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Post by andydp on Sept 26, 2021 12:33:33 GMT
Smile more than you cry, Give more than you take, and Love more than you Hate.
Drake
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Post by andydp on Sept 27, 2021 11:56:45 GMT
Well-meant ignorance is a grievous calamity in high places.
Jacques-Benigne Bossuet
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Post by andydp on Sept 28, 2021 20:12:01 GMT
Make a game plan and stick to it. Unless it's not working.
Yogi Berra
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Post by andydp on Sept 30, 2021 19:43:00 GMT
I was out of town doing some errands and visiting my 92 YO Cousin in Connecticut.
There are lessons to be learned from a stupid man.
Horace
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Post by Bact PhD on Sept 30, 2021 23:26:17 GMT
I was out of town doing some errands and visiting my 92 YO Cousin in Connecticut. There are lessons to be learned from a stupid man.
Horace
My one purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others.
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Post by LFC on Oct 1, 2021 1:29:59 GMT
One of my favorite snippets of wisdom. |
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Post by andydp on Oct 1, 2021 12:30:08 GMT
Found a couple for today:
Those who look for seashells will find seashells; those who open them will find pearls.
Al-Ghazali
Here's one that sounds contemporary:
Half of disbelief in Allah in the world is caused by people who make religion look ugly due to their bad conduct and ignorance
Al-Ghazali
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Post by goldenvalley on Oct 1, 2021 18:21:14 GMT
Here's one that sounds contemporary: Half of disbelief in Allah in the world is caused by people who make religion look ugly due to their bad conduct and ignorance
Al-Ghazali Religion always say "they're doing it wrong" as a way to excuse itself from the excesses people do in the name of the religion. |
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Post by andydp on Oct 3, 2021 18:28:17 GMT
A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
Dorothy Parker
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Post by andydp on Oct 4, 2021 11:46:16 GMT
This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.
Theodore Roosevelt
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Post by andydp on Oct 5, 2021 10:21:56 GMT
The art of knowing is knowing what to ignore.
Rumi
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Post by andydp on Oct 6, 2021 11:22:20 GMT
The season is over for the NY Yankees.
The saddest day of the year is the day baseball season ends.
Tommy Lasorda
The final stanza of "Casey at the Bat" is also appropriate:
Oh, somewhere in this favoured land the sun is shining bright,
The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light;
And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout,
But there is no joy in Mudville—mighty Casey has struck out.
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Post by andydp on Oct 7, 2021 13:17:48 GMT
Measure a person by what they do with power.
Pittacus of Mytilene
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Post by andydp on Oct 8, 2021 10:43:49 GMT
To find pleasure in life, make the most of the spring.
Li Bai
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Post by LFC on Oct 8, 2021 14:32:51 GMT
To find pleasure in life, make the most of the spring.
Li Bai
I agree. Make the most of "the spring." |
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Post by andydp on Oct 12, 2021 13:34:01 GMT
Because it is so unbelievable, the Truth often escapes being known.
Heraclitus
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Post by andydp on Oct 13, 2021 14:47:18 GMT
The root of all evil is 'I', 'Me' , 'Mine'.
Saint Pio of Pietrelcina
Side note: when I was about 7 years old we lived in Italy. My dad's home town was near Pietrelcina. One day we went to Padre Pio's Mass. He said Mass about 0500. One of the things he did during the rest of the day, was hear confessions. I can honestly say I met and interacted with an "Official" Saint of the Catholic Church.
Sadly, none of the "saint vibes" managed to stick around. Whatever was left, went away in college.
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Post by andydp on Oct 14, 2021 11:52:13 GMT
Perception is a tool that's pointed on both ends.
Hannibal **
** Hannibal of the Punic Wars, not the movie.
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Post by andydp on Oct 18, 2021 11:52:15 GMT
Fearing no insult, asking for no crown, receive with indifference both flattery and slander, and do not argue with a fool.
Alexander Pushkin
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Post by andydp on Oct 19, 2021 11:13:43 GMT
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.
Cesare Pavese
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Post by andydp on Oct 20, 2021 12:51:02 GMT
Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right. ***
Theodore Roosevelt
*** I have been informed by the Facebook Borg Masters this is not a TR quote.
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Post by andydp on Oct 22, 2021 11:49:22 GMT
To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate.
Al-Ghazali
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Post by andydp on Oct 24, 2021 13:10:13 GMT
This quote serendipitously popped up in my search:
Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.
Colin Powell
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Post by LFC on Oct 25, 2021 14:38:43 GMT
This quote serendipitously popped up in my search: Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.
Colin Powell Unfortunately this is the mantra of the anti-vaxxers.
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Post by andydp on Oct 25, 2021 18:55:05 GMT
Sports do not build character. They reveal it.
Heywood Broun
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