can take only one step at a time." ~Osho
“Nobody is superior. Nobody is inferior. But nobody is equal either. People are simply unique, incomparable. You are you. I am I.” ~Osho
"Only the intelligent ones feel confusion; otherwise the mediocre go on moving in life, smiling, laughing, accumulating money, struggling for more power and fame. If you see them you will feel a little jealous; they look so confident, they even look happy."...~Osho
"Only those people who are capable of being alone are capable of love, of sharing, of going into the deepest core into the other person without possessing the other, without becoming dependent on the other, without creating 'the other,' reducing the other into a thing, and without becoming addicted with the other. They allow the other absolute freedom, because they know if the other leaves, they will be as happy as they are now. Their happiness cannot be taken by the other, because it is not given by the other." ~Osho
"Produce so much wealth that society becomes free of wealth. Produce so much wealth that no one has to do anything dishonest: no theft, black marketeering or corruption." ~Osho
"Relationship is a mirror.. Every moment the other reveals you, exposes you. The closer the relationship, the clearer is the mirror." ~Osho
"Start at this moment to live and you'll see - the more you live, there will be less problems." ~OSHO
"Take life easily, lovingly, playfully, non-seriously. Seriousness is a disease, the greatest disease of the soul and playfulness the greatest health." ~Osho
"The believer is not a seeker. The believer does not want to seek, that´s why he believes. The believer wants to avoid seeking, that is why he believes. The believer wants to be delivered, saved, he needs a savior. He is always in search of a messiah — somebody who can eat for him, chew for him, digest for him. But if I eat, your hunger is not going to be satisfied. Nobody can save you except yourself."~Osho
"The capacity to be alone is the capacity to love. It may look paradoxical to you, but it is not. It is an existential truth: only those people who are capable of being alone are capable of love, of sharing, of going into the deepest core of the other person – without possessing the other, without becoming dependent on the other, without reducing the other to a thing, and without becoming addicted to the other. They allow the other absolute freedom, because they know that if the other leaves, they will be as happy as they are now. Their happiness cannot be taken by the other, because it is not given by the other." ~Osho
"The heart is like a flower. Unless it is open, it cannot release is fragrance." ~Osho
"The mind should be trained to be a servant of the heart. Logic should serve love. And then life can become a festival of lights." ~Osho
"The moment a child is born; the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new." ~Osho
"The moon reflected in the water is not the real moon, but still it has tremendous beauty; and if the waters of your mind are silent, then the moon reflected in those waters is exactly the same." ~Osho
"The only people who have been blissful in the world are the people who have lived according to their own intuition and have rebelled against any effort by others to impose their ideas. Howsoever valuable those ideas may be, they are useless because they are not yours. The only significant idea is that which arises in you, grows in you, blossoms in you." ~Osho
"The simple secret of happiness. Whatever you are doing, don't let past move your mind; don't let future disturb you. Because the past is no more, and the future is not yet. To live in the memories, to live in the imagination, is to live in the non-existential. And when you are living in the non-existential, you are missing that which is existential. Naturally you will be miserable, because you will miss your whole life." ~Osho
“The word courage is very interesting. It comes from a Latin root cor, which means 'heart.' So to be courageous means to live with the heart. And weaklings, only weaklings, live with the head; afraid, they create a security of logic around themselves. Fearful, they close every window and door—with theology, concepts, words, theories—and inside those closed doors and windows, they hide. The way of the heart is the way of courage. It is to live in insecurity; it is to live in love, and trust; it is to move in the unknown. It is leaving the past and allowing the future to be. Courage is to move on dangerous paths. Life is dangerous, and only cowards can avoid the danger—but then, they are already dead. A person who is alive, really alive, vitally alive, will always move into the unknown. There is danger there, but he will take the risk. The heart is always ready to the the risk, the heart is a gambler. The head is a businessman. The head always calculates—it is cunning. The heart is non-calculating." ~Osho
"There are only two types of people: one, who escape from their loneliness the majority, the ninety-nine point nine percent, who escape from themselves; and the remaining point one percent is the meditator, who says, "If loneliness is a truth, then it is a truth; then there is no point in running away from it. It is better to go into it, encounter it, see it face to face, what it is." Meditation means going into your loneliness wholeheartedly, to discover it, to investigate into it, to inquire into it. That´s what meditation is all about." ~Osho
"They say: Think twice before you jump. I say: Jump first and then think as much as you want!" ~Osho
"To be alone and to be drunk with your own aloneness is what meditation is all about. Be in the world, but don't be of it." ~Osho Rajneesh
“To be creative means to be in love with life. You can be creative only if you love life enough that you want to enhance its beauty, you want to bring a little more music to it, a little more poetry to it, a little more dance to it.” ~Osho
"To know oneself is to know all that is worth knowing; and to miss
self-knowledge is to miss all. A man may know everything in the world;
but if he does not know himself, he is utterly ignorant." ~ Osho
"Trees are happy for no reason; they are not going to become prime ministers or presidents and they are not going to become rich and they will never have any bank balance. Look at the flowers – for no reason. It is simply unbelievable how happy flowers are." ~Osho
"Truth is not to be found outside. No teacher, no scripture can give it to you. It is inside you and if you wish to attain it, seek your own company. Be with yourself." ~Osho
“What you call religious ideas are not religious, but only superstitions carried down the ages – for so long that just their ancientness has made them appear like truth.” ~Osho
"Whatever you feel, you become. It is your responsibility." ~Osho
"When I inhale,
I don't dwell upon things.
When I exhale,
I don't pursue thoughts."
