Favourite Quotes Thread

[Saka]

Post your favourite piffery brehs.

“Anarchism, really stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion; the liberation of the human body from the dominion of property; liberation from the shackles and restraint of government.” - Emma Goldman

“The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater.” - Frank Zappa

“All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.” - Albert Einstein

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.

Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.

When the best leader's work is done the people say, "We did it ourselves."

-Lao Tzu

 

[Majestic Pape]

"Behind the walls of intelligence life is defined
I'm thinking crime... when I'm in a New York state of mind"

- The God MC

 

[Saka]

-Lao Tzu

damn breh that first about the still mind hits home. has me thinkin hes talkin bout that meditative state ? bless a breh wit your opinion on the meanin

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

damn breh that first about the still mind hits home. has me thinkin hes talkin bout that meditative state ? bless a breh wit your opinion on the meanin

absolutely breh..

its definitely talking about a meditative state, but also talking about nature in general, including human nature..

imagine a rock that is in a stream...as the water glides by the rock, the water assumes the shape of the rock and then continues to glide by...that gentle stillness seen in the nature of the rock is very similar to a meditative state of mind as it encounters events in the universe..the universe and events will continue to glide by, but you, the still minded person of virtue that you are, will endure as a constant in the midst of change, allowing yourself to be an agent of change rather than a simpleton who merely reacts..

 

[Saka]

absolutely breh..

its definitely talking about a meditative state, but also talking about nature in general, including human nature..

imagine a rock that is in a stream...as the water glides by the rock, the water assumes the shape of the rock and then continues to glide by...that gentle stillness seen in the nature of the rock is very similar to a meditative state of mind as it encounters events in the universe..the universe and events will continue to glide by, but you, the still minded person of virtue that you are, will endure as a constant in the midst of change, allowing yourself to be an agent of change rather than a simpleton who merely reacts..

Dope, so that quote basically sums up the whole idea of living proactively instead of reactively to the chaotic nature of the universe.

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

Dope, so that quote basically sums up the whole idea of living proactively instead of reactively to the chaotic nature of the universe.

to a degree, but be careful because Tzu was an advocate of "going with the flow" (in simple terms) and not acting outside of the flow or "Tao". so too much action is bad and so is too little. as with everything else, balance is paramount...but control comes to the still mind

 

[PsychoLogic]

not inspiring, or thought provoking...funny though....

"I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse."
Emperor Charles V

 

[Commander in Chiefin]

"The road to success is always under construction"

 

[Pool_Shark]

not inspiring, or thought provoking...funny though....

"I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse."
Emperor Charles V

I feel dumb can't you break that down breh?

My favorites

"Idle mind is the devil's play time"

"Great spirits have always found opposition from mediocre minds"

"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that; but the really great make you feel like you too can become great"

"When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me."

 

[No1]

"Whether you think you can, or whether you think cannot. You are right."

 

[Young_and_Reckless]

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."

MLK

 

[PsychoLogic]

I feel dumb can't you break that down breh?

My favorites

"Idle mind is the devil's play time"

"Great spirits have always found opposition from mediocre minds"

"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that; but the really great make you feel like you too can become great"

"When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me."

No problem breh, only reason I came across it is cuz of this class...

Holy Roman Emperor Charles V 1519-1556

empire:

multilingual empire...

Spain (as a result of Isabella & Ferdinande's wedding, and crusade against non-Catholics) was the most purely Catholic region of Europe

French was the language of diplomacy throughout Europe

Italian the language of love

German the language of war

 

[Pool_Shark]

^^^thanks

 

[FUTUREVISIONS]

“The events which transpired five thousand years ago, five years ago or five minutes ago, have determined what will happen five minutes from now; five years from now or five thousand years from now. All history is a current event.”

- Dr John Henrik Clarke -