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RE: Sayings & Quotes - Lilith7 - 11-08-2023
“Anyone with gumption and a sharp mind will take the measure of two things: what's said and what's done.”
“If you have the words, there's always a chance that you'll find the way.”
“I have begun to think of life as a series of ripples widening out from an original center.”
Seamus Heaney
RE: Sayings & Quotes - Lilith7 - 12-08-2023
“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”
“Humour is also a way of saying something serious.”
T S Eliot
“Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.”
Thomas Hardy
RE: Sayings & Quotes - Lilith7 - 13-08-2023
“A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self.”
“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.”
Charles Dickens
“Whether one believes in a religion or not, & whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness & compassion.”
Dalai Lama
RE: Sayings & Quotes - Lilith7 - 14-08-2023
“Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.”
Aleksandr Solzhenitysn
“You do not get to destroy someone & decide how ruined they are allowed to feel.”
Nikita Gill
“We have calcium in our bones, iron in our veins, carbon in our souls, and nitrogen in our brains. 93 percent stardust, with souls made of flames, we are all just stars that have people names.”
Nikita Gill
RE: Sayings & Quotes - Lilith7 - 15-08-2023
“Only the brave and the broken are kind in this world.”
Nikita Gill
“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.”
J RR Tolkien
“It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.”
J RR Tolkien
RE: Sayings & Quotes - Lilith7 - 16-08-2023
“It is useless to meet revenge with revenge; it will heal nothing.”
“And then her heart changed, or at least she understood it; and the winter passed, and the sun shone upon her.”
“His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.”
J RR Tolkien
RE: Sayings & Quotes - Lilith7 - 17-08-2023
“I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to.”
“The treacherous are ever distrustful.”
“It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.”
J RR Tolkien
RE: Sayings & Quotes - Lilith7 - 18-08-2023
"And he that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.”
“Only a small part is played in great deeds by any hero.”
J R R Tolkien
"Someone once told me that time was a predator that stalked us all our lives. But I rather believe than time is a companion who goes with us on the journey, and reminds us to cherish every moment because they'll never come again. What we leave behind is not as important how we lived."
Jean Luc Picard
RE: Sayings & Quotes - Lilith7 - 19-08-2023
“Science is more than a body of knowledge, its a way of thinking. A way of sceptically interrogating the universe with a fine understanding of human fallibility. If we are not able to ask sceptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us that something is true, to be sceptical of those in authority, then we're uip for grabs for the next charlatan, political or religious, who comes ambling along.
Carl Sagan
“Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.”
“Wisdom comes only when you stop looking for it & start living the life the creator intended for you”
Native American proverbs
RE: Sayings & Quotes - jackford - 20-08-2023
Not sure if it's a saying however on a trip up to Opononi, daughter & I stopped @ Dargaville for a meal. Had look round & saw a sign in a shop display stating " Friends welcome anytime, Relatives by appointment" Purchased same
RE: Sayings & Quotes - Lilith7 - 20-08-2023
“Take only what you need & leave the land as you found it.”
“When a man moves away from nature his heart becomes hard.”
“Beware of the man who does not talk & the dog who does not bark.” Cheyenne
Native American proverbs
RE: Sayings & Quotes - Lilith7 - 21-08-2023
“Our pleasures are shallow & our sorrows are deep.”
“It does not require many words to speak the truth.”
“Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.”
Native American proverb
RE: Sayings & Quotes - Lilith7 - 22-08-2023
“Poverty is a noose that strangles humility & breeds disrespect for god & man.” Sioux
“Ask questions from the heart & you will be answered from the heart.”
“There is no death, only a change of worlds.” Duwamish
Native American proverb
RE: Sayings & Quotes - Lilith7 - 23-08-2023
“What is life? It is a flash of a firefly in the night.
It is the breath of a buffalo in the winter time.
It is the little shadow that runs across the grass & loses itself in the sunset.” Blackfoot
“Only when the last tree has been cut down, the last fish caught, & the last stream poisoned, will we realise we cannot eat money.”
“There are two wolves fighting inside all of us. The first one is evil, the second one is good. Which wolf will win? The one you feed.”
Native American proverb
RE: Sayings & Quotes - Lilith7 - 24-08-2023
“It is better to have less thunder in the mouth & more lightning in the hand.” Apache.
“Listen, or your tongue will make you deaf.”
“Seek wisdom, not knowledge. Knowledge is of the past, wisdom is of the future.”
Lumbee
Native American proverb
RE: Sayings & Quotes - Lilith7 - 25-08-2023
“They are not dead who live in the hearts they leave behind.” Tuscarora.
“All plants are our brothers and sisters. They talk to us and if we listen, we can hear them.” Arapaho.
“Do not judge your neighbour until you walk two moons in his moccasins.” Cheyenne
Native American proverb
RE: Sayings & Quotes - Lilith7 - 26-08-2023
“There is nothing as eloquent as a rattlesnakes tail.” Navajo
“Force, no matter how concealed, begets resistance.” Lakota
“Life is not separate from death. It only looks that way.” Blackfoot
Native American proverb
RE: Sayings & Quotes - Lilith7 - 27-08-2023
“If a man is as wise as a serpent, he can afford to be as harmless as a dove.” Cheyenne
“A good chief gives, he does not take.” Mohawk
“To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature.” Oglala Sioux
Native American proverb
RE: Sayings & Quotes - Lilith7 - 28-08-2023
“Ask questions from your heart and you will be answered from the heart.” Omaha
“Do not wrong or hate your neighbour for it is not he that you wrong but yourself.” Pima
“Cherish youth, but trust old age. “ Pueblo
Native American proverb
RE: Sayings & Quotes - Lilith7 - 29-08-2023
“Sharing and giving are the ways of God.” Sauk
“We are all one child spinning through Mother Sky.” Shawnee
“It is no longer good enough to cry peace, we must act peace, live peace and live in peace.” Shenandoah
Native American proverb