~Osho
"When you are angry with someone and you throw your anger on him, you are creating a chain reaction. Now he too will be angry. This may continue for lives and you will go on being enemies. How can you end it? There is only one possibility. You can end it only in meditation, nowhere else, because in meditation you are not angry with someone: you are simply angry." ~Osho
"When you bring the light into your dark house, that is when you see the cobwebs and spiders." ~Rajneesh
"When you don’t need a person at all, when you are totally sufficient unto yourself, when you can be alone and tremendously happy and ecstatic, then love is possible." ~Osho
"Within three hundred years, science has given man so much, that in thirty thousand years religions have not been able to provide. And this, too, science has contributed against the priests, against the politicians. If politicians and priests are not there, man can take a quantum leap." ~Osho
"You are here because this existence needs you as you are. You are needed as much as the trees, as the flowers,as the birds, as the sun, as the moon, as the stars." ~Osho
"You are not accidental. Existence needs you. Without you something will be missing in existence and nobody can replace it. That's what gives you dignity, that the whole existence will miss you. The stars and sun and moon, the trees and birds and earth - everything in the universe will feel a small place is vacant which cannot be filled by anybody except you. This gives you a tremendous joy, a fulfillment that you are related to existence, and existence cares for you. Once you are clean and clear, you can see tremendous love falling on you from all dimensions." ~Osho
“You cannot be truthful if you are not courageous. You cannot be loving if you are not courageous. You cannot be trusting if you are not courageous. You cannot inquire into reality if you are not courageous. Hence courage comes first and everything else follows.” ~Osho
"You have to drop all your defences, only then is intimacy possible. We are all hiding a thousand and one things, not only from others, but also from ourselves." ~Osho
"You have to save yourself from so many good-intentioned people, do-gooders, who are constantly advising you to be this, to be that. Listen to them, thank them. They don´t mean any harm — but harm is what happens. You just listen to your own heart. That is your only teacher. In the real journey of life, your own intuition is your only teacher." ~Osho
"You will find meaning in life only if you create it.
It is not lying there somewhere behind the bushes,
so you can go and you search a little bit and find it.
It is not there like a rock that you will find.
It is a poetry to be composed,
it is a song to be sung,
it is a dance to be danced.
~Osho
"Whenever you depend on somebody, you can never forgive that man. He makes you dependent, he makes you feel helpless." ~Osho
"Whenever you feel sad, sit silently and allow sadness to come; don't try to escape from it. Make yourself as sad as you can. Don't avoid it..." ~Osho
"Zen is not a philosophy, it is poetry. It does not propose, it simply persuades. it does not argue, it simply sings its own song." ~Osho
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"Only the intelligent ones feel confusion; otherwise the mediocre go on moving in life, smiling, laughing, accumulating money, struggling for more power and fame. If you see them you will feel a little jealous; they look so confident, they even look happy."...~Osho
"Only those people who are capable of being alone are capable of love, of sharing, of going into the deepest core into the other person without possessing the other, without becoming dependent on the other, without creating 'the other,' reducing the other into a thing, and without becoming addicted with the other. They allow the other absolute freedom, because they know if the other leaves, they will be as happy as they are now. Their happiness cannot be taken by the other, because it is not given by the other." ~Osho
"Produce so much wealth that society becomes free of wealth. Produce so much wealth that no one has to do anything dishonest: no theft, black marketeering or corruption." ~Osho
"Relationship is a mirror.. Every moment the other reveals you, exposes you. The closer the relationship, the clearer is the mirror." ~Osho
"Start at this moment to live and you'll see - the more you live, there will be less problems." ~OSHO
"Take life easily, lovingly, playfully, non-seriously. Seriousness is a disease, the greatest disease of the soul and playfulness the greatest health." ~Osho
"The believer is not a seeker. The believer does not want to seek, that´s why he believes. The believer wants to avoid seeking, that is why he believes. The believer wants to be delivered, saved, he needs a savior. He is always in search of a messiah — somebody who can eat for him, chew for him, digest for him. But if I eat, your hunger is not going to be satisfied. Nobody can save you except yourself."~Osho
"The capacity to be alone is the capacity to love. It may look paradoxical to you, but it is not. It is an existential truth: only those people who are capable of being alone are capable of love, of sharing, of going into the deepest core of the other person – without possessing the other, without becoming dependent on the other, without reducing the other to a thing, and without becoming addicted to the other. They allow the other absolute freedom, because they know that if the other leaves, they will be as happy as they are now. Their happiness cannot be taken by the other, because it is not given by the other." ~Osho
“The future belongs to the scientist, not to the politician. That means we will have to change the word democracy. I have a word for it: meritocracy.” ~Osho
"The greatest fear in the world is the opinions of others and the moment you are unafraid of the crowd, you are no longer a sheep, you become a lion. A great roar arises in your heart, the roar of freedom." ~Osho
"The heart is like a flower. Unless it is open, it cannot release is fragrance." ~Osho
"The mind should be trained to be a servant of the heart. Logic should serve love. And then life can become a festival of lights." ~Osho
"The moment a child is born; the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new." ~Osho
"The moon reflected in the water is not the real moon, but still it has tremendous beauty; and if the waters of your mind are silent, then the moon reflected in those waters is exactly the same." ~Osho
