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SophiaSpeaks
The Force is Strong With This One
Speaking of quotes, I'm looking for the exact words to the quote which I believe was from Gurdjieff that went something like.... an honorable man remains honorable even when under stress? I read it somewhere on this forum or in the Wave Series but I'm having a heck of a time finding it again. Any help is greatly appreciated!! Thank you!
SophiaSpeaks
The Force is Strong With This One
Yes!! That was the one!! Thank you so much!!
Debra
The Living Force
“I have a theory that the moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.
I have tried this experiment a thousand times and I have never been disappointed.
The more I look at a thing, the more I see in it, and the more I see in it, the more I want to see. It is like peeling an onion. There is always another layer, and another, and another.
And each layer is more beautiful than the last.
This is the way I look at the world.
I don't see it as a collection of objects, but as a vast and mysterious organism.
I see the beauty in the smallest things, and I find wonder in the most ordinary events.
I am always looking for the hidden meaning, the secret message.
I am always trying to understand the mystery of life.
I know that I will never understand everything, but that doesn't stop me from trying.
I am content to live in the mystery, to be surrounded by the unknown.
I am content to be a seeker, a pilgrim, a traveler on the road to nowhere.
~ Henry Miller
I have tried this experiment a thousand times and I have never been disappointed.
The more I look at a thing, the more I see in it, and the more I see in it, the more I want to see. It is like peeling an onion. There is always another layer, and another, and another.
And each layer is more beautiful than the last.
This is the way I look at the world.
I don't see it as a collection of objects, but as a vast and mysterious organism.
I see the beauty in the smallest things, and I find wonder in the most ordinary events.
I am always looking for the hidden meaning, the secret message.
I am always trying to understand the mystery of life.
I know that I will never understand everything, but that doesn't stop me from trying.
I am content to live in the mystery, to be surrounded by the unknown.
I am content to be a seeker, a pilgrim, a traveler on the road to nowhere.
~ Henry Miller
EmeraldR
Dagobah Resident
In this world Hate never yet dispelled hate. Only love dispels hate. This is the law, Ancient and inexhaustible.
Gautama Buddah.
In response to peoples and events that strike against our feelings, our views, or even our identities, should we pursue these feelings? Would pursuing these feelings contribute to an increase of skillful or unskillful qualities in us? Would pursuing these feelings make us angrier or make us more compassionate? Can we learn from these feelings and better understand the origin of hatred and the origin of human suffering?
Gautama Buddah.
In response to peoples and events that strike against our feelings, our views, or even our identities, should we pursue these feelings? Would pursuing these feelings contribute to an increase of skillful or unskillful qualities in us? Would pursuing these feelings make us angrier or make us more compassionate? Can we learn from these feelings and better understand the origin of hatred and the origin of human suffering?
The important thing is not to know but having the phone number of the person who knows. (Photographed by me in a bar’s paper napkin)
I guess we all should have Laura’s phone number
I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, then that this universal Frame, is without a Mind. And therefore, God never wrought Miracle, to convince Atheism, because his Ordinary Works convince it. It is true, that a little Philosophy inclineth Man’s Mind to Atheism; But depth in Philosophy, bringeth Men’s Minds about to Religion.
“The Essayes Or Covnsels, Civill and Morall” by Francis Bacon (1625)
“The Essayes Or Covnsels, Civill and Morall” by Francis Bacon (1625)
Antony
Jedi Council Member
...formal heads, kings, presidents, etc. don't really have real power. They're just talking heads. They don't solve anything. They simply portray gestures of powerful and majestic acquiescence when decisions are put on the table for them to voice. They are puppets who only darken the picture. Advisory bodies and electoral assemblies also do not really decide anything. They only document the accumulated program of external forces and often do it very imperfectly, which causes irritation.
- H. G. Wells, Open Conspiracy
- H. G. Wells, Open Conspiracy
. No bodies were ever found.
Rhys
Jedi Master
On free and honest media:
“Our republic and its press will rise or fall together. An able, disinterested, public-spirited press, with trained intelligence to know the right and courage to do it, can preserve that public virtue without which popular government is a sham and a mockery. A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will produce in time a people as base as itself. The power to mould the future of the Republic will be in the hands of the journalism of future generations.”
― Joseph Pulitzer
“Our republic and its press will rise or fall together. An able, disinterested, public-spirited press, with trained intelligence to know the right and courage to do it, can preserve that public virtue without which popular government is a sham and a mockery. A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will produce in time a people as base as itself. The power to mould the future of the Republic will be in the hands of the journalism of future generations.”
― Joseph Pulitzer
