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Quote " the surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently" Nietzsche

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I dont like to be anti american - I met some great people over there - probably more than in aus - but:

'You can always count on americans to do the right thing, once all other options have been exhausted' - Winston (cigar smoking) Churchill

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''He who wants a cactus must respect the spines.'' (a Persian proverb)

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"Now what we have to understand is that this comes from an extremely clever and skillful program, that has manipulated us into ways of thinking that may be contrary to our own interests, but beneficial to the interests of the powers that be. Beneficial to the interests of those who control our lives, and tax us until we have hardly a penny left to spend. And who take our money and plough it into the creation of huge, armed bureaucracies, which exist to oppress us. We live in a society today where we may not make the decision; we are not allowed to make the decision to explore our own consciousness. If I am not sovereign over my own consciousness, then I am sovereign over nothing."

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Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy - Benjamin Franklin

You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you cant pick your friends nose - Kenny Everett (I think)

Edited by flaminghedgehog

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Glad to have given you some light entertainment for the day, EG. Don't ask me if the article is real or not though, as I have no idea. :lol:

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The greatest injustice is using the law to keep justice at bay.

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“So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more dangerous to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.”

- Christopher McCandless

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"People must work in unison. Only then can we achieve our goal." - Aung San Suu Kyi

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"Pain is weakness leaving the body"

"Every obstacle brings you one step closer to success"

"The how is easy when you have a why"

"It's easy to say no when you are saying yes to something else"

Edited by AndyAmine.

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"Boys, there's a point in every mans life when he realises he's a dumb shit" - Drunken mate

"The reason people use a cruicifix against vampires is because vampires are allergic to bullshit" - Richard Prior, 1971

Edited by Yawning Man

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That second one is good Yawning Man.

An amusing one that I found was:

"And the angel said to him, "Stop hitting yourself!" But he could not stop, for the angel was hitting him, with his own hands."

Check out futilitycloset.com. It has some good ones, hidden among a great deal of interesting stories.

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"The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease."

- Thomas Edison

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I like Turtles.

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"Heart attacks are gods punishment for eating his animals"

"Think for yourself before it becomes illegal"

"This Vietnamese music sounds like whales raping each other" - Mac, (It's always sunny in Philadelphia)

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Desiderata by Max Ehrmann

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,

and remember what peace there may be in silence.

As far as possible without surrender

be on good terms with all persons.

Speak your truth quietly and clearly;

and listen to others,

even the dull and the ignorant;

they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons,

they are vexatious to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others,

you may become vain and bitter;

for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble;

it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs;

for the world is full of trickery.

But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;

many persons strive for high ideals;

and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.

Especially, do not feign affection.

Neither be cynical about love;

for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment

it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,

gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.

But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.

Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline,

be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe,

no less than the trees and the stars;

you have a right to be here.

And whether or not it is clear to you,

no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,

whatever you conceive Him to be,

and whatever your labors and aspirations,

in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,

it is still a beautiful world.

Be cheerful.

Strive to be happy.

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Desiderata by Max Ehrmann

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,

and remember what peace there may be in silence.

As far as possible without surrender

be on good terms with all persons.

Speak your truth quietly and clearly;

and listen to others,

even the dull and the ignorant;

they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons,

they are vexatious to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others,

you may become vain and bitter;

for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble;

it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs;

for the world is full of trickery.

But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;

many persons strive for high ideals;

and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.

Especially, do not feign affection.

Neither be cynical about love;

for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment

it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,

gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.

But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.

Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline,

be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe,

no less than the trees and the stars;

you have a right to be here.

And whether or not it is clear to you,

no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,

whatever you conceive Him to be,

and whatever your labors and aspirations,

in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,

it is still a beautiful world.

Be cheerful.

Strive to be happy.

 

Thanks for that one. I am going to print it and revisit it!

OMG, blast me back in time! I had that one on the back of the toilet door when I was 10 years old. I pretty much remembered the whole lot word for word...

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Lakota Prayer

Wakan Tanka, Great Mystery,

teach me how to trust

my heart,

my mind,

my intuition,

my inner knowing,

the senses of my body,

the blessings of my spirit.

Teach me to trust these things

so that I may enter my Sacred Space

and love beyond my fear,

and thus Walk in Balance

with the passing of each glorious Sun.

According to the Native People, the Sacred Space

is the space between exhalation and inhalation.

To Walk in Balance is to have Heaven (spirituality)

and Earth (physicality) in Harmony.

 

 

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"Think for yourself before it becomes illegal"

"This Vietnamese music sounds like whales raping each other" - Mac, (It's always sunny in Philadelphia)

 

These two are great. Here's another IASIP quote from Dennis "Listening to dreams is like going through somebody's photos..if i'm not in any of them or no one's having sex..i'm not interested".

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Thought I might post another favorite of mine.

"Sometimes majority simply means all the fools are on the same side".

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Love, Live, Learn.

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"[...] there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so [...]"

- William Shakespeare

"The world we have created is a product of our thinking; it cannot be changed without changing our thinking."

- Albert Einstein

"Holy fuck that's good pepperoni!"

- Ricky from Trailer Park Boys

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