"The only people who have been blissful in the world are the people who have lived according to their own intuition and have rebelled against any effort by others to impose their ideas. Howsoever valuable those ideas may be, they are useless because they are not yours. The only significant idea is that which arises in you, grows in you, blossoms in you." ~Osho
"The simple secret of happiness. Whatever you are doing, don't let past move your mind; don't let future disturb you. Because the past is no more, and the future is not yet. To live in the memories, to live in the imagination, is to live in the non-existential. And when you are living in the non-existential, you are missing that which is existential. Naturally you will be miserable, because you will miss your whole life." ~Osho
“The word courage is very interesting. It comes from a Latin root cor, which means 'heart.' So to be courageous means to live with the heart. And weaklings, only weaklings, live with the head; afraid, they create a security of logic around themselves. Fearful, they close every window and door—with theology, concepts, words, theories—and inside those closed doors and windows, they hide. The way of the heart is the way of courage. It is to live in insecurity; it is to live in love, and trust; it is to move in the unknown. It is leaving the past and allowing the future to be. Courage is to move on dangerous paths. Life is dangerous, and only cowards can avoid the danger—but then, they are already dead. A person who is alive, really alive, vitally alive, will always move into the unknown. There is danger there, but he will take the risk. The heart is always ready to the the risk, the heart is a gambler. The head is a businessman. The head always calculates—it is cunning. The heart is non-calculating." ~Osho
"There are only two types of people: one, who escape from their loneliness the majority, the ninety-nine point nine percent, who escape from themselves; and the remaining point one percent is the meditator, who says, "If loneliness is a truth, then it is a truth; then there is no point in running away from it. It is better to go into it, encounter it, see it face to face, what it is." Meditation means going into your loneliness wholeheartedly, to discover it, to investigate into it, to inquire into it. That´s what meditation is all about." ~Osho
"They say: Think twice before you jump. I say: Jump first and then think as much as you want!" ~Osho
"To be alone and to be drunk with your own aloneness is what meditation is all about. Be in the world, but don't be of it." ~Osho Rajneesh
“To be creative means to be in love with life. You can be creative only if you love life enough that you want to enhance its beauty, you want to bring a little more music to it, a little more poetry to it, a little more dance to it.” ~Osho
"To know oneself is to know all that is worth knowing; and to miss
self-knowledge is to miss all. A man may know everything in the world;
but if he does not know himself, he is utterly ignorant." ~ Osho
"Trees are happy for no reason; they are not going to become prime ministers or presidents and they are not going to become rich and they will never have any bank balance. Look at the flowers – for no reason. It is simply unbelievable how happy flowers are." ~Osho
"Truth is not to be found outside. No teacher, no scripture can give it to you. It is inside you and if you wish to attain it, seek your own company. Be with yourself." ~Osho
“What you call religious ideas are not religious, but only superstitions carried down the ages – for so long that just their ancientness has made them appear like truth.” ~Osho
"Whatever you feel, you become. It is your responsibility." ~Osho
"When I inhale,
I don't dwell upon things.
When I exhale,
I don't pursue thoughts."
~Osho
"When you are angry with someone and you throw your anger on him, you are creating a chain reaction. Now he too will be angry. This may continue for lives and you will go on being enemies. How can you end it? There is only one possibility. You can end it only in meditation, nowhere else, because in meditation you are not angry with someone: you are simply angry." ~Osho
"When you bring the light into your dark house, that is when you see the cobwebs and spiders." ~Rajneesh
"When you don’t need a person at all, when you are totally sufficient unto yourself, when you can be alone and tremendously happy and ecstatic, then love is possible." ~Osho
"Within three hundred years, science has given man so much, that in thirty thousand years religions have not been able to provide. And this, too, science has contributed against the priests, against the politicians. If politicians and priests are not there, man can take a quantum leap." ~Osho
"You are here because this existence needs you as you are. You are needed as much as the trees, as the flowers,as the birds, as the sun, as the moon, as the stars." ~Osho
"You are not accidental. Existence needs you. Without you something will be missing in existence and nobody can replace it. That's what gives you dignity, that the whole existence will miss you. The stars and sun and moon, the trees and birds and earth - everything in the universe will feel a small place is vacant which cannot be filled by anybody except you. This gives you a tremendous joy, a fulfillment that you are related to existence, and existence cares for you. Once you are clean and clear, you can see tremendous love falling on you from all dimensions." ~Osho
“You cannot be truthful if you are not courageous. You cannot be loving if you are not courageous. You cannot be trusting if you are not courageous. You cannot inquire into reality if you are not courageous. Hence courage comes first and everything else follows.” ~Osho
"You have to drop all your defences, only then is intimacy possible. We are all hiding a thousand and one things, not only from others, but also from ourselves." ~Osho
"You have to save yourself from so many good-intentioned people, do-gooders, who are constantly advising you to be this, to be that. Listen to them, thank them. They don´t mean any harm — but harm is what happens. You just listen to your own heart. That is your only teacher. In the real journey of life, your own intuition is your only teacher." ~Osho
"You will find meaning in life only if you create it.
It is not lying there somewhere behind the bushes,
so you can go and you search a little bit and find it.
It is not there like a rock that you will find.
It is a poetry to be composed,
it is a song to be sung,
it is a dance to be danced.
