Meaningful ideas and quotes

[rskovride]

"To be human, one must recognize and accept a certain element of irreducible rascality both in oneself and in one's enemies." -Alan Watts

btw, I love this thread. Lots of great ideas.

[*Deidre*]

''Rascality''

What a cool word!

[Mystic]

"Number one rule of doubting, know when to stop doubting" - member Jebreil of Shiachat.com.

[energizer bunny]

"It is not that you must be free from fear. The moment you try to free yourself from fear, you create a resistance against fear. Resistance in any form doesn't end fear. What is needed rather than running away or controlling, or suppressing or any other resistance is understanding fear. That means watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it." - J. Krishnamurti


"Millions of people miss meditation because meditation has taken on a wrong connotation. It looks very serious, looks gloomy, has something of the church in it, looks as if it is only for people who are dead, or almost dead. A really meditative person is playful. Life is fun for him, life is a play. He enjoys it tremendously. He is not serious. He is relaxed." - Osho

[Aegon]

"Your mind will take the shape of what you frequently hold in thought, for the human spirit is colored by such impressions."

-Marcus Aurelius

[*Deidre*]

Give without remembering, receive without forgetting - Unknown


If someone heard it from someone else, how can it be unknown? I've always wondered this.

[The Valkyrie]

"You can arrest me or save the children. Not both!"
- Anonymous cardiologist.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

'It is a curious thing that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare.' - Twain

Boru

[Sal]

Beyond the boundaries of knowledge, lies belief. -me

[A Theist]

"Don't believe everything you read on the internet."

- Abraham Lincoln