Sayings

shanyin

"Don't let anyone rustle your jimmies"

- Unknown

Florian

"Jesus said, "If those who lead you say to you, 'See, the kingdom is in the sky,' then the birds of the sky will precede you. If they say to you, 'It is in the sea,' then the fish will precede you. Rather, the kingdom is inside of you, and it is outside of you. When you come to know yourselves, then you will become known, and you will realize that it is you who are the sons of the living father. But if you will not know yourselves, you dwell in poverty and it is you who are that poverty."

Gospel of Thomas

Gui

“How do you know when you're God?" "When I pray to him I find I am talking to myself.”
― Peter Barnes, The Ruling Class: A Baroque Comedy

Invincible_summer

"Always, I am amazed at what we tell,
how much faith we put in it.
Never really knowing who is listening,
how they're going to take it,
where." -- Bronwen Wallace

misterCope

"Ain't no doubt in no one's mind that love's the finest thing around." -James Taylor

Gui

Clear mind is like the full moon in the sky. Sometimes clouds come and cover it, but the moon is always behind them. Clouds go away, then the moon shines brightly. So don't worry about clear mind: it is always there. When thinking comes, behind it is clear mind. When thinking goes, there is only clear mind. Thinking comes and goes, comes and goes, You must not be attached to the coming or the going.

Seung Sahn

Invincible_summer

“I never knew before what eternity was made for. It is to give some of us a chance to learn German.” -- Mark Twain

misterCope

"May you all have a nice cup of tea & a smile on your faces." - @Shim

Che

“People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.”
Thích Nhất Hạnh

Vastmind

I heard this from a spiritual teacher one time:

I am not my brother's keeper......I am my brother.

pegembara

Suffering is a sign that you're out of touch with the truth. Suffering is given to you that you might open your eyes to the truth, that you might understand that there's falsehood somewhere, just as physical pain is given to you so you will understand that there is disease or illness somewhere. Suffering points out that there is falsehood somewhere. Suffering occurs when you clash with reality. When your illusions clash with reality when your falsehoods clash with the truth, then you have suffering. Otherwise there is no suffering.

Anthony de Mello

Che

"I've been as busy as a one armed Italian cab driver with the crabs"
Me, for the last month :screwy:

Vastmind

^^^ My story about a similar saying:
I used to always say "I'm busier than a one-armed man hanging wall-paper"

Then at work, I said it...and around the corner came our new secretary....
who had only one arm. The very next day, my daughter and I ended up
saving a frog who was in the pool and couldn't get out. He was missing an arm!
Never saw a frog with one arm! He hopped away.
That awareness/lesson hit me square up my ass for about 2 weeks. I saw
people with 1 arm and thought....shit! That's not busy. That's determination.
That's patience.

Lee82

"If you don't want anyone to find out, don't do it"

"Be the one to point out what is going right and helps out what is going wrong"

Che

"If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people"
Confucius

Jeffrey

Che said:

"If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people"
Confucius

Can this be facebook portable?

Che

It can be anything you want it to be Grasshopper

pegembara

ThailandTom

"It's just the way it is"
-Ajahn Sumedho
-Tupac Shakur
... go figure lol.

Che

“Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.”
Thích Nhất Hạnh

Che

“It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.”
Vincent van Gogh

Invincible_summer

"Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes." -- Walt Whitman

Che

"The fish trap exists because of the fish. Once you've gotten the fish you can forget the trap. The rabbit snare exists because of the rabbit. Once you've gotten the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words exist because of meaning. Once you've gotten the meaning, you can forget the words. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can talk with him?"
Chuang Tzu

Jeffrey

Knowing the rationale for following rules
is more important than just
knowing what are the rules to follow,
as some rules might be irrational,
which makes following them irrational too.

~Stonepeace

Lee82

You can explore the universe looking for somebody who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and you will not find that person anywhere.

Che

"How many times must a man look up before he can see the sky
How many ears must one man have before he can hear people cry
And how many deaths will it take to admit that too many people have died
The answer my friend is blown' in the wind, the answer is blowin' in the wind"
Bob Dylan

Che

“The source of love is deep in us and we can help others realize a lot of happiness. One word, one action, one thought can reduce another person’s suffering and bring that person joy.”
Thích Nhất Hạnh

Invincible_summer

"The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings." -- Eric Hoffer

Che

"It is easy to stand a pain, but difficult to stand an itch"
Chang Ch'ao

Nirvana

TheBeejAbides said:

"Don't seek water. Get thirst." -Kabir

Awesome quote, Beej!

IMO, the slogans "Got Milk?" and "Got Jesus?" just don't ring true after listening to Kabir.
___________________________

One of the most unforgettable quotes I've ever heard:

"Censorship, like charity, begins at home; but unlike charity, it should end there."

—Clare Boothe Luce

Che

"If you could give one piece of advice to a large group of people, what would it be?"
"Try your best to deal with life without medicating yourself."
"You mean drugs?"
"I mean drugs, food, shopping, money, whatever. I ain't judging anybody, either. I was hooked on heroin for years. But now I've learned that every feeling will pass if you give it time. And if you learn to deal with your feelings, they'll pass by faster each time. So don't rush to cover them up, or you're never gonna learn."
Humans Of New York

Che

“What day is it?”
“It’s today,” squeaked Piglet.
“My favorite day,” said Pooh.

ysmael

"one bead at a time" :thumbsup:

MaryAnne

"Think, before doing anything else."

lamaramadingdong

Saw this yesterday and it's kind of been rattling around in my head since-
"Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Che

"Paddle faster, I hear banjo music"
T Shirt I saw today

Che

"I don't know the key to success, but I know the key to failure is trying to please everybody"
Bill Cosby

Che

"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated".
Confucius

Chaz

“This is your life and its ending one moment at a time.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

Chaz

True story ....

Twenty years ago, my mother asked me why they called it "New Age". I replied,

"Because they had to call it something and they couldn't call it Horseshit".

Che

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit"
Aristotle

blu3ree

morning meditation: Act so that you have no cause to be ashamed of yourselves, and hold fast to this rule. Milarepa. (buddhism now)

Invincible_summer

"Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody." -- Seneca

Che

So Seneca was a Communist
Communist; A person with nothing who wants to share it with everyone.

lobster

People in the West are always getting ready to live.
- Chinese Proverb

:nyah:

Gui

Yasutani Roshi

The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there.

Che

I have some Hippy friends who are really out there @Gui

Jeffrey

The immature blame others
for ‘making’ them feel bad.
The mature take responsibility
for how they make themselves feel.

- Stonepeace

Che

T shirt my neighbour purchased in NY

Che

"The tighter you squeeze, the less you have".
Zen Saying