~Osho
"Whenever you depend on somebody, you can never forgive that man. He makes you dependent, he makes you feel helpless." ~Osho
"Whenever you feel sad, sit silently and allow sadness to come; don't try to escape from it. Make yourself as sad as you can. Don't avoid it..." ~Osho
"Zen is not a philosophy, it is poetry. It does not propose, it simply persuades. it does not argue, it simply sings its own song." ~Osho
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William Shedd - Ship
P and O Cruise Ship
"A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for." ~William Shedd
Thought for Today - Spirituality Versus Science
"Science can tell why a rose is red, but not why it is beautiful. Beauty belongs to the realm of spirituality." ~Thought for Today-UK
Radhanath Swami Quotes
"Everyone is seeking pleasure, but there is only one pleasure that can reach the heart, and that is the pleasure of experiencing the heart’s need to give love and receive love." ~Radhanath Swami
Remez Sasson - vision
"Thoughts are not a necessity; most of the time they are just distractions that obstruct your inner vision." ~Remez Sasson
Thought for Today - Vibrations
"With your own vibrations of peace and happiness, give everyone else the experience of happiness and comfort." ~Thought for Today-UK
Quotes on BIRDS
The dawn shall be glad
With the song of birds,
And the stir of fluttering wings;
Surely the joy of life is found
In simple tender things." ~Helen
(From The Friendship Book of Francis Gay 2000
A special gift from Maurice Ware)
20 May 2012
Jenolan Caves
Oberon NSW
Jenolan Caves
Oberon NSW
"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song." ~Lou Holtz
"A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking, because her trust is not on the branch but on its own wings. Always believe in yourself." ~Anon
"A bird with complete set of wings never settles on fruits that fall on the ground but rather choose those unspoiled ones on top." ~Lindy Pujante
"A bird’s wings protect its young from predators - covering and camouflaging them until danger has passed. These feathery shields also serve as a shade from the sun and a warm haven from storms." ~Rebecca A. Kibble
"A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking, because her trust is not on the branch but on its own wings. Always believe in yourself." ~Anon
"A bird with complete set of wings never settles on fruits that fall on the ground but rather choose those unspoiled ones on top." ~Lindy Pujante
"A bird’s wings protect its young from predators - covering and camouflaging them until danger has passed. These feathery shields also serve as a shade from the sun and a warm haven from storms." ~Rebecca A. Kibble
“A home without books is like a tree without birds.” ~from Live Learn Library
"A very great vision is needed and the man who has it must follow it as the eagle seeks the deepest blue of the sky." ~Crazy Horse
“All Birds find shelter during a rain. But Eagle avoids rain by flying above the Clouds." ~APJ Abdul Kalam
"And it's there (water) that I feel my best. The albatross and the whales they are my brothers" ~George Daniel Anos
"As I come over the hill, I hear the wood thrush singing his evening lay. This is the only bird whose note affects me like music, affects the flow and tenor of my thoughts, my fancy and imagination. It lifts and exhilarates me. It is inspiring. It is a medicative draught to my soul. It is an elixir to my eyes and a fountain of youth to all my senses. It changes all hours to an eternal morning. It banishes all trivialness. It reinstates me in my dominion, makes me the lord of creation..." ~Henry David Thoreau
"A very great vision is needed and the man who has it must follow it as the eagle seeks the deepest blue of the sky." ~Crazy Horse
“All Birds find shelter during a rain. But Eagle avoids rain by flying above the Clouds." ~APJ Abdul Kalam
"And it's there (water) that I feel my best. The albatross and the whales they are my brothers" ~George Daniel Anos
"As I come over the hill, I hear the wood thrush singing his evening lay. This is the only bird whose note affects me like music, affects the flow and tenor of my thoughts, my fancy and imagination. It lifts and exhilarates me. It is inspiring. It is a medicative draught to my soul. It is an elixir to my eyes and a fountain of youth to all my senses. It changes all hours to an eternal morning. It banishes all trivialness. It reinstates me in my dominion, makes me the lord of creation..." ~Henry David Thoreau
"As I love nature, as I love singing birds, and gleaming stubble, and flowing rivers, and morning and evening, and summer and winter, I love thee, my Friend." ~Henry David Thoreau
“As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.” ~John Muir
"Be a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings." ~Victor Hugo
"Be like the bird, who halting his flight on limb too slight feels it gives way beneath him, yet, sings knowing he hath wings." ~Victor Hugo
"Birds are a miracle because they prove to us there is a finer, simpler state of being which we may strive to attain." ~Doug Coupland
"Birds are everywhere in our literature, a part, it seems, of our collective poetic imagination." ~Anon (from Manoj Kumar D Raut, FB, 15 June 2015)
"Be like the bird, who halting his flight on limb too slight feels it gives way beneath him, yet, sings knowing he hath wings." ~Victor Hugo
"Birds are a miracle because they prove to us there is a finer, simpler state of being which we may strive to attain." ~Doug Coupland
"Birds are everywhere in our literature, a part, it seems, of our collective poetic imagination." ~Anon (from Manoj Kumar D Raut, FB, 15 June 2015)
“Birds are the first and the greatest performers.” ~Olivier Messiaen
Photos credit to Nene Mamone
“Birds chirping around you is a beautiful realization that life is incredibly good. Let this sound be a gentle break in your routine.” ~Hiral Nagda
"Birds don't fall because of wings, souls don't fall because of love." ~Gede Prama
Sydney Cove Garden
25 November 2012
25 November 2012
"Birds have wings; they're free; they can fly where they want when they want. They have the kind of mobility many people envy." ~Roger Tory Peterson
Birds
in the wild
are tamed by
nature to be man's
company in their
solitude.
