"People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use."

Søren Kierkegaard

“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”

George Orwell

" He who follows the herd only sees a**holes."  Quotation from some wise guy.

"You must be oh-so smart, or oh-so pleasant. For years I was smart. I recommend pleasant...and you may quote me."  Elwood P. Dowd

“Consciousness and Healing

To proceed very far through the desert, you must be willing to meet existential suffering and work it through. In order to do this, the attitude toward pain has to change. This happens when we accept the fact that everything that happens to us has been designed for our spiritual growth.”

“Human beings are poor examiners, subject to superstition, bias, prejudice, and a PROFOUND tendency to see what they want to see rather than what is really there.”

― M. Scott Peck

 miamizsun wrote:

saneless bump

"Your best day in Opposition still isn’t as good as your worst day in government" (The phrase that is very well known in Ottawa)

Is it Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde? Nope it’s just a tripolar troll.

Manchmal nachts fällt Gold von den Sternen!

Galopping through the dark woods, my uncle's black leather saddle was soaking wet, when I heard the radio, "Wer reitet so spät durch Nacht und Wind?" - "Es ist der Vater mit seinem Kind!" ... .

He gifted me his boots - thickest leather ever, in which he'd crossed the alps twice, together with his horse.

Castle in the upper right corner - Schloss Gottorf in Schleswig - was his station as Hussar between 1911 and 1918.

He rode against tanks with saber and rifle.

Once, he said, the Cussack hit me in the back with his saber and I fell from the horse. My rifle was axed, but not my back!

Radio Paradise is the best radio on Earth.

Was Gott zusammengefügt hat soll der Mensch nicht scheiden.

Money counts.

Love is a lie.

"Both these noses be plugged"
- My youngest daughter when a little girl with a cold

"It's not the load that breaks you down. It's the way you carry it."
C.S. Lewis

“I use the words you taught me. If they don't mean anything any more, teach me others. Or let me be silent.”

― Samuel Beckett

 Manbird wrote:

Oh yeah? Rude? RUDE??