Random Quotes
Miscellaneous Authors
“Only when
the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish
has been caught will we realize that we can not eat money” - 19th Century
Native American *
“Tell a
lie loud enough and long enough and people will believe it.” -- Adolf Hitler *
“Condemnation
without investigation is the height of ignorance.” -- Albert Einstein *
"I
feel like I'm sort of stumbling along and a lot of people are watching me, or
stumbling along with me, or allowing me to stumble for them."
-Jerry
Garcia *
“This
troubled planet is a place of the most violent contrasts. Those that receive
the rewards are totally separated from those who shoulder the burdens. It is
not a wise leadership.”
Spock,
“The Cloud Minders,” Star Trek *
Episode
74, February 28, 1969
“We must
be the change we wish to see in the world.”
Mahatma
Gandhi *
“I went to
the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential
facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when
I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I wanted to live deep and suck
all the marrow of life…. “
Henry
David Thoreau *
“Simplicity
is not about poverty or self deprivation. It is about discovering and
understanding what is “enough” and what brings “happiness” in our own life –
based upon thoughtful analysis of our lifestyle and self value – and simply
discard the rest.”
--Mary
Bliss *
“Sin is its own punishment.
Freud” *
“To create one's own world takes courage.” - Georgia O'Keefe *
“There is nothing we
cannot live down, rise above, and overcome.” - Ella Wheeler Wilcox *
“Courage is grace under
pressure.” - Ernest Hemingway *
Author – John Perry Barlow * Song Writer
“Shadow
boxing the apocalypse, wandering the land...
--John Perry Barlow “*
“I’m
convinced that liberty exists in the public’s willingness to exercise it. And
if people are timid, they’re not going to exercise their liberties, and they’ll
lose them.
--John Perry Barlow February 2002” *
Author – Robert Hunter * Singer * Song Writer
“ I get
where I’m going as fast in the back as in the driver’s seat and I don’t get
left out holding the bag down on lonely street although we meet – occasionally”
--Robert
Hunter *
“Although
the stars have shifted, we’re not lost. The wind alone itself decides our
course....”
--Robert
Hunter *
“Now I
don’t know but I been told it’s hard to run with the weight of gold. Other hand
I heard it said it’s just as hard with the weight of lead”
--Robert
Hunter *
“Since I’m
passing your way today I just stopped in ‘cause I want to say I recall our
darkness when it crackled like a thunder cloud”
--Robert
Hunter *
“William
Tell has stretched his bow till it won’t stretch no furthermore and/or it may
require a change that hasn’t come before
--Robert Hunter “ *
Author – RUMI * Poet
“Feel
yourself being quietly drawn by the deeper pull of what you truly love. --RUMI”
*
“But listen to me: For one moment, quit being sad. Hear Blessings
dropping their blossoms around you –RUMI”
“You are the truth from foot to brow. Now what else would you
like to know? –RUMI”
“Though we seem to be sleeping there is an inner wakefulness that
directs the dream. And that will eventually startle us back TO
TRUTH OF WHO WE ARE. – RUMI”
“Enjoy the being washed with a secret we sometimes know and then
not – RUMI”
“Every object, every being is a jar full of delight. Be a
connoisseur. – RUMI” *
“Keep knocking, and the joy inside will eventually open a window
and look out to see who’s there – RUMI” *
“Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don’t claim them.
Feel the artistry moving through, AND BE SILENT. – RUMI” *
“Unfold your own myth – RUMI” *
“HOW FAR IS FAR? How far is the light of the moon from the moon?
How far is the taste of candy from the lip? – RUMI” *
“Stars burn clear all night till dawn. Do that yourself, and a
spring will rise in the dark, with water your deepest thirst is for. – RUMI” *
“Stop the words now. Open the window in the center of your chest,
and let the spirit move in and out. – RUMI”
“You must have shadow & light source both. And lay your head
under the tree of awe. – RUMI”
“Wordly power means nothing. Only the unsayable, jeweled inner
life matters. – RUMI”
“But what can stay hidden? Love’s secret is always lifting its
head out from under the covers. HERE I AM – RUMI”
“Don’t analyze enthusiasm – RUMI” *
“Every
part of you has a secret language your hands and your feet say what you’ve
done. And every need brings in what’s needed.
Pain bears
its cure like a child. Having nothing produces provisions. Ask a difficult question, and marvelous
answer appears. –RUMI”
“When you
do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy. – RUMI”
“This is
the way you slip through into your non – spatial home. Close your eyes and
surrender. – RUMI”
As of 02/12/03
* = added to random