Copyright ©️ Leah C Dancel
29 January 2024
SH-AUSTRALIA
"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns." ~ George Eliot
"Dig your fountain where the birds hide from the heat." ~Saint Seraphim of Sarov
"Don't be a Parrot in life, be an Eagle. A parrot talks way too much and can't fly high but an eagle is silent and has the will power to touch the sky." ~by Family Health Freedom Network from Simple Capacity
"Eagles don't flock--you have to find them one at a time." ~H. Ross Perot
“Every bird, every tree, every flower reminds me what a blessing and privilege it is just to be alive.” ~Marty Rubin
"Every lake belongs to the quietness desired by the swans.” ~Anon
"Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark." ~Ravindranath Tagore
"Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark." ~Ravindranath Tagore
“For thought is a bird of space, that in a cage of words may indeed unfold its wings but cannot fly.” ~Khalil Gibran
"From outwitting predators to raising a family, being fast can boost a bird’s chances of survival." ~Birds and Blooms Magazine
"From outwitting predators to raising a family, being fast can boost a bird’s chances of survival." ~Birds and Blooms Magazine
"Go to sleep and wake up at the same time with the birds – you will reap all of the days' golden grains." ~Saint Seraphim of Sarov
"God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest." ~J.G. Holland
"God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest." ~J.G. Holland
"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly." ~Langston Hughes
"How happy the trees must be, to hear the song of the birds again in their branches! After the silence and leaflessness, to have the birds back once more and to feel them busy at nest-building; how glad to give them the moss and the fibres and the crutch of the boughs to build in." ~Richard Jefferies, 2014
"How happy the trees must be, to hear the song of the birds again in their branches! After the silence and leaflessness, to have the birds back once more and to feel them busy at nest-building; how glad to give them the moss and the fibres and the crutch of the boughs to build in." ~Richard Jefferies, 2014
"Hummingbird darts lightly through the world, spreading its message of joy and beauty, and teaching us to appreciate the wonder and magic of everyday existence." ~Anon
“Hummingbird is the spirit of pure joy! He is the messenger of beauty and wonder, and he reminds us to taste the sweet nectar of life.” ~Anon
"I always wonder why birds stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on the earth." ~Harun Yahya
"I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will." ~Charlotte Brontë
"I love the sound of the Australian bush, greeting every morning and evening with all kinds of songs. From the smallest to the largest of creatures' - a tune most enjoyed." ~Graham Cartwright on Kookaburra, Blue Mountains
"I once asked a bird, "How is it that you fly in this gravity of darkness?" The bird responded, 'Love lifts me'." ~Hafiz
"I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think." ~Rumi
"I always wonder why birds stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on the earth." ~Harun Yahya
"I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will." ~Charlotte Brontë
"I love the sound of the Australian bush, greeting every morning and evening with all kinds of songs. From the smallest to the largest of creatures' - a tune most enjoyed." ~Graham Cartwright on Kookaburra, Blue Mountains
"I once asked a bird, "How is it that you fly in this gravity of darkness?" The bird responded, 'Love lifts me'." ~Hafiz
"I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think." ~Rumi
“I would like to paint the way a bird sings.” ~Claude Monet
“If you want to see birds, you must have birds in your heart.” ~John Burroughs
"In almost everything that touches our everyday life on earth, God is pleased when we're pleased. He wills that we be as free as birds to soar and sing our maker's praise without anxiety." ~Aiden Wilson Tozer from Things of Beauty
"In an eagle there is all the wisdom of the world." ~Lame Deer
"It is a joy to be in a sanctuary of peace and birds in the woodland." ~Leah C. Dancel, 15 May 2015, Life in the Outback a place called Wonboyn.
“It is beautiful to discover our wings and learn how to fly; flight is a beautiful process. But then to rest on the wings of God as He flies: this is divine.” ~C. JoyBell C.
"It is not accidental that native trees are the birds natural food. They love it and so, you are visited frequently and given the quiet joy of watching their antics and interactions with one another. You can quietly admire the wonder of the artistry of their colours and how beautifully each colour blends with one another. One of my favourite birds to admire the colouring of is the brown pigeon. Their brownness ranges through cinnamon, nutmeg, tan, dark brown, russet and every shade of brown you can imagine. And when seen in the sunlight, they are gorgeous." ~Joan Savell on Should you feed birds in your backyard? (FB Starts at 60 Community Page)
"It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds." ~Aesop
"It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad." ~C. S. Lewis
"It is a joy to be in a sanctuary of peace and birds in the woodland." ~Leah C. Dancel, 15 May 2015, Life in the Outback a place called Wonboyn.
“It is beautiful to discover our wings and learn how to fly; flight is a beautiful process. But then to rest on the wings of God as He flies: this is divine.” ~C. JoyBell C.
"It is not accidental that native trees are the birds natural food. They love it and so, you are visited frequently and given the quiet joy of watching their antics and interactions with one another. You can quietly admire the wonder of the artistry of their colours and how beautifully each colour blends with one another. One of my favourite birds to admire the colouring of is the brown pigeon. Their brownness ranges through cinnamon, nutmeg, tan, dark brown, russet and every shade of brown you can imagine. And when seen in the sunlight, they are gorgeous." ~Joan Savell on Should you feed birds in your backyard? (FB Starts at 60 Community Page)
"It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds." ~Aesop
"It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad." ~C. S. Lewis
Photo credit to Australian Geographic/FB
"It was November — the month of crimson sunsets, parting birds, deep, sad hymns of the sea, passionate wind-songs in the pines." ~L. M. Montgomery
"Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come." ~Chinese Proverb
"Learning bird songs is a great way to improve your experience when you are out birding. It allows you to find more birds than by sight alone." ~Birds and Blooms Magazine
"Legends say that hummingbirds float free of time, carrying our hopes for love, joy and celebration. Hummingbirds open our eyes to the wonder of the world and inspire us to open our hearts to loved ones and friends. Like a hummingbird, we aspire to hover and to savor each moment as it passes, embrace all that life has to offer and to celebrate the joy of everyday. The hummingbird’s delicate grace reminds us that life is rich, beauty is everywhere, every personal connection has meaning and that laughter is life’s sweetest creation." ~Anon
"Let the bird sing without deciphering the song." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Love is rebellious bird that nobody can tame, and it's all in vain to call it if it chooses to refuse.” ~George Bizet
"My favorite weather is bird chirping weather." ~Terri Guillemets
"My heart is like a singing bird." ~Christina Rossetti
"No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings." ~William Blake
"Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she had laid an asteroid." ~Mark Twain (1835-1910)
