May 29, 2011
Religion is truly inspirational. After all, it has be inspiring fear and hatred for centuries. ~ Mike Hutchinson
May 28, 2011
There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves. ~ Jane Austen
May 26, 2011
The supreme happiness of life is the conviction of being loved for yourself, or, more correctly, in spite of yourself. ~ Victor Hugo
May 20, 2011
Of course, people often say things out of jealousy, because they are not secure in themselves. ~ Maeve Binchy (from " The Glass Lake")
May 19, 2011
Go without a coat when its cold; find out what cold is. Go hungry; keep your existence lean. Wear away the fat, get down to the lean tissue and see what its all about. The only time you define your character is when you go without. In times of hardship, you find out what you're made of and what you're capable of. If you're never tested, you'll never define your character. ~ Henry Rollins
May 15, 2011
If you pray for rain long enough, it eventually does fall. If you pray for floodwaters to abate, they eventually do. The same happens in the absence of prayers. ~ Steve Allen
May 14, 2011
A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it; it would be hell on earth. ~ George Bernard Shaw
May 13, 2011
In short, the things he did were done because it was easier to do them than not to do them. ~ Jack London (from "The Call of the Wild")
May 11, 2011
Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and the unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. ~ Bertrand Russell
May 09, 2011
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people do that, but the really great make you feel you, too, can become great. ~ Mark Twain
May 08, 2011
The Gospel of Thomas threatens the status quo of conservative, literal Christianity -- the enemies of Gnosticism -- who have done everything they can to make the Gospel of Thomas disappear again, by declaring it Gnostic and therefore heretical. There is no Gnostic theorising in Thomas -- it is more likely to have been written at the time of the canonical gospels and maybe even earlier. Thomas, if anything, is anti-Gnostic, with its emphasis on the presence of the Kingdom of Heaven within the world now... Gnosticism emphatically insisted that the Kingdom of Heaven is to be found in the highest sphere above the world and certainly not here among the archons. ~ Stevan Davis
May 07, 2011
It might be a good idea if the various countries of the world would occasionally swap history books, just to see what other people are doing with the same set of facts. ~ Bill Vaughan
May 06, 2011
The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness. ~ Joseph Conrad
May 05, 2011
Realization doesn't destroy the individual any more than the reflection of the moon breaks a drop of water. A drop of water can reflect the whole sky. ~ Dogen
May 02, 2011
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is all comprehensible. -- Albert Einstein
May 01, 2011
The positive power of virtue is enormous. When we don't live by these precepts, it is said we live like wild beasts; without them, all other spiritual practice is a sham. Imagine trying to sit down to meditate after a day of lying and stealing. Then imagine what a different world this would be if everyone kept one precept -- not to kill, not to lie, or not to steal. We would truly create a new world order. ~ Jack Kornfield ( from "A Path With Heart")
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