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#[[Armageddon]] · Honestly, if you're given the choice between Armageddon or tea, you don't say "what kind of tea?" ~ [[Neil Gaiman]]
#[[Armageddon]] · Honestly, if you're given the choice between Armageddon or tea, you don't say "what kind of tea?" ~ [[Neil Gaiman]]
#[[Karen Armstrong]] · The one and only test of a valid religious idea, doctrinal statement, spiritual experience, or devotional practice was that it must lead directly to practical compassion.
#[[Karen Armstrong]] · The one and only test of a valid religious idea, doctrinal statement, spiritual experience, or devotional practice was that it must lead directly to practical compassion.
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#[[King Arthur]] · '''If people reach [[perfection]] they vanish, you know.''' ~ ''[[The Once and Future King]]'' by [[T.H. White]]
#[[Attar]] · '''All things are but masks at God's beck and call, They are symbols that instruct us that God is all. … Come you lost Atoms to your Centre draw, And be the Eternal Mirror that you saw…'''
#[[Attar]] · '''All things are but masks at God's beck and call, They are symbols that instruct us that God is all. … Come you lost Atoms to your Centre draw, And be the Eternal Mirror that you saw…'''
#[[Augustine of Hippo]] <!-- actually started legitimate quotes page, as initial posting by someone else was simply a bit of info about Augustine with no quotes--> · Once for all, then, a short precept is given thee: '''Love, and do what thou wilt...'''
#[[Augustine of Hippo]] <!-- actually started legitimate quotes page, as initial posting by someone else was simply a bit of info about Augustine with no quotes--> · Once for all, then, a short precept is given thee: '''Love, and do what thou wilt...'''
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#[[Peter S. Beagle]] · Our true home is often right around the corner, if we'd only open our eyes — and our ears — to find it.
#[[Peter S. Beagle]] · Our true home is often right around the corner, if we'd only open our eyes — and our ears — to find it.
#[[Stephen Vincent Benét]] · Rest, like a goad, spurred my eyes open — and light broke upon them like a million swords: and she was there. '''There are no words.''' · I'm waiting. ... For something new and strange, Something I've dreamt about in some deep sleep, Truer than any waking... · God pity us indeed, for we are human, And do not always see The vision when it comes, the shining change, Or, if we see it, do not follow it, Because it is too hard, too strange, too new...
#[[Stephen Vincent Benét]] · Rest, like a goad, spurred my eyes open — and light broke upon them like a million swords: and she was there. '''There are no words.''' · I'm waiting. ... For something new and strange, Something I've dreamt about in some deep sleep, Truer than any waking... · God pity us indeed, for we are human, And do not always see The vision when it comes, the shining change, Or, if we see it, do not follow it, Because it is too hard, too strange, too new...
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[[Benevolence]] · [[Success|Successful]] [[people]] are always looking for [[opportunities]] to [[help]] others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, "What's in it for me?” ~ [[Brian Tracy]]
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#[[Benevolence]] · [[Success|Successful]] [[people]] are always looking for [[opportunities]] to [[help]] others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, "What's in it for me?” ~ [[Brian Tracy]]
#[[Cyrano de Bergerac]] · If I were to explain to you what I perceive by the senses you do not have, you would interpret it as something that could be heard, seen, touched, smelled or tasted; '''but it is not like that.'''
#[[Cyrano de Bergerac]] · If I were to explain to you what I perceive by the senses you do not have, you would interpret it as something that could be heard, seen, touched, smelled or tasted; '''but it is not like that.'''
#[[Eric Berne]] · A healthy person goes "Yes," "No," and "Whoopee!" An unhealthy person goes "Yes, but," "No, but," and "No whoopee."
#[[Eric Berne]] · A healthy person goes "Yes," "No," and "Whoopee!" An unhealthy person goes "Yes, but," "No, but," and "No whoopee."
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#[[Existentialism]] · '''From the very beginning, existentialism defined itself as a philosophy of ambiguity.''' ~ [[Simone de Beauvoir]]
#[[Existentialism]] · '''From the very beginning, existentialism defined itself as a philosophy of ambiguity.''' ~ [[Simone de Beauvoir]]
#''[[Fahrenheit 451]]'' · '''Books are to remind us what asses and fools we are.'''
