by Farkel 44 Replies latest jw friends
I'm a great fan of aphorisms. Zen has some of the classic ones. Here are a few I like:
“The moral consequences of doing whatever you do is that you will be the sort of person who did that.”
"It's best to ride the horse in the direction it's going."
“Respectability is a strange thing; the one virtue for which it has no use is the truth.”
“We can’t have everything both ways, and not very much one way.”
Share your favorites!
Farkel
"The smeller's the feller. "
Wise men don't need advice; fools don't take it.
"Never walk behind an elephant"
"it is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change"
"to doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection"
"it has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues"
"the difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits"
Born a saint, die a sinner -- born a sinner, die a saint.
Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.
When a thing has been said, and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
Don't explain yourself. Your enemies won't believe you, and your friends won't require it.
Believe nothing you hear, and only half of what you see. Mark Twain
Confucious say : Many men smoke but Fu Man Chu.
| I don`t know if God exists, but it would be better for his reputation if he didn`t. |
| Jules Renard |
For the present, the comedy of existence has not yet "become conscious" of itself.
For the present, we still live in the age of tragedy, the age of moralities and religions.
