(September 17, 2019 at 7:13 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: 'The four most overrated things in life are champagne, lobster, anal sex, and picnics.' - Christopher Hitchens
Boru
But I like...
...picnics.
Dying to live, living to die.
Meaningful ideas and quotes
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(September 17, 2019 at 7:13 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: 'The four most overrated things in life are champagne, lobster, anal sex, and picnics.' - Christopher Hitchens But I like... ...picnics.
Dying to live, living to die.
“Goodnight, Wesley. Sleep well. I’ll probably kill you in the morning!”
- Jean-Luc Picard.
Dying to live, living to die.
“Fear believes──courage doubts. Fear falls upon the earth and prays──courage stands erect and thinks. Fear retreats──courage advances. Fear is barbarism──courage is civilization. Fear believes in witchcraft, in devils and ghosts. Fear is religion, courage is science.” (Robert G. Ingersoll)
"The world is my country; all of humanity are my brethren; and to do good deeds is my religion." (Thomas Paine)
My signature...
"Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still." It speaks to the perfectionist in me, the one that says, "If I can't do it 100%, I won't do it at all." Black and white thinking is a very common cognitive distortion in psychology, and it's one I have to combat often. A little bit of progress is better than none at all - something I often have to convince myself of on days I don't feel like working out... Maybe I don't have to do my one hour routine, but I can get twenty minutes of running in. Self-improvement in general often works like this. I have to create small, manageable habits that turn into bigger, helpful lifestyle changes.
If you're frightened of dying, and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the Earth.
'There is a shortage of perfect movies in this world. It would be a pity to damage this one.' - Carey Elwes' twitter response to rumours that 'The Princess Bride' might be re-made.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
RE: Meaningful ideas and quotes
November 12, 2019 at 2:54 am
(This post was last modified: November 12, 2019 at 3:00 am by desire4hitchasia.)
(January 7, 2016 at 7:11 pm)*Deidre* Wrote: I started a thread on TTA with the same concept, but not sure how many here post over there. So, here is the same thread for AF. The one on TTA has been going well, it's interesting to see what ideas, and quotes move people. That's great dear.I am new to this forum. Must quote it again ''If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it enough.'' ~ Einstein He never found it the if we understand enough still somethings can't be explained. e.g we know much about rising stars and cosmos but still can't explain black hole and universe with supreme accuracy. (September 17, 2019 at 11:38 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote:(September 17, 2019 at 7:13 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: 'The four most overrated things in life are champagne, lobster, anal sex, and picnics.' - Christopher Hitchens (November 12, 2019 at 2:54 am)desire4hitchasia Wrote: [quote pid='1932749' dateline='1568777901'] [/quote] Some people say that "fanboy" is too strong a word for the Hitchens-lovers.
“Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them, If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.” (Marcus Aurelius, Meditations)
"The world is my country; all of humanity are my brethren; and to do good deeds is my religion." (Thomas Paine)
'Football is a gentleman's game played by hooligans. Rugby is a hooligan's game played by gentlemen.' - Churchill
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
'There's no grays, only white that's got grubby. I'm surprised you don't know that. And sin, young man, is when you treat people as things. Including yourself. That's what sin is.' - Granny Weatherwax, on being told that the concept of 'sin' has a lot of gray areas.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
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