"Once upon a time … there was the simple understanding that to sing at dawn and to sing at dusk was to heal the world through joy. The birds still remember what we have forgotten, that the world is meant to be celebrated." ~Terry Tempest Williams
"Opportunity is a bird that never perches.” ~Claude Maxwell MacDonald
"Owl was coming to understand that the world around him was merely a reflection of the world within." ~Inner Child Healing
"Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure." ~Stephen King (From "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption")
"Song birds teach us about the healing properties of sound. Robin is associated with the spring equinox, reaffirming the importance of seasonal changes, teaches us to move forward and not to be afraid to try new things,reminds us to ground our bodies and pull up life energies from the earth to nourish our spiritual selves." ~Phylameana lila Desy
"Swans only have one partner for their whole life. If their partner dies they could pass away from broken heart." ~Amazing Things in the World (FB)
"The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship." ~William Blake
"The bird does not change its feathers because the weather is bad." ~Nigerian Proverb
"The clouds,--the only birds that never sleep." ~Victor Hugo, The Vanished City
"The day you teach the child the name of the bird, the child will never see that bird again." ~Jiddu Krishnamurti
"The eagle likes to fly high above the world, not to look down on people, but to encourage them to look up.” ~Anon
"The eagle suffers little birds to sing." ~William Shakespeare from "Titus Andronicus"
"Owl was coming to understand that the world around him was merely a reflection of the world within." ~Inner Child Healing
"Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure." ~Stephen King (From "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption")
"Song birds teach us about the healing properties of sound. Robin is associated with the spring equinox, reaffirming the importance of seasonal changes, teaches us to move forward and not to be afraid to try new things,reminds us to ground our bodies and pull up life energies from the earth to nourish our spiritual selves." ~Phylameana lila Desy
"Swans only have one partner for their whole life. If their partner dies they could pass away from broken heart." ~Amazing Things in the World (FB)
"The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship." ~William Blake
"The bird does not change its feathers because the weather is bad." ~Nigerian Proverb
"The clouds,--the only birds that never sleep." ~Victor Hugo, The Vanished City
"The day you teach the child the name of the bird, the child will never see that bird again." ~Jiddu Krishnamurti
"The eagle likes to fly high above the world, not to look down on people, but to encourage them to look up.” ~Anon
"The eagle suffers little birds to sing." ~William Shakespeare from "Titus Andronicus"
"The bluebird carries the sky on his back." ~Henry David Thoreau
“The bluebird enjoys the preeminence of being the first bit of color that cheers our northern landscape." ~John Burroughs
"The mind changes directions like the flight of a bird, and it takes a great deal of strength and wisdom to hunt that bird down." ~Rebbe Nachman of Breslov
"The moment a boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing." ~Eric Berne
"The owl whose night - bound eyes are blind unto the day cannot unveil the mystery of light." ~Khalil Gibran
"There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet; but we are shut up to them, and so they bring us nothing, but sit and sing awhile upon the roof, and then fly away." ~Henry Ward Beecher
"To me, Nature is a place where you retreat whenever you feel exhausted or sad. I'm more happy when I'm surrounded by the sound of birds than the sound of people." ~Keanu Reeves
"Two birds tied together make four wings that cannot fly." ~Bruce Lee
"Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best." ~Henry Van Dyke
"The mind changes directions like the flight of a bird, and it takes a great deal of strength and wisdom to hunt that bird down." ~Rebbe Nachman of Breslov
"The owl whose night - bound eyes are blind unto the day cannot unveil the mystery of light." ~Khalil Gibran
"There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet; but we are shut up to them, and so they bring us nothing, but sit and sing awhile upon the roof, and then fly away." ~Henry Ward Beecher
"To me, Nature is a place where you retreat whenever you feel exhausted or sad. I'm more happy when I'm surrounded by the sound of birds than the sound of people." ~Keanu Reeves
"Two birds tied together make four wings that cannot fly." ~Bruce Lee
"Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best." ~Henry Van Dyke
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OTHERS
"A poet is the most unpoetical thing in existence - because he has no identity. The setting sun will always set me to rights, and if a sparrow come before my window, I take part in its existence and pick up the gravel." ~John Keats
“Ducks are masterfully designed…for both aquatic and terrestrial life.” ~Dave Holderread
"How helpless we are, like netted birds, when we are caught by desire!" ~Belva Plain
"It is often difficult to judge how our actions and their impact on the environment are likely to affect others. What is clear is that we are the only species with the power to destroy the earth. Birds and insects have no such power, nor does any other mammal. And yet if we have the capacity to destroy the earth, we also have the capacity to protect it. I believe we have an urgent responsibility to do so." ~Dalai Lama
"Lean forward into your life...catch the best bits and the finest wind. Just tip your feathers in flight a wee bit and see how dramatically that small lean can change your life." ~Mary Anne Radmacher
"Look for the beauty in each day. See the light...smell the fragrance... listen to the birds sing..." ~I Must Be A Mermaid
"Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless, peacocks and lilies for instance." ~John Ruskin
"Until you spread your wings you will have no idea how far you can fly." ~Anon
"Use those talents you have. You will make it. You will give joy to the world. Take this tip from nature: The woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except those who sang best." ~Bernard Meltzer
I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail
Yes I would, if I could, I surely would
I'd rather be a hammer than a nail
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would
Away, I'd rather sail away
Like a swan that's here and gone
A man gets tied up to the ground
He gives the world its saddest sound
Its saddest sound
I'd rather be a forest than a street
Yes I would, if I could, I surely would
I'd rather feel the earth beneath my feet
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would.
~Paul Simon
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"Of all the birds from East to West,
That tuneful are and dear,
I love that farmyard bird the best,
They call him Chanticleer."
~Katherine Hinkson
[Middle English chauntecler, from Old French chantecler, the name of the rooster in the tale of Reynard the Fox : chanter, to sing; see chant + cler, clear]
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THE WISE OWL
The wise old owl
Sat on an oak.
The more he saw,
The less he spoke.
The less he spoke,
The more he heard.
Why can't we be like
That wise old bird?
~♥~Anon~♥~
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"Unclouded your mind.
You are not a prisoner.
You are a bird in flight,
Searching the skies for dreams."
~Haruki Murakami
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"When the wild life bird sings
inside your soul at the beginning
of each sunrise, whispering her truths,
where does she tell you to go?
What does she tell you to do?
Follow her guidance.
Your day is a gift to be opened,
an adventure to be unravelled.
