Quotations
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-Sometimes Life’s a shit sandwich. At those times, enjoy the bread.
Rob, in church during Joys & Concerns, Sept ‘17
-We all must choose between comfort & growth. Initially, we can’t have both.
-I’m not afraid of storms for I am learning to sail my ship. Louisa May Alcott
-You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending. C.S.Lewis
-If you can’t change what happens, you can still laugh at it. Erma Bombeck
-Si besas su mente, su cuerpo la seguira (If you kiss her mind, her body will follow)
-You cannot see your reflection in running water, only in still water. Chuang-Tzu
-Be reverent about non-belief and irreverent about belief. Brenda Peterson
-Some people talk to animals. Not many listen, though. That’s the problem. A.A. Milne
-A great fire burns within me, but no one stops too warm themselves at it, and passers-by only see a wisp of smoke. Vincent Van Gogh
-Like a chameleon caught in a kaleidoscope
-Tying my shoes is not supposed to be an aerobic exercise
-Tell me & I forget. Teach me & I remember. Involve me & I learn. Benjamin Franklin
-Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree it will live its whole life believing it is stupid. Albert Einstein
-Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, Love leaves a memory no one can steal. Irish Headstone
-Don’t worry about making waves, the moon does it all the time.
-I will accept no bull from your house. Psalm 50:9
-Psycho-Sclerosis: hardening of the attitudes. Dan Millman
-Drawing
Ridiculous
Attention and
Making
An ass of yourself
-I found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it. Harry S. Truman
-“I don’t believe anything I hear and only half of what I see”, from 1949 “The Fighting Man of the Plains”, Randolph Scott as the detective agent. Later in John Ford & John Wayne movie. Earlier provenance in Edgar Allen Poe short story & in Benjamin Franklin.
-People will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own souls. Carl Gustav Jung
-From “Sweet Home Alabama:”
- Just because I talk slow, doesn’t mean I’m stupid
-So what d’ya want to be married to me for? So I can kiss you anytime I want.
-How often do we tell our own life story? How often do we adjust, embellish, make sly cuts? And the longer life goes on, the fewer are those around to challenge our account, to remind us that our life is not our life, merely the story we have told about our life. Told to others, but mainly, to ourselves. Julian Barnes
-The secret to living well & longer: eat half, walk double, laugh triple & love without measure. Tibetan Proverb
-Just still the thoughts in your mind. It is good to do this right in the midst of disturbance. Yuan-Wu
-Please Don’t Read This Sign
-Not My Circus, Not My Monkeys
-Be yourself, everyone else is taken. Oscar Wilde
-So, how’s that working for yah?
-Positive Shampoo Therapeutic Intervention: Rinse & Repeat
-Don’t try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.
-Yesterday I was clever and wanted to change the world. Today I am wiser and want to change myself. Rumi
-I live my life based on two principles. One, I live as if today was the last day of my life. Two, I live today as if I am going to live forever. Osho
-Sweeping things under the rug gives us lumpy carpets.
-Our comfort zone may be a calm and beautiful place, however, little grows in that environment
-I’ve always been crazy but it’s kept me from going insane. Waylon Jennings
-I can’t fix stupid. I can medicate it, but I can’t fix it.
-Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind. Dr. Seuss
-Jesus wept. St. John 11:35 and he laughed.
[Comment, questions, disagreements, snide remarks, silly stories are welcome. Shalom- ROB]