02-02-2022, 12:34 PM
"Listen to me:
There are fawces in this world that control ya. Hostile, malignant fawces which try to bend an break you to their will, their twisted ideas of what you should be. Immensely powerful, they will stop at naffin to drag everyfin' down to a unity; one nation, one personality, one voice. F*ck them awl....
Torture is not confined to the middle ages, aw tha third world; an insistence on unifawnity is the modern rack on which we ar awl broken, or would be if those c*nts ad their way. Evil is not an amorphous, anonymous fing; it has a house & family, it eats breakfast, it wears certain clothes an squirms tentacles inta every aspect av your life. It will neva give in.
Make no mistake, it is there. It will bring death upon you in worse ways than the physical. Right now, someone is lacing up their polished black shoes & double-checking your address.
Run like f*ck."
Grit,Niall Griffiths.
"One thing that frequently ticks me off about the wealthy is that they often don’t realise that not everyone has a burning ambition to acquire money & material possessions.
The rich don’t understand this; unless someone has made it his or her mission to die with more toys than anyone else, then he or she is a deadbeat."
Allen Steele. Coyote Horizon.
"Character comes from following our highest sense of right, from trusting ideals without being sure they'll work. One challenge of our adventures on earth is to rise above dead systems - wars, religions, nations, destructions - to refuse to be a part of them, & express instead the highest selves we know how to be."
"No one can solve problems for someone whose problem is that they don't want problems solved."
"No matter how qualified or deserving we are, we will never reach a better life until we can imagine it for ourselves & allow ourselves to have it."
"An easy life doesn't teach us anything. In the end it’s the learning that matters: what we've learned & how we've grown."
Richard Bach, One.
"We stand on a mountain pass in the midst of whirling snows & blinding mist, through which we get glimpses now & then of paths which may be deceptive. If we stand still we shall be frozen to death. If we take the wrong road we shall be dashed to pieces. We do not certainly know whether there is any right one. What must we do? Be strong & of good courage. Act for the best, hope for the best & take what comes...if death ends all, we cannot meet death better."
Fitz James Stephen.
From The courage of conviction, Philip Berman.
"To laugh often & much,
To win the respect of intelligent people
And the affection of children,
To earn the appreciation of honest critics
And to endure the betrayal of false friends,
To appreciate beauty,
To find the best in others,
To leave the world a bit better
Whether by a healthy child, a garden patch
Or a redeemed social condition,
To know even one life has breathed easier
Because you lived
This is to have succeeded."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
From Fred Hollows, an autobiography with Peter Corris.
"The character building virtues of self help are regularly preached by those who do not want to give help to those in desperate need."
Eva Figes, A child at war
"She said heatedly "My way would not involve murder. Instead of unlocking the secrets of matter to cause world-ending weapons, why not try to figure out why we do certain things, & how we might change that? How can we cure our own stupidity? It would be more satisfying to me than holding the power of a million suns in my hand."
In war times, Kathleen Ann Goonan
There are fawces in this world that control ya. Hostile, malignant fawces which try to bend an break you to their will, their twisted ideas of what you should be. Immensely powerful, they will stop at naffin to drag everyfin' down to a unity; one nation, one personality, one voice. F*ck them awl....
Torture is not confined to the middle ages, aw tha third world; an insistence on unifawnity is the modern rack on which we ar awl broken, or would be if those c*nts ad their way. Evil is not an amorphous, anonymous fing; it has a house & family, it eats breakfast, it wears certain clothes an squirms tentacles inta every aspect av your life. It will neva give in.
Make no mistake, it is there. It will bring death upon you in worse ways than the physical. Right now, someone is lacing up their polished black shoes & double-checking your address.
Run like f*ck."
Grit,Niall Griffiths.
"One thing that frequently ticks me off about the wealthy is that they often don’t realise that not everyone has a burning ambition to acquire money & material possessions.
The rich don’t understand this; unless someone has made it his or her mission to die with more toys than anyone else, then he or she is a deadbeat."
Allen Steele. Coyote Horizon.
"Character comes from following our highest sense of right, from trusting ideals without being sure they'll work. One challenge of our adventures on earth is to rise above dead systems - wars, religions, nations, destructions - to refuse to be a part of them, & express instead the highest selves we know how to be."
"No one can solve problems for someone whose problem is that they don't want problems solved."
"No matter how qualified or deserving we are, we will never reach a better life until we can imagine it for ourselves & allow ourselves to have it."
"An easy life doesn't teach us anything. In the end it’s the learning that matters: what we've learned & how we've grown."
Richard Bach, One.
"We stand on a mountain pass in the midst of whirling snows & blinding mist, through which we get glimpses now & then of paths which may be deceptive. If we stand still we shall be frozen to death. If we take the wrong road we shall be dashed to pieces. We do not certainly know whether there is any right one. What must we do? Be strong & of good courage. Act for the best, hope for the best & take what comes...if death ends all, we cannot meet death better."
Fitz James Stephen.
From The courage of conviction, Philip Berman.
"To laugh often & much,
To win the respect of intelligent people
And the affection of children,
To earn the appreciation of honest critics
And to endure the betrayal of false friends,
To appreciate beauty,
To find the best in others,
To leave the world a bit better
Whether by a healthy child, a garden patch
Or a redeemed social condition,
To know even one life has breathed easier
Because you lived
This is to have succeeded."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
From Fred Hollows, an autobiography with Peter Corris.
"The character building virtues of self help are regularly preached by those who do not want to give help to those in desperate need."
Eva Figes, A child at war
"She said heatedly "My way would not involve murder. Instead of unlocking the secrets of matter to cause world-ending weapons, why not try to figure out why we do certain things, & how we might change that? How can we cure our own stupidity? It would be more satisfying to me than holding the power of a million suns in my hand."
In war times, Kathleen Ann Goonan
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)