Monday 12 July 2010

Some More Quotes

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent. - Buddhism Quote


Pay no attention to the faults of others, things done or left undone by others. Consider only what by oneself is done or left undone. - Buddhism Quote


Leave as many choices open to yourself as possible. Don’t make decisions unless it is essential and don’t take a path before you need to go anywhere.


Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need. - From the movie Fight Club, based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk.


All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - Gandalf


He who breaks a thing to find out what it is, has left the path of wisdom. - Gandalf


People can excel doing what they love be it physics or art. Genius is often born out of obsession, Hendrix practised, Einstein read. Without scientists we would have no modern society. They push man forward but the same can be said for the common labourer. Our society is dependent on us all and both deserve happiness equally regardless of elitist attitudes or importance of positions. To say one deserves joy more than the other is garbage.


I've been supporting people's work in my own way whenever I can. Money isn't the solution, it's a problem, and we've got to slowly work through it until we can beat the system, and move on.


This reinforces the culture of suspicion, fear and mistrust that underlies a great deal of present-day society. It teaches children that they should regard every adult as a potential murderer or rapist. Phillip Pullman


Things that other people have created but I use to express my individuality. – Stewie Griffin


The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding. - Leonardo Da Vinci


They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel. - Carl W. Buechner


Wonder is the beginning of wisdom. - Anonymous (Greek Proverb)


Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened. - Winston Churchill


He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened. - Lao Tzu


The happiest person in the world is the one who thinks the most interesting thoughts. - Timothy Dwight.


Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together - George Eliot.


Men give me credit for some genius. All the genius I have lies in this; when I have a subject in hand, I study it profoundly. Day and night it is before me. My mind becomes pervaded with it. Then the effort that I have made is what people are pleased to call the fruit of genius. It is the fruit of labour and thought.- Alexander Hamilton.


Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius. - Sr Arthur Conan Doyle.


There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way. - Christopher Morley


I think Charles Aznavour sums it up best when he says Poverty is not so tough when the sun is out. That’s definitely true!


Men of lofty genius are most active when they are doing the least work. - Leonardo da Vinci


Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. - Albert Einstein


Always remember that you are unique. Just like everyone else. - Anon


It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. – Aristotle


Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out of it alive! - Elbert Hubbard


Pay attention to idiots. They show you what not to do.


Success is buried in the garden of failure. – Rick Wakeman


Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes - the ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules and they have no respect for the status quo. You can praise them, disagree with them,quote them, disbelieve them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing that you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. - Jack Kerouac


Beginning to see life as it really was, a series of illusions that only the scientists can strip away. I wanted to see this hidden world, to lift the veil and hold the secrets of existence in the palm of my hand. – Young Poisoner’s Handbook

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