#''[[Fahrenheit 451]]'' · '''Books are to remind us what asses and fools we are.'''
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[[Fairy tale]] · I hate [[good]] wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be '''''[[The Doctor|him]]'''''. ~ [[River Song]]
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#[[Fairy tale]] · I hate [[good]] wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be '''''[[The Doctor|him]]'''''. ~ [[River Song]]
#[[Fanaticism]] · The fanatical believer is not conscious of his envy, malice, pettiness and dishonesty. There is a wall of words between his consciousness and his real self. ~ [[Eric Hoffer]] · '''It appears to me that one defeats the fanatic precisely by not being a fanatic oneself, but on the contrary by using one's intelligence.''' ~ [[George Orwell]]
#[[Fanaticism]] · The fanatical believer is not conscious of his envy, malice, pettiness and dishonesty. There is a wall of words between his consciousness and his real self. ~ [[Eric Hoffer]] · '''It appears to me that one defeats the fanatic precisely by not being a fanatic oneself, but on the contrary by using one's intelligence.''' ~ [[George Orwell]]
#[[Eleanor Farjeon]] · ''Morning has broken, Like the first morning, Blackbird has spoken Like the first bird.'' · Of what use to destroy the children of evil? It is evil itself we must destroy at the roots. · '''All the ill that is in us comes from fear, and all the good from love.'''
#[[Eleanor Farjeon]] · ''Morning has broken, Like the first morning, Blackbird has spoken Like the first bird.'' · Of what use to destroy the children of evil? It is evil itself we must destroy at the roots. · '''All the ill that is in us comes from fear, and all the good from love.'''
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#[[Francis of Assisi]] · Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. · Be praised, my Lord, through all your creatures, especially through my lord Brother Sun, who brings the day; and you give light through him. And he is beautiful and radiant in all his splendor! Of you, Most High, he bears the likeness.
#[[Francis of Assisi]] · Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. · Be praised, my Lord, through all your creatures, especially through my lord Brother Sun, who brings the day; and you give light through him. And he is beautiful and radiant in all his splendor! Of you, Most High, he bears the likeness.
#[[Frederick Franck]] · Illusion is the mantle of the Real · '''The religions are delusional constructs formed around an infallible core.''' · It is not that things are delusory but their separateness in the fabric of the Whole that is illusory · '''I believe in nothing but God!''' · Does anything live but [[w: Buddha-nature|Buddha Nature]], [[w:Christ (disambiguation)|Christ Spirit]]? · The cross of the Cruxifixion — without the cross of the Resurrection is the symbol of a mutilated Christianity.
#[[Frederick Franck]] · Illusion is the mantle of the Real · '''The religions are delusional constructs formed around an infallible core.''' · It is not that things are delusory but their separateness in the fabric of the Whole that is illusory · '''I believe in nothing but God!''' · Does anything live but [[w: Buddha-nature|Buddha Nature]], [[w:Christ (disambiguation)|Christ Spirit]]? · The cross of the Cruxifixion — without the cross of the Resurrection is the symbol of a mutilated Christianity.
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[[Viktor Frankl]] · '''A [[thought]] transfixed me: for the first time in my [[life]] I saw the [[truth]] as it is set into [[song]] by so many [[poets]], proclaimed as the final [[wisdom]] by so many thinkers. The truth — that [[love]] is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire. '''Then I grasped the [[meaning]] of the [[greatest]] [[secret]] that [[human]] [[poetry]] and human thought and [[belief]] have to impart:''' ''The salvation of [[man]] is through [[love]] and in love.'' '''… For the first [[time]] in my life I was able to understand the meaning of the [[words]], "The [[angels]] are lost in perpetual contemplation of an [[infinite]] [[glory]]." '''
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#[[Viktor Frankl]] · '''A [[thought]] transfixed me: for the first time in my [[life]] I saw the [[truth]] as it is set into [[song]] by so many [[poets]], proclaimed as the final [[wisdom]] by so many thinkers. The truth — that [[love]] is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire. '''Then I grasped the [[meaning]] of the [[greatest]] [[secret]] that [[human]] [[poetry]] and human thought and [[belief]] have to impart:''' ''The salvation of [[man]] is through [[love]] and in love.'' '''… For the first [[time]] in my life I was able to understand the meaning of the [[words]], "The [[angels]] are lost in perpetual contemplation of an [[infinite]] [[glory]]." '''
#[[Freemasonry]] · The major offense of Masonry to orthodox churches is that it, like our First Amendment, encourages equal tolerance for all religions, and this tends, somewhat, to lessen dogmatic allegiance to any one religion. Those who insist you must accept their dogma fervently and renounce all others as devilish errors, correctly see this Masonic tendency as inimicable to their faith.
