Quotes

[Breton]

Faith is an openness and trusting attitude to truth and reality, whatever it may turn out to be. This is a risky and adventurous state of mind.

Belief, in the religious sense, is the opposite of faith - because it is a fervent wishing or hope, a compulsive clinging to the idea that the universe is arranged and governed in such and such a way.

Belief is holding to a rock; faith is learning how to swim - and this whole universe swims in boundless space.

This was extremely powerful to me while I underwent my "deprogramming" from a christian religion.

 

[Beau]

"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies."

“Q: What do you get when you cross an insomniac, an agnostic, and a dyslexic?
A: Someone who stays up all night wondering if there is a Dog.”

"I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book."

All by Groucho Marx

 

[henry]

"I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book."

Ernie Kovacs, a comic on TV during the early years, had this to say:

"Television: A medium - so called because it is neither rare nor well done."

Never been truer.

 

[Kesdjan]

There are known knowns. There are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we now know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we do not know we don’t know.

If Rumsfeld thinks that the main dangers in the confrontation with Iraq were the "unknown unknowns," that is, the threats from Saddam whose nature we cannot even suspect, then the Abu Ghraib scandal shows that the main dangers lie in the "unknown knowns" - the disavowed beliefs, suppositions and obscene practices we pretend not to known about, even though they form the background of our public values.

 

[RyanX]

There are known knowns. There are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we now know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we do not know we don’t know.

LMAO!! I remember this one. Thanks for reminding me of this. :D

Ryan

 

[Buddy]

"It is inconceivable that anything should be existing. It is not inconceivable that a lot of people should also be existing who are not interested in the fact that they exist. But it is certainly very odd."


_http://www.celiagreen.com/aphorisms.html

 

[gotogo]

[quote author=Gurdjieff’s Aphorisms #5]
Remember you come here having already understood the necessity of struggling with yourself—only with yourself. Therefore thank everyone who gives you the opportunity.
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[quote author=Gurdjieff’s Aphorisms #7]
Know that this house can be useful only to those who have recognized their nothingness and who believe in the possibility of changing.
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_http://www.gurdjieff.org/aphorisms.htm

 

[Vulcan59]

The incomparable Mullah Nassir Eddin,

I teach that when it rains the pavements get wet.

 

[Laura]

I've got a file full of snips I've been saving so I'll kick one in now and again.

"In our dream, we have limitless resources, and the people yield themselves with perfect docility to our molding hand. The present educational conventions fade from our minds; and, unhampered by tradition, we work our own good will upon a grateful and responsive folk. We shall not try to make these people or any of their children into philosophers or men of learning or science. We are not to raise up from among them authors, orators, poets, or men of letters. We shall not search for embryo great artists, painters, musicians. Nor will we cherish even the humbler ambition to raise up from among them lawyers, doctors, preachers, politicians, statesmen, of whom we now have ample supply." Rockefeller Foundation Director of Charity, Frederick Gates, 1913

 

[vinny]

one that seems to be very relevant to approach used in the Cassiopaean Experiment:

It is probably true quite generally that in the history of human thinking the most fruitful developments frequently take place at those points where two different lines of thought meet. These lines may have their roots in quite different parts of human nature, in different times or different cultural environments or different religious traditions: hence if they actually meet, that is, if they are at least so much related to each other that a real interaction can take place, then one may hope that new and interesting developments may follow.

 

[Gaby]

_http://www.gurdjieff.org/aphorisms.htm

Oh yeah, I like them all, but this ones had stand out for me several times:

The worse the conditions of life the more productive the Work, always provided you remember the Work.

Only he can be just who is able to put himself in the position of others.

By teaching others you will learn yourself.

One of the best means for arousing the wish to work on yourself is to realize that you may die at any moment. But first you must learn how to keep it in mind.

Conscious love evokes the same in response. Emotional love evokes the opposite. Physical love depends on type and polarity.
Conscious faith is freedom. Emotional faith is slavery. Mechanical faith is foolishness.
Hope, when bold, is strength. Hope, with doubt, is cowardice. Hope, with fear, is weakness.

 

[Bo]

I wanna tell you something Mark, something you do not yet know, that we K-PAXians have been around long enough to have discovered. The universe will expand, then it will collapse back on itself, then will expand again. It will repeat this process forever. What you don't you know is that when the universe expands again, everything will be as it is now. Whatever mistakes you make this time around, you will live through on your next pass. Every mistake you make, you will live through again, & again, forever. So my advice to you is to get it right this time around. Because this time is all you have.

From the movie K-Pax.

 

[Al Today]

Will Rogers

A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth.

All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi for my ignorance.

Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie" until you can find a rock.

Do the best you can, and don't take life too serious.

Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.

If advertisers spent the same amount of money on improving their products as they do on advertising then they wouldn't have to advertise them.

If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.

Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier 'n puttin' it back in.

People's minds are changed through observation and not through argument.

The best way out of a difficulty is through it.

The schools ain't what they used to be and never was.

The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don't let it get the best of you.

Worrying is like paying on a debt that may never come due.

You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is

 

[Mountain Crown]

[quote author=Mohandas Gandhi]A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history. [/quote]

 

[Zadius Sky]

Euripides:

The wisest men follow their own direction.