~S.C Lourie
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“When thou seest an eagle,
thou seest a portion of genius;
lift up thy head!”
~William Blake, poet and artist
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"How helpless we are, like netted birds, when we are caught by desire!" ~Belva Plain
"It is often difficult to judge how our actions and their impact on the environment are likely to affect others. What is clear is that we are the only species with the power to destroy the earth. Birds and insects have no such power, nor does any other mammal. And yet if we have the capacity to destroy the earth, we also have the capacity to protect it. I believe we have an urgent responsibility to do so." ~Dalai Lama
"Lean forward into your life...catch the best bits and the finest wind. Just tip your feathers in flight a wee bit and see how dramatically that small lean can change your life." ~Mary Anne Radmacher
"Look for the beauty in each day. See the light...smell the fragrance... listen to the birds sing..." ~I Must Be A Mermaid
"Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless, peacocks and lilies for instance." ~John Ruskin
"Trees attract birds. They're one indispensable creatures to promote a balanced ecology." ~Leah C. Dancel, August 6, 2022
"Until you spread your wings you will have no idea how far you can fly." ~Anon
"Use those talents you have. You will make it. You will give joy to the world. Take this tip from nature: The woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except those who sang best." ~Bernard Meltzer
"Walked for half an hour in the garden. A fine rain was falling, and the landscape was that of autumn. The sky was hung with various shades of gray, and mists hovered about the distant mountains - a melancholy nature. The leaves were falling on all sides like the last illusions of youth under the tears of irremediable grief. A brood of chattering birds were chasing each other through the shrubberies, and playing games among the branches, like a knot of hiding schoolboys. Every landscape is, as it were, a state of the soul, and whoever penetrates into both is astonished to find how much likeness there is in each detail." ~Henri Frederic Amiel
"Walks. The body advances, while the mind flutters around it like a bird.“ ~Jules Renard
“When a storm is coming all other birds take shelter. The eagle alone, avoids the storm by flying above it. So, in the storms of life, may your heart soar like an eagle." ~Native American Encyclopedia
"Walks. The body advances, while the mind flutters around it like a bird.“ ~Jules Renard
“When a storm is coming all other birds take shelter. The eagle alone, avoids the storm by flying above it. So, in the storms of life, may your heart soar like an eagle." ~Native American Encyclopedia
“Wherever there are birds, there is hope.” ~Mehmet Murat
"You don't need to know the name of the bird to experience awe at its song, wonder at its gliding, and marvel at its nest making. Awe, wonder, and marvelling are 'core curriculum' for the child. Resist the temptation to turn creation into a bunch of 'facts' fit only for pub quizzes." ~Pennie Brownlee
"You have to develop a relationship with the birds, that's the way to do it. If you get to know them, they get to know you and life's pretty good." ~John Kanard, Aussie Postman
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VERSES
"You don't need to know the name of the bird to experience awe at its song, wonder at its gliding, and marvel at its nest making. Awe, wonder, and marvelling are 'core curriculum' for the child. Resist the temptation to turn creation into a bunch of 'facts' fit only for pub quizzes." ~Pennie Brownlee
"You have to develop a relationship with the birds, that's the way to do it. If you get to know them, they get to know you and life's pretty good." ~John Kanard, Aussie Postman
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VERSES
"Floating in meadows a thrill with thy song
Minstrel of melody,
How thou dost touch the heart"
~Lloyd Mifflin
I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail
Yes I would, if I could, I surely would
I'd rather be a hammer than a nail
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would
Away, I'd rather sail away
Like a swan that's here and gone
A man gets tied up to the ground
He gives the world its saddest sound
Its saddest sound
I'd rather be a forest than a street
Yes I would, if I could, I surely would
I'd rather feel the earth beneath my feet
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would.
~Paul Simon
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"Of all the birds from East to West,
That tuneful are and dear,
I love that farmyard bird the best,
They call him Chanticleer."
~Katherine Hinkson
[Middle English chauntecler, from Old French chantecler, the name of the rooster in the tale of Reynard the Fox : chanter, to sing; see chant + cler, clear]
✻ღ♥*✿*•♥ღ✻
THE WISE OWL
The wise old owl
Sat on an oak.
The more he saw,
The less he spoke.
The less he spoke,
The more he heard.
Why can't we be like
That wise old bird?
~♥~Anon~♥~
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"Unclouded your mind.
You are not a prisoner.
You are a bird in flight,
Searching the skies for dreams."
~Haruki Murakami
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"When the wild life bird sings
inside your soul at the beginning
of each sunrise, whispering her truths,
where does she tell you to go?
What does she tell you to do?
Follow her guidance.
Your day is a gift to be opened,
an adventure to be unravelled.
~S.C Lourie
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“When thou seest an eagle,
thou seest a portion of genius;
lift up thy head!”
