Sayings & Quotes

[Lilith7]

ÔÇ£Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back to, & reasons to stay.ÔÇØ
Dalai Lama

ÔÇ£We read in bed because reading is halfway between life & dreaming.ÔÇØ
Anna Quindlen

[Lilith7]

"Cherish the narural world because you're a part of it & you depend on it.ÔÇØ
Sir David Attenborough

ÔÇ£Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But, since no one was listening,, everything must be said again.ÔÇØ
Andre Gide

[Lilith7]

ÔÇ£The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse, Nobody made a greater mistake thano did nothing because he could do only a little. All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.ÔÇØ
Edmund Burke


ÔÇ£Acting your age is about as sensible as acting your street number.You can volunteer to take life seriously but it's going to get you anyway. It's going to win against you in the end. It's harsh & you can either break down & complain about how miserable your life is, or you can have a go at it & survive.ÔÇØ
Billy Connolly

[Lilith7]

ÔÇ£Let us rise up & be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot at least we learned a little, & if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick , & if we got sick, at least we didn't die: so let us all be thankful.ÔÇØ
Buddha


ÔÇ£I think god is on earth, inside every living being.
What we call the 'divine energy' is none other than the energy of awakening, of peace, of understanding, & of love, which is to be found not only in every human being, but in every species on earth.ÔÇØ
Thich Nhat Hahn

[Lilith7]

ÔÇ£When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.ÔÇØ
Isaac Asimov


ÔÇ£You aren't wealthy until you have something money can't buy.ÔÇØ
Garth Brooks

[Lilith7]

ÔÇ£Show me a family of readers, & I will show you the people who move the world.ÔÇØ
Napoleon Bonaparte

ÔÇ£You have to start giving first & expect absolutely nothing.ÔÇØ
Dalai Lama

[Lilith7]

ÔÇ£I will always be on the side of those who have nothing & are not even allowed the nothing they have in peace.ÔÇØ
Frederico Garcia Lorca


ÔÇ£A book is not alive until it's read. Once read, it lives forever.ÔÇØ
David Reuben Aslin

[Lilith7]

ÔÇ£If you make others happy, you will be happy. If you make others unhappy, you'll be miserable.ÔÇØ
Dalai Lama


ÔÇ£I believe in a higher power. I have no need, or desire to wrap an identity around it, because religion's obssession with 'the right identity' has caused separation of our planet's people - & I believe in love & unity, regardless of our spiritual beliefs. Whether we call it - God, Source, The Unverse, Buddha, whatever ÔÇô doesn't matter to me. My eyes, ears & heart are open to the wisdom, beauty & miracles that surround us constantly.ÔÇØ
Thich Nhat Hahn

[Lilith7]

ÔÇ£This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.ÔÇØ
Dalai Lama

ÔÇ£Always take sides.Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.ÔÇØ
Elie Weisel

[Lilith7]

ÔÇ£In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.ÔÇØ
Dalai Lama

ÔÇ£Imagine how much more advanced the world would be today if women, who comprise half the world's brain power, were were socially & intellectualy enfranchised from the begginning of civlilisation.ÔÇØ
Neil de Grasse Tyson

[Lilith7]

ÔÇ£The death of human empathy is one of the earliest & most telling signs ofa culture about to fall into barbarism.ÔÇØ
Hannah Arendt


ÔÇ£We should measure the wealth of a nation not by the number of millionaires, but by the absence of poverty, the prevalence of health, the efficency of the public schools, & the number of people who can & do read worthwhile books.ÔÇØ
W.E.B. Du Bois

[Lilith7]

ÔÇ£Feminism has fought no wars. It has killed no opponents. It has set up no concentration camps, starved no enemies, practised no cruelties. It's battles have been for education,for the vote, for better working conditions, for safety on the streets, for child care, for social welfare, for rape crisis clinics,women's refuges,reforms in the laws.
If someone says 'Oh I'm not a feminist.' I ask' why? What's your problem?'
Dale Spender

ÔÇ£A woman whose mood improves with a book, a poem,a song or a cup of coffee is not defeated by anyone: even life loses with her.ÔÇØ
Kahlil Gibran

[Lilith7]

ÔÇ£I believe the only true religion consists of having a good heart.ÔÇØ
Dalai Lama

ÔÇ£War is a place where young people who don't know each other & don't hate each other based on decisions made by old people who know each other & hate each other, but don't kill each other.ÔÇØ
Brandt Legg

[Lilith7]

ÔÇ£Its remarkable that a device which fits in your pocket, can hold thousands of books.
But a roomful of books is an entir3ely different kind of remarkable.ÔÇØ
Brandt Legg

ÔÇ£The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerated the growth of a private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That is in its essence fascism; ownership of govt by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power.ÔÇØ
Franklin Delano Roosevelt

[Lilith7]

ÔÇ£Even after enlightment, you still have to do the laundry.ÔÇØ
Zen proverb

ÔÇ£There are times when you need ther silence of animals to recover from the noise of humans.ÔÇØ
John Gray

[Lilith7]

ÔÇ£The purpose of religion is to control yourself, not to criticise others. How much am I doing about my anger, attachement, hatred, pride & jealousy? These are things which we must check in our daily lives.ÔÇØ
Dalai Lama

ÔÇ£Life is a waste of time & time is a waste of life. Get wasted all the time & you'll have the time of your life.ÔÇØ
Billy Connolly

[Lilith7]

ÔÇ£If you give people a chance, they shine.ÔÇØ
Billy Connolly

ÔÇ£Fuck the begrudgers.ÔÇØ
Billy Connolly

[Lilith7]

Never trust people who've only got one fucking book.ÔÇØ

ÔÇ£People often say that football & boxing are the ways out of the working class & they are your ticket out of that kind of life, if you want to leave it. But for me, the library is the key. That is where the escape tunnel is. All the knowledge in the world is there. The great brains of the world are at your fingertips.ÔÇØ
Billy Connolly

[Lilith7]

ÔÇ£There are two seasons in Scotland; June & Winter.ÔÇØ

ÔÇ£There is this viewpoint that if you come from the working class you have come from nothing, whereas the upper & middle classes are something, & I don't hold with that opinion. I think the working class is something. It is everything. They are the builders of society & without them the whole house falls down.ÔÇØ

Billy Connolly

[Lilith7]

ÔÇ£What horrifies me most about war memorials is that no anti-war sentiments are ever displayed. It's as if war is fun or noble, when actually it's all about shit and snot and blood and guts and soldiers stomachs hanging out and people with their faces blown off. But they never showed that side of it. Perhaps, if they did, there'd be less of it.ÔÇØ


ÔÇ£Blessed are those who yodel - for they shall never be troubled by offers of work.ÔÇØ
Billy Connolly