My Favorite Quotes

[Sweetpepper]

Paradise is exactly like where you are right now . . . only much, much better

Act happy, feel happy, be happy, without a reason in the world. Then you can love, and do what you will.
-- Dan Millman

If one cannot catch the bird of paradise, better take a wet hen.

Loves conquers all things except poverty and toothache.

Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience.
Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise, because of impatience we cannot return.
~ W.H. Auden

[Sweetpepper]

If we deny love that is given to us, if we refuse to give love because we fear pain or loss, then our lives will be empty, our loss greater.

~ Unknown

[Sweetpepper]

Happiness means quiet nerves.

[LovelyOnes]

'After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.' --Aldous Huxley

[Sweetpepper]

'Tis easy enough to be pleasant,
When life flows along like a song;
But the man worth while is the one who will smile
When everything goes dead wrong.

-- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

[Sweetpepper]

Keep quiet and people will think you a philosopher.

[Sweetpepper]

If you see a friend without a smile; give him one of yours.

The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.

Anger, tears and sadness are only for those who have given up.

Sad are only those who understand.


Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy.

[DeMilo]

God gave men a brain and a penis but only enough blood to operate one at a time! (just a quote - no offense intended)

[Sweetpepper]

"It's hard to be funny when you have to be clean."

[Ahh_lex_A]

When love beckons to you follow him,
Though his ways are hard and steep.
And when his wings enfold you yield to him,
Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. And when he speaks to you believe in him,
Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden.
For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning.
Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun,
So shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth. Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself.
He threshes you to make you naked.
He sifts you to free you from your husks.
He grinds you to whiteness.
He kneads you until you are pliant;
And then he assigns you to his sacred fire, that you may become sacred bread for God's sacred feast.
All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart, and in that knowledge become a fragment of Life's heart.
But if in your fear you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure,
Then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love's threshing-floor,
Into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears.
Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself.
Love possesses not nor would it be possessed; For love is sufficient unto love. When you love you should not say, "God is in my heart," but rather, I am in the heart of God."
And think not you can direct the course of love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.
Love has no other desire but to fulfil itself.
But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires:
To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.
To know the pain of too much tenderness.
To be wounded by your own understanding of love;
And to bleed willingly and joyfully.
To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving;
To rest at the noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy;
To return home at eventide with gratitude;
And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.


Kahlil Gibran

[Sweetpepper]

Love is a game in which one always cheats.

[LovelyOnes]

Of all the things I've lost...I miss my mind the most.

[Crimsonblue]

nap, those little slices of death....

[Sweetpepper]

Treat me like an angel and I'll be your lil' devil.

Keep smiling, it makes people wonder what you're up to.

At least I can still smoke in my car

[Slowlane]

Originally Posted by Sweetpepper

Paradise is exactly like where you are right now . . . only much, much better


~ W.H. Auden

LOL. Good one.

[Sweetpepper]

Life's an Ocean, Sail It.

.....but the second mouse gets the cheese.

Love is like a rose in winter, only the strong survive.

A conclusion is the part where you got tired of thinking.

Careful with that light at the end of the tunnel, it might be another train coming.

Never think about the mistakes you made. Think about the mistakes you will make.

OK, so what's the speed of dark?

[Sweetpepper]

Life is not measured by the number of breathes we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away.


OUT TO LUNCH: IF NOT BACK BY FIVE, OUT FOR DINNER ALSO

[Sweetpepper]

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Albert...

[Sweetpepper]

There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come.

-Victor Hugo

[Sweetpepper]

If you have not
Linked yourself
To true emptiness
You will never understand
The Art of Peace

[Sweetpepper]

King

A Chinese musical instrument, consisting of resonant stones or metal plates, arranged according to their tones in a frame of wood, and struck with a hammer.

[Sweetpepper]

Do not fail
To learn from
The pure voice of an
Ever-flowing mountain stream
Splashing over the rocks

[Sweetpepper]

The penetrating brilliance of swords
Wielded by followers of the Way
Strikes at the evil enemy
Lurking deep within
Their own souls and bodies

Crystal clear
Sharp and bright
The sacred sword
Allows no opening
For evil to roost

Foster and polish
The warior spirit
While serving in the world
Illuminate the path
According to your inner light

[Sweetpepper]

The Way of a Warrior
Cannot be encompassed
By words or in letters
Grasp the essence
And move on toward realization!

Always practice the Art of Peace in a vibrant and joyful manner.
A good stance and posture reflect a proper state of mind.

Move like a beam of light
Fly like lightning,
Strike like thunder
Whirl in circles around
A stable center

Manifest yang
In your right hand,
Balance it with
The yin of your left
......

[Sweetpepper]

Spring forth from the Great Earth
Billow like Great Waves
Stand like a tree, sit like a rock
Use One to strike All
Learn and forget!

Free of weakness
No-midedly ignore
The sharp attacks
Of your enemies
Step in and act!

Protectors of the world
And gaurdians of the Ways
Of gods and buddhas
The techniques of Peace
Enable us to meet every challenge

Failure is the key to success; Each mistake teaches us something.

Seeing me before him
The enemy attacks
But by that time
I am already standing
Safely behind him