"Few notice the many behaving well, but many will notice the few behaving badly." I'm admittedly paraphrasing, but this was a quote my secondary school headmaster gave students before dismissing them when he hosted end of term assemblies.
"Maybe there's more to life than being really, really, really, ridiculously good looking." - Derek Zoolander
I'm aware it's a 2yr old post, but one I wanted to respond to. Let me know if this is unacceptable in this forum. Regarding Lifeline's quote...The professionalism of the builders had nothing to do with the Titanic's sinking. Plus, it seems reasonable to assume Noah literally had God-like professional help in building his ship. In response to Oscar Leigh's comments...If it seems irresponsible to you, then that's what it is to you. I think folks tend to formulate conclusions based on various criteria; it's why folks end up with different beliefs on matters. I have a different opinion on the matter, based on my experience. I'm an amateur in many fields regarding the study of Depression, yet I've cured what professionals still classify as "currently incurable". This suggests official training doesn't always produce the best researchers, or have access to all the relevant data. Perhaps some amateurs don't go through official channels because they think outside of the box, they think beyond what the establishment considers are the boundaries, therefore have no interest in signing up, and mostly likely wouldn't be allowed to join. It's always a joy to watch a professional arrogantly or condescendingly try to convince me I haven't cured myself. I think they do this because they have a certificate proudly framed on their wall that convinces them or reflects they know all there is to know on the subject, therefore I must be deluded, and it's their duty to humanity to set me straight. Anyways...some quotes. Mike Michaelson: Christof, let me ask you, why do you think that Truman has never come close to discovering the true nature of his world until now? Christof: We accept the reality of the world with which we're presented. It's as simple as that. - The Truman Show "Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason." - Samuel Adams "It often takes more courage to change one's opinion than to stick to it." - Geoffrey F. Albert "A prudent question is one-half of wisdom." - Francis Bacon "He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men." - Honore' de Balzac "During my eighty-seven years I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think." - Bernard Mannes Baruch "Nothing is so firmly believed as what is least known." - D. A. Battista
One of my Dungeons and Dragons players today: “So how dead do they have to be before it goes from “kidnapping” to “theft”?” @MusingWordsmith, August 14th, 2018
"Phoo hooo! Look who knows so much! It just so happens that your friend is only mostly dead... mostly dead, is slightly alive..." Miracle Max
If I don't talk to you, it could be because I consider you an arsehole. Either that, or I just don't know what to say to you.
"No person ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. We see it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking." - Ruth Benedict "Absurdity - A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion." - Ambrose Gwinett Bierce "It is the nature and the advantage of strong people that they can bring out the crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them. The weak always have to decide between alternatives that are not their own." - Dietrich Bonhoeffer "Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilized by education. They grow there, firm as weeds among rocks." - Charlotte Bronte "Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves." - George Gordon Byron "The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out." - Chinese Proverb "The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new." - Pema Chodron
I agree. I'm a late bloomer and much of social behaviour didn't make sense till I hit my mid 30s. Hitting my stride during my late 40s. During the wonderful 2 weeks I spent in the Psychward after my suicide attempt, I could make sense of the bizarre behaviour of some of my fellow travellers....fully sorting my shit out 12 months later. Branching off the quote, or more aptly, the root system as I delve in deeper into human nature...based along the lines of these quotes... “Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.” - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow "Be kind to one another, for most of us are fighting a hard battle.” - Ian MacLaren "If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm any hostility." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ...I think a huge portion of stupid behaviour comes from here... Many people are stupid wounded. Once you understand this, the world begins to make sense.
All caught up, obtained 50 new quotes, YAY! and cheers. Though there'd be more but I already have some of them and it turns out the pages are way shorter than imagined. "Read everything, listen to everybody, don't trust anything unless you can prove it with your own research." - William Cooper "The people who oppose your ideas are inevitably those who represent the established order that your ideas will upset." - Anthony D'Angelo "Every person is a fool in somebody's opinion." - Danish proverb "As long as you have certain desires about how it ought to be, you can't see how it is." - Ram Dass "I saw a bumper sticker not too long ago that said "Question reality". I agree. I think reality should be questioned and challenged and maybe even done away with. Usually, when someone tells you that you must "get back to reality", they're talking about their own reality. People project their own belief systems on others all the time and, if you're not careful, you might start to think like them." - Douglas Davis "Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true." - Demosthenes "There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge - observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts, reflection combines them, experimentation verifies the result of that combination." - Denis Diderot
"You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection." - Gautama Buddha
