Great Quotes

[Dria El]

"Whatever befalls the earth
befalls the sons and daughters of the earth.
We did not weave the web of life;
We are merely a strand in it.
Whatever we do to our web,
we do to ourselves...."
-- Chief Seattle

[Sephiroth]

"The chemist who can extract from his heart's elements compassion, respect, longing, patience, regret, surprise, and forgiveness and compound them into one can create that atom which is called love."

- Kahlil Gibran

"If you could only love enough, you could be the most powerful person in the world."

- Emmet Fox

"There is a fine line between bravery and stupidity."

- Rick Tew




:cool:

[loopy]

"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on."
- Robert Frost

And, adaptable for almost any situation:

"Since when do you not like avocado?" -Emily
"Since the day I said 'Gross! What's this?' And you said 'Avocado.'" -Lorelai, Gilmore Girls

[Tanna]

don't know who said this, it's on a bookmark at home:

"To be what we are and to become what we are capable of becoming is the only end to life."

:Dhehehe! now i'm gonna have to raid the collection for nummy words and schtuffs...

[Dria El]

I have one from one of our members. It's very profound. :D

"Christians are just Pagans who forgot what they were doing."

[Dria El]

"My one regret in life is that I'm not someone else."
---Woody Allen

[Dria El]

"Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint."
- Mark Twain

[Earth Walker]

"I never met a woman I didn't like."
--Mystique ;) :D 8O


To believe what you see is to be deceived.
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Reject all illusions of social harmony.

[Earth Walker]

Originally posted by Dria El

I have one from one of our members. It's very profound. :D

"Christians are just Pagans who forgot what they were doing."



Right On! :D


To believe what you see is to be deceived.
**********************************
Reject all illusions of social harmony.

[Dria El]

I thought so too! :)

Here's another...

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.
--Henry David Thoreau

[EasternPriest]

Originally posted by Dria El

I have one from one of our members. It's very profound. :D

"Christians are just Pagans who forgot what they were doing."



As a Christian.....I don't think so.

[Mairwen]

Originally posted by Mystique
"I never met a woman I didn't like."
--Mystique ;) :D 8O

"I just love a woman in a gownless evening strap" 8O

(can i post that here? LOL!):rolleyes:

[Armitage]

I have a whole page. Go here (http://www.geocities.com/armitag3/quotes.htm). Some aren't quite interesting, and are even crap, just written, but in the songs I got them from, they were definitely better.

[Rævyn Cigány]

My favourite quote is the most profound and meaningful thing I have ever heard...

"Remove head from sphincter, THEN drive!!!"

8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O

ahem...so sorry...I'm tired and giddy and tired and...

g'night

Rae )0(

[Earth Walker]

Originally posted by Mairwen


"I just love a woman in a gownless evening strap" 8O

(can i post that here? LOL!):rolleyes:

:cool: :) :cool: :) :cool: :) :cool:

I have a closet full of them, and all in different colours. :D :bad:


To believe what you see is to be deceived.
**********************************
Reject all illusions of social harmony.

[Mairwen]

8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O :eek: :eek: :crazy: :bad:

[Tanna]

Originally posted by Tanna
don't know who said this, it's on a bookmark at home:

"To be what we are and to become what we are capable of becoming is the only end to life."


found it: -Robert Louis Stevenson

[Tanna]

:D:bigredgri raided my bookmark collection :bigredgri:D

anonymous or made up

Golf is a game in which you yell 'fore', shoot six, and write down five.

The best way to travel is by means of imagination.

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

What's life without a little magic!

Quotes:

"The curious thing about fishing is you never want to go home. If you catch anything, you can't stop. If you don't catch anything, you hate to leave in case something might bite."
---Gladys Taber

"It is the dim haze of mystery that adds enchangment to pursuit."
---Antoine de Rivarol

"For everything you have missed, you have gained something else."
---Ralph Waldo Emerson

Walk on a rainbow trail, walk on a trail of song, and all about you will be beauty.
---A Navajo song

[Tanna]

From the book
The Wise Words and Sassy Sayings of Ben Franklin
he's definitely a product of his time bias-wise, but some of it's still pretty good.


"Old Boys have their Playthings as well as young Ones; the Difference is only in the Price."

"Fools need Advice most, but only wise Men are the better for it."

"Death takes no Bribes."

"Fly Pleasures, and they'll follow you."

"If you do what you should not, you must hear what you would not."

"There is no Man so bad but he secretly respects the Good."

"Don't throw stones at your neighbours', if your own windows are glass."

"Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoy it."

"If you would reap Praise you must sow the Seeds, gentle Words and useful Deeds."

"If man could have Half his Wishes he would double his Troubles."

"A quarrelsome Man has no good Neighbours."

"The rotten Apple spoils his Companion."

"Craft must be at charge for clothes, but Truth can go naked."

"He that drinks fast, pays slow."

"Ceremony is not Civility, nor is Civility Ceremony."

"Great beauty, great strength, and great riches are really and truly of no great use; a right Heart exceeds all."

"If evils come not,
Then our fears are vain;
And if they do,
Fear but augments the pain."

" 'Tis easy to see, hard to foresee."

"He that speaks ill of the Mare, will buy her."

"There are more old Drunkards than old Doctors."

"A little neglect may breed great mischief."

"The Proud hate Pride - in others."

"Success has ruined many a Man."

"He that cannot obey, cannot command."

"A Brother may not be a Friend but a Friend will always be a Brother."

"Drive thy business! Let not that drive thee!"

"Industry pays debts, while despair increaseth them."

"There are many witty men whose brains can't fill their bellies."

"A Slip of the Foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the Tongue you may never get over."

"Here comes Glib-Tongue; who can out-flatter a Dedication; and lie, like ten Epitaphs."

"Man's tongue is soft,
And bone doth lack;
Yet a stroke therewith
May break a man's back."

"Well done is better than well said."

"A Pair of good Ears will wring dry an hundred Tongues."

"You may talk too much on the best of Subjects."

"What you would seem to be, be really."

"The Sting of a Reproach is the Truth of it."

"Mankind are very odd Creatures: One half censure what they practice, the other half practice what they censure; the rest always say and do as they ought."

"Wise Men learn by others' harms; Fools by their own."

"If Passion drives, let Reason hold the Reins."

"Tim was so learned, that he could name a Horse in nine Languages. So ignorant, that he bought a Cow to ride on."

"Great Good-nature, without Prudence, is a great Misfortune."

"A Child thinks 20 Shillings and 20 Years can scarce ever be spent."

"Time is an herb that cures all diseases."

"He that can have Patience can have what he will."

"Wish not so much to live long, as to live well."

"But dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of."

"Lost time is never found again."

"If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some."

"Creditors are a superstitious sect,
great observers of set days and times."

"Beware of little expenses;
A small leak will sink a great ship."

"For age and want, save while you may,
No morning sun lasts a whole day."

"Sudden Power is apt to be insolent, sudden Liberty saucy; that behaves best which has grown gradually."

"You will be careful, if you are wise, how you touch men's Religion, or Credit, or Eyes."