Happiness is like a butterfly, if you chase it, it will run away, but when you focus on other things, it will land on your shoulder. A quote on display in the office of the school's counselor
"I am not asking you to stand and fight here; I am asking you to die in your tracks. In the time that it takes us to die, other forces and commanders can come and take our place." -Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, at the Battle of Gallipoli
The melding of two souls knows not the idealism found in perfect circumstance, nor the lofty opinions of noble observers, they only know the time is now. -Joseph Starke-
"If you want to follow me to freedom, be prepared to swim upstream, against the river of conditioning. Be prepared to grapple continuously with the fierce flow of negative mental currents. In time our strokes will become effortless and our sense of purpose irresistible." - Buddha "Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it." - Buddha "There is many a good man to be found under a shabby hat." - Chinese Proverb "Mindfulness refers to keeping one's consciousness alive to the present reality. It is the miracle by which we master and restore ourselves." - Thich Nhat Hanh "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." - Aristotle "He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men." - Honore' de Balzac "Read not to contradict and confute, not to believe and take for granted, not to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider." - Francis Bacon "The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress." -Joseph Joubert "Leave no stone unturned." - Euripides "Let's not jump to conclusions." - Mike - MST3K
Sometimes the greatest realities are covered by greatest untrue words. For discovering the truths the only alternative is thinking. Be moderate like warm water, neither hot nor cold. Changing an opinion should happen innerly, if not, changing the viewpoint from outside is harder than replacement of a mountain. Don,t pervent human not to move to perfection because this intense feeling is in the nature of man and is unchangable, but define for him what is perfection, because even a thief supposes being the head of thieves is perfection, mistakenly. The color and nationality of humans is a curtain between you and them. look, what is beyond the curtain. Mans
If the facts fail to support your opinion, then your opinions hold the same merit, as an uneducated guess. -yours truly
There are two types of people in this world. Those who've got your back, and your respect. And those that are just waiting around to stab you in it.
Its counterpart, which I believe was unique to our little Band of Shitbirds, was "Win if you can, lose if you must, but always, always cheat."