#[[Freemasonry]] · The major offense of Masonry to orthodox churches is that it, like our First Amendment, encourages equal tolerance for all religions, and this tends, somewhat, to lessen dogmatic allegiance to any one religion. Those who insist you must accept their dogma fervently and renounce all others as devilish errors, correctly see this Masonic tendency as inimicable to their faith.
#[[Caspar David Friedrich]] · '''The divine is everywhere, even in a grain of sand…''' · All authentic art is conceived at a sacred moment and nourished in a blessed hour; an inner impulse creates it, often without the artist being aware of it. · '''I have to surrender myself to what encircles me, I have to merge with my clouds and rocks in order to be what I am.'''
#[[Caspar David Friedrich]] · '''The divine is everywhere, even in a grain of sand…''' · All authentic art is conceived at a sacred moment and nourished in a blessed hour; an inner impulse creates it, often without the artist being aware of it. · '''I have to surrender myself to what encircles me, I have to merge with my clouds and rocks in order to be what I am.'''
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#[[Ellen Goodman]] · Global warming deniers are now on a par with Holocaust deniers, though one denies the past and the other denies the present and future.
#[[Ellen Goodman]] · Global warming deniers are now on a par with Holocaust deniers, though one denies the past and the other denies the present and future.
#[[Maxim Gorky]] · '''Your books and maps are of no use if there's no land of righteousness.''' · Processing the human raw material is naturally more complicated than processing lumber. '''Yes, a human being can teach another one kindness — very simply!''' · Everybody, my friend, everybody lives for something better to come. That's why we want to be considerate of every man — Who knows what's in him, why he was born and what he can do?
#[[Maxim Gorky]] · '''Your books and maps are of no use if there's no land of righteousness.''' · Processing the human raw material is naturally more complicated than processing lumber. '''Yes, a human being can teach another one kindness — very simply!''' · Everybody, my friend, everybody lives for something better to come. That's why we want to be considerate of every man — Who knows what's in him, why he was born and what he can do?
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#[[Gospel of John]] · '''In the [[beginning]] was the [[Word]], and the Word was with [[God]], and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. [[All]] things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was [[life]]; and the life was the [[light]] of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.'''
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#[[Gospel of Luke]] · Unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. ~ [[Jesus]]
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#[[Gospel of Mark]] · And it came to pass in those days, that [[Jesus]] came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan. And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the [[Spirit]] like a [[dove]] descending upon him: And there came a voice from [[heaven]], saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.''' <br /> And immediately the spirit driveth him into the wilderness.
#''[[Great Expectations]]'' · '''Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There's no better rule.'''
#''[[Great Expectations]]'' · '''Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There's no better rule.'''
#[[Stephen Grellet]] · '''I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it for I shall not pass this way again.'''
#[[Stephen Grellet]] · '''I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it for I shall not pass this way again.'''
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#[[Natalie Merchant]]
#[[Natalie Merchant]]
#[[Mercy (Vertigo)|''Mercy'' (Vertigo)]]
#[[Mercy (Vertigo)|''Mercy'' (Vertigo)]]
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#[[Merlin]] · '''When a man [[lies]], he [[murders]] some part of the [[world]]. ~ [[Excalibur (film)|''Excalibur'' (1981)]]
#[[Joseph Merrick]]
#[[Joseph Merrick]]
#[[Michael (archangel)]]
#[[Michael (archangel)]]
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#[[Harold W. Percival]] · '''Consciousness is the ultimate Reality; compared with it, all else is illusion.'''
