Sayings & Quotes

[Lilith7]

“Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to a human. Just as one wants happiness & fears pain, just as one wants to live & not die, so do other creatures.”
Dalai Lama

“Happiness is the only thing that multiplies when you share it.”
Albert Schweitzer

[Lilith7]

A poem for a change


Summons

Last night I dreamed
ten thousand grandmothers
from the twelve hundred corners of the earth
walked out into the gap
one breath deep
between the bullet and the flesh
between the bomb and the family.
They told me we cannot wait for governments.
There are no peacekeepers boarding planes.
There are no leaders who dare to say
every life is precious, so it will have to be us.
They said we will cup our hands around each heart.
We will sing the earth’s song, the song of water,
a song so beautiful that vengeance will turn to weeping,
the mourners will embrace, and grief replace
every impulse toward harm.
Ten thousand is not enough, they said,
so, we have sent this dream, like a flock of doves
into the sleep of the world. Wake up. Put on your shoes.
You who are reading this, I am bringing bandages
and a bag of scented guavas from my trees. I think
I remember the tune. Meet me at the corner.
Let’s go.

Aurora Levins Morales

[zqwerty]

Beautiful and eclectic poem.

[Lilith7]

“Having a cat or dog will open your heart. Reading a book will open your mind.
Having both a pet & a book... absolute heaven.”
Mark Rubinstein

“Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who only know what to think.”
Neil deGrasse Tyson

[Lilith7]

“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”
Arthur C Clarke

“One day
a small group of angry men will
declare a war
and no one will show up to fight
because we'll be collectively finished with
with violence
with greed
with fear
one day."
Daniel Baylis

[Lilith7]

“The buying of more books than one can read is nothing less than the soul reaching toward infinity.”

Israel Regardie


"Thou who passest on this path,

If haply thou dost mark this monument,

Laugh not, I pray thee, though it is a dog's grave.

Tears fell for me, and the dust was heaped above me

By a master's hand."

Ancient Greek epitaph

[Lilith7]

“I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise.”
Montesquiei

“Peace is the only batle worth waging.”
Albert Camus

[Lilith7]

“Peace is not the absence of conflict, it is the presence of justice.”
William Faulkner

“Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better.”
Martin Luther King Jr.

[Lilith7]

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”


 “We are not makers of history. We are made by history.” 
Martin Luther King, Jr.

[Lilith7]

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”

“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of true education.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.

[Lilith7]

“All labour that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.”

“Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can’t ride you unless your back is bent.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.

[Lilith7]

I look to a day when people will not be judged by the colour of their skin, but by the content of their character.”

“I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality… I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.

[Lilith7]

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”


“Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.

[Lilith7]

“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”

“Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.”


Martin Luther King, Jr.

[Lilith7]

“One day we will learn that the heart can never be totally right when the head is totally wrong. “

“I refuse to accept despair as the final response to the ambiguities of history.”

Martin Luther King, Jr.

[zqwerty]

The Narcissist's Prayer

That didn't happen.

And if it did, it wasn't that bad.

And if it was, that's not a big deal.

And if it is, that's not my fault.

And if it was, I didn't mean it.

And if I did, you deserved it.

[Lilith7]

“I refuse to accept despair as the final response to the ambiguities of history.”

“Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself.”
Martin Luther King jnr

[Lilith7]

“You must be willing to suffer the anger of the opponent, and yet not return anger. No matter how emotional your opponents are, you must remain calm.”

“We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.”

Martin Luther King Jr.

[Lilith7]

“They hang the man & flog the woman,
That steal the goose from off the common
But lets the greater villain loose
That steals the common from the goose.

The law demands that we atone
When we take things we do not own,
But leaves the lords and ladies fine
Who take things that are yours and mine.”
circa 1764
English nursery rhyme

"I never have been in despair about the world. Enraged. I've been enraged by the world, but never despair. I cannot afford despair. You can't tell the children that there is no hope."
James Baldwin

[zqwerty]

The nursery rhyme is great and the James Baldwin quote food for thought, thanks Lilith7.