~William Blake, poet and artist
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6/20/12
David W. Augsburger - being heard
"Being heard is so close to being loved that for the average person, they are almost indistinguishable." ~David W. Augsburger
Thought for Today - Power To Tolerate
"To tolerate does not mean to die, but to live in everyone's heart with love. No matter how much against you someone is, even if you have to tolerate not once but ten times, nevertheless, the fruit of the power of tolerance is imperishable and sweet." ~Thought for Today -UK "You have the power to tolerate anyone and any situation. But tolerance is not just suffering in silence. It means going beyond any personal discomfort you may feel, and giving a gift to whom ever you would tolerate. Give your time, attention, understanding, compassion, care - all are gifts, which paradoxically, you also receive in the process of giving. And, as you do, you will experience your own self esteem and inner strength grow. In this way you can turn tolerance into strength." ~Thought for Today -UK
"You have the power to tolerate anyone and any situation. But tolerance is not just suffering in silence. It means going beyond any personal discomfort you may feel, and giving a gift to whom so ever you would tolerate. Give your time, attention, understanding, compassion, care - all are gifts, which paradoxically, you also receive in the process of giving. And, as you do, you will experience your own self-esteem and inner strength grow. In this way you can turn tolerance into strength." ~Thought for Today-UK
"You have the power to tolerate anyone and any situation. But tolerance is not just suffering in silence. It means going beyond any personal discomfort you may feel, and giving a gift to whom so ever you would tolerate. Give your time, attention, understanding, compassion, care - all are gifts, which paradoxically, you also receive in the process of giving. And, as you do, you will experience your own self-esteem and inner strength grow. In this way you can turn tolerance into strength." ~Thought for Today-UK
Miriam Beard - travel
"Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living." ~Miriam Beard
Hoitsu Suzuki - shadow
"When the sun first comes up and shines on you, your shadow is big behind you. But as you continue to sit, your shadow gets smaller and smaller,..." ~Hoitsu Suzuki
Thought for Today - The Best Language For Communication
"Silence is the best language for communication. It helps us understand and realise the eternal truths about the self, God and the world. In silence we are able to comprehend and express sincerely and powerfully the true values of the soul such as peace, love and joy. Silence is not the absence of thoughts but it is a state in which the mind is engaged in pure elevated thoughts that nuture these values within. The power of silence develops all mental and spiritual powers that are needed to tackle various situations successfully." ~Thought for Today-UK
Duane Michals - imagination
"I believe in the imagination. What I cannot see is infinitely more important than what I can see." ~Duane Michals
Walker Evans - stare
"Stare. It is the way to educate your eye, and more. Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long." ~Walker Evans
Bankei - dwelling
"As this mind is unborn and undying earth, water, fire, and wood are its temporary dwelling." ~Bankei
Harriet van Horne - cooking
"Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all." ~Harriet van Horne
Anthelme Brillat-Savarin - discovery
"The discovery of a new dish does more for the happiness of mankind than the discovery of a star." ~Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Thought for Today on Family and Friends
"It's often said that charity begins at home. So let me first give respect to my family and friends." ~Thought for Today-UK
"Values are related to each other as if they were members of a great family. From peace and happiness emerges inner joy. From this state of wholeness love awakens and with is the desire to share and give. Two of its relatives are tolerance and respect. All values have a shared origin which unites them - the peace of spirituality. When you lose peace you begin to lose everything." ~Thought for Today-UK
"Values are related to each other as if they were members of a great family. From peace and happiness emerges inner joy. From this state of wholeness love awakens and with is the desire to share and give. Two of its relatives are tolerance and respect. All values have a shared origin which unites them - the peace of spirituality. When you lose peace you begin to lose everything." ~Thought for Today-UK
Jane Wagner Quotes
"At the moment you are most in awe of all there is about life that you don't understand, you are closer to understanding it all that at any other time." ~Jane Wagner
"The ability to delude yourself maybe an important survival tool." ~Jane Wagner
"The ability to delude yourself maybe an important survival tool." ~Jane Wagner
Stephen Batchelor - awakening
"Awakening is indeed close by-and supreme effort is required to realize it. Awakening is indeed far away-and readily accessible." ~Stephen Batchelor
6/17/12
Swami Vivekananda Quotes
"Take risks in your life. If you win, you can lead. If you lose, you can guide." ~Swami Vivekananda
"Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success." ~Swami Vivekananda
"The first sign of your becoming religious is that you are becoming cheerful." ~Swami Vivekananda
"The greatest force is derived from the power of thought. The finer the element, the more powerful it is. The silent power of thought influences people even at a distance, because mind is one as well as many. The universe is a cobweb; minds are spiders." ~Swami Vivekananda
"The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves." ~Swami Vivekananda
"The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength." ~Swami Vivekananda
"We should never try to follow another's path for that is his way, not yours. When that path is found, you have nothing to do but fold your arms and the tide will carry you to freedom." ~Swami Vivekananda
"You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul." ~Swami Vivekananda
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"We should never try to follow another's path for that is his way, not yours. When that path is found, you have nothing to do but fold your arms and the tide will carry you to freedom." ~Swami Vivekananda
"You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul." ~Swami Vivekananda
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Michael Tyler Quotes
"Let's walk the line - in God's way." ~Michael Tyler
"Straight lines are best whether you are plotting your position in a map or probing your moral and ethical outlooks in life." ~Michael Tyler (LCG Sermonette, 16 June 2012)
"Straight lines are best whether you are plotting your position in a map or probing your moral and ethical outlooks in life." ~Michael Tyler (LCG Sermonette, 16 June 2012)
Agnes George de Mille Quotes
“Dancing is such a despised and dishonored trade that if you tell a doctor or a laywer you do choreography he'll look at you as if you were a hummingbird. Dancers don't get invited to visit people. It is assumed a boy dancer will run off with the spoons and a girl with the head of the house.” ~Agnes de Mille
'Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how...We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark." ~Agnes de Mille
"Find the passion. It takes great passion and great energy to do anything creative. I would go so far as to say you can't do it without that passion." ~Agnes de Mille (1905--1993)
"I learned three important things in college - to use a library, to memorise quickly and visually, to drop asleep at any time given a horizontal surface and fifteen minutes. What I could not learn was to think creatively on schedule." ~Agnes de Mille (1905-1993)
"No trumpets sound when the important decisions of life are made. Destiny is made known silently." ~Agnes de Mille
"No trumpets sound when the important decisions of life are made. Destiny is made known silently." ~Agnes de Mille
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"The truest expression of a people is in its dance and in its music. Bodies never lie." ~Agnes de Mille
"To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking.” ~Agnes de Mille
"The truest expression of a people is in its dance and in its music. Bodies never lie." ~Agnes de Mille
"To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking.” ~Agnes de Mille
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