#[[Harold W. Percival]] · '''Consciousness is the ultimate Reality; compared with it, all else is illusion.'''
#[[Oliver Hazard Perry]]
#[[Oliver Hazard Perry]]
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#[[Saint Peter]] · '''Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?''' ~ [[Jesus]], to Peter in ''[[Gospel of John]]''
#[[Tom Petty]]
#[[Tom Petty]]
#[[Phenomenon]] · '''Phenomena are constantly folded back upon themselves.''' ~ [[Albert Pike]]
#[[Phenomenon]] · '''Phenomena are constantly folded back upon themselves.''' ~ [[Albert Pike]]
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#[[Aleksandr Pushkin]]
#[[Aleksandr Pushkin]]
#[[Thomas Pynchon]]
#[[Thomas Pynchon]]
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#[[Quakers]] · '''Men being [[born]] with a title to [[perfect]] [[freedom]] and uncontrolled [[enjoyment]] of [[all]] the [[rights]] and privileges of the [[law]] of [[nature]] ... no one can be put out of his estate and subjected to the [[political]] view of another, without his consent.''' ~ [[William Penn]]
#[[Quotations]] <!-- made into a legitimate page about quotations after a massive quote dump removed -->
#[[Quotations]] <!-- made into a legitimate page about quotations after a massive quote dump removed -->
#[[Rainbows]]
#[[Rainbows]]
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#[[William Styron]] · '''Surely mankind has yet to be born. ''Surely'' this is true!''' · Great God, how early it is! · '''This was not judgement day — only morning. Morning: excellent and fair.'''
#[[William Styron]] · '''Surely mankind has yet to be born. ''Surely'' this is true!''' · Great God, how early it is! · '''This was not judgement day — only morning. Morning: excellent and fair.'''
#''[[Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude]]''
#''[[Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude]]''
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#[[Sufism]] · '''All things are but masks at [[God]]'s beck and call,<br>They are [[symbols]] that instruct us that God is [[all]]. ~ [[Attar of Nishapur]]
#[[Aaron Swartz]] · '''There is no [[justice]] in following unjust [[laws]].''' It’s time to come into the [[light]] and, in the grand tradition of [[civil disobedience]], declare our opposition to this private theft of public culture. · '''The enemies of the freedom to connect have not disappeared.''' … There are a lot of people, a lot of powerful people, who want to clamp down on the Internet. And to be honest, there aren’t a whole lot who have a vested interest in protecting it from all of that.
#[[Aaron Swartz]] · '''There is no [[justice]] in following unjust [[laws]].''' It’s time to come into the [[light]] and, in the grand tradition of [[civil disobedience]], declare our opposition to this private theft of public culture. · '''The enemies of the freedom to connect have not disappeared.''' … There are a lot of people, a lot of powerful people, who want to clamp down on the Internet. And to be honest, there aren’t a whole lot who have a vested interest in protecting it from all of that.
#[[Emanuel Swedenborg]]
#[[Emanuel Swedenborg]]
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#[[Arnold Toynbee]]
#[[Arnold Toynbee]]
#[[Arnold J. Toynbee]]
#[[Arnold J. Toynbee]]
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[[Brian Tracy]] · [[Success|Successful]] [[people]] are always looking for [[opportunities]] to [[help]] others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, "What's in it for me?” ~ [[Brian Tracy]]
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#[[Brian Tracy]] · [[Success|Successful]] [[people]] are always looking for [[opportunities]] to [[help]] others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, "What's in it for me?” ~ [[Brian Tracy]]
#[[P. L. Travers]] · We pass. But what the [[bee]] [[knows]], the [[wisdom]] that sustains our passing [[life]] — however much we deny or ignore it — that for ever remains.
#[[P. L. Travers]] · We pass. But what the [[bee]] [[knows]], the [[wisdom]] that sustains our passing [[life]] — however much we deny or ignore it — that for ever remains.
#''[[The Tree of Life (film)|The Tree of Life]]'' · '''I will be true to you. Whatever comes.'''
#''[[The Tree of Life (film)|The Tree of Life]]'' · '''I will be true to you. Whatever comes.'''