Sayings that you made up

banned_crab

Id like to see some Original Content

ill start

"I cant think my way out of every problem because my biggest problem is that I can never stop thinking. "

lamaramadingdong

Things aren't true because we can prove them: we can prove things because they are true.

riverflow

Universal suffering requires universal compassion.

vinlyn

Those who dwell on history are doomed to repeat it.

Nirvana

Let love grow in you as grass grows green in spring.

Gui

Communism is when the state owns industry. With capitalism, it's the other way around.

mindatrisk

'I'm a little teapot.'

federica

One, you didn't make that up, Two...need I add more?

Never pluck at someone's heartstrings with the plectrum of Guilt. The music will never sound melodic.

genkaku

Just because you are indispensable to the universe does not mean the universe needs your help.

banned_crab

federica said:

One, you didn't make that up, Two...need I add more?

Never pluck at someone's heartstrings with the plectrum of Guilt. The music will never sound melodic.

I made up sociology too but it just so happens that somebody else made it up first.

federica

I was referring to the 'teapot' quote.....

Jeffrey

Don't get high on your own supply. This is applicable to some of our sangha mates who are starting their own groups or evangelical endevours.

Tosh

The best things in life are hairy.

bookworm

If you want to change the world then you should first start by changing yourself

banned_crab

federica said:

I was referring to the 'teapot' quote.....

Kundo

Better late than really really REALLY late

David

The one thing absolutely everything has in common is uniqueness.

misterCope

Observe with reverence.

Nirvana

OK now, just a Yes or No answer: D'ja know the capital of Alaska?

vinlyn

Nirvana said:

OK now, just a Yes or No answer: D'ja know the capital of Alaska?

Palinville?

Sabre

Hey jo, let go.

Not all that fancy, I admit.

lobster

Not all that fancy, I admit.

profound

mindatrisk

'A pineapple should never be eaten like an apple.'

yildun

I would hate to spend the rest of my life with any woman stupid
enough to marry me.

mindatrisk

'Could you turn the heat down, it's a bit warm in here.'

mindatrisk

mindatrisk said:

'Could you turn the heat down, it's a bit warm in here.'

This was circa 2008 at a time when a room that I was occupying with some friends had exceeded a comfortable degree of warmth.

Chrysalid

Ironing is pointless.

Gui

There's a lobster loose! Somebody get the butter!

(this one is not mine but my good friend Bob's who used to yell it at social gatherings whenever he had more than 3 beers)
This saying might be useful here in the occasional thread.

David

In life there is no truly solid ground... Stand regardless.

Invincible_summer

We can always rely on our breath to bring us to truth.

David

There never is and always will be all paradoxes.

JohnG

Mine's a continuation of Sun Tzu. Know your enemy as well as you know yourself, and you will be assured victory every time. For you might find you don't have an enemy, but an ally.

mindatrisk

A man who is actually a giraffe is, in fact, a giraffe.

riverflow

"Better to be a smart ass than a dumb ass," is something I used to say. haha I don't know if I made that up or if I picked it up from somewhere else....

matthewmartin

The Buddha said "It well known that Jesus said 'Double check quotes found on the internet, especially if they are attributed to the Buddha, Jesus or Mohammed'"

lobster

mindatrisk said:

A man who is actually a giraffe is, in fact, a giraffe.

seeker242

"Wisdom means doing things that you don't like doing, because you know they are good to do. And not doing things that you do like doing, because you know they are not good to do."

Although, that might be paraphrasing of something that I read somewhere sometime. I don't remember!

misterCope

The only truly honest answer to any question is "I don't know."