Karuuna | Friday, March 01, 2002 - 12:01 pm     This is for -- well, you know who you are. "If people find fault with you and try to put you in a bad light, wrongly slandering and vilifying you, just step back and observe yourself. Don't harbor any dislike, don't enter into any contest, and don't get upset, angry or resentful. Just cut right through it and be as if you never heard or saw it. Eventually malevolent pests will disappear of themselves. If you contend with them, then a bad name will bounce back and forth with never an end in sight." Master Yuanwu -- Translated by T. Cleary in his book "Zen Essence" |
Merlin | Friday, March 01, 2002 - 12:13 pm     <pulls up my handy stepstool so I can get some elevation and *high fives* Karuuna>
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Karuuna | Friday, March 01, 2002 - 12:25 pm      |
Whowhere | Friday, March 01, 2002 - 12:52 pm     "Never argue with a fool because a stranger can't tell who the fool is." |
Weinermr | Friday, March 01, 2002 - 01:03 pm     "A fool and his hair are soon parted." anonymous |
Lancecrossfire | Friday, March 01, 2002 - 01:20 pm     Heck of an approach Karuuna! <I'm in line behind Merlin for a high-5> |
Karuuna | Friday, March 01, 2002 - 01:29 pm     weiner - don't say that about Lance! He's sensitive about his hair de-part-ure. Thank you for your support, Lance. You're a gem.  |
Karuuna | Friday, March 01, 2002 - 01:30 pm     Whowhere - is that kind of like: "when arguing with an idiot, who is the idiot?"  |
Whowhere | Friday, March 01, 2002 - 01:58 pm     Exactly. Did you already post that?? If so, sorry |
Weinermr | Friday, March 01, 2002 - 02:13 pm     Hey!!!! I wasn't talking about our Lance. I was just tossing a piece of wisdom out for all the (TVCH) world to see. I'm innocent I tell you, innocent.
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Karuuna | Friday, March 01, 2002 - 02:36 pm     No, no, Who - it's an old favorite of mine... your post reminded me of it. |
Karuuna | Friday, March 01, 2002 - 02:44 pm     Weiner - of course you were! I mean, weren't! I mean, oh heck, I don't know what I mean...so I'll post another little piece for the departed... "And indeed there will be time To wonder, "Do I dare?" and, "Do I dare?" Time to turn back and descend the stair, With a bald spot in the middle of my hair... Do I dare Disturb the universe?" -- T. S. Eliot |
Soeur | Friday, March 01, 2002 - 06:25 pm      |
Flint | Friday, March 01, 2002 - 08:15 pm     An oldie but a goodie, and my favourite is: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. |
Axman | Monday, March 04, 2002 - 05:20 pm     I just recently watched The Godfather: "..a man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a man"- Marlon Brando |
Kep421 | Wednesday, March 06, 2002 - 02:03 pm     Hey Karuuna...in reference to the honoree mentioned in your post of March 1st, the following always comes to my mind: It is always better to remain silent and have others think you a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
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Julieboo | Wednesday, March 06, 2002 - 02:06 pm     Does anyone here know a saying that is about accepting the most heinous of things because that's how things have always been done??? |
Lancecrossfire | Wednesday, March 06, 2002 - 02:15 pm     Julie--I have one that works for that and anything else. It basically means that if you want different results, you wiull have to try something different. "Keep doing what you're doing, and you'll keep getting what you're getting." |
Karuuna | Wednesday, March 06, 2002 - 02:36 pm     Kep -- hehehe... WAIT! Who are you trying to say should keep their mouth shut so they won't find out I'm really a fool???? LOL |
Karuuna | Wednesday, March 06, 2002 - 02:38 pm     Julie - I have one that's not quite what you were asking, but here goes anyway... The definition of insanity is doing the same thing today as you did yesterday, and expecting different results. |
Karuuna | Wednesday, March 06, 2002 - 02:53 pm     Julie - here's a website with a searchable database: http://www.bartleby.com Looking up "change", I found this one: "If you want to make enemies, try to change something. You know why it is: to do things today exactly the way you did yesterday saves thinking." -- Woodrow Wilson |
Julieboo | Wednesday, March 06, 2002 - 02:59 pm     The quote wasn't as much about change as it was about how we accept the most horrible things merely because they've always been done... Thanks Karuuna, I will check that site out... I think the quote I am thinking of might have been from Churchill |
Lancecrossfire | Wednesday, March 06, 2002 - 03:55 pm     Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm. |
Babyruth | Wednesday, March 06, 2002 - 06:50 pm     Whining is anger coming out of a small hole. |
Oregonfire | Wednesday, March 06, 2002 - 07:11 pm     Depression is anger turned inward. |