Quote Of The Day

[Daedalus]

Though much is taken, much abides; and though
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

Tennyson

 

[Daedalus]

There is a Languor of the Life
More imminent than Pain
'Tis Pain's Successor, When the Soul
Has suffered all it can

E Dickinson

 

[doctoryes]

choose life

i chose not to choose life

the reasons?

who needs reasons when youve got heroin.

mark renton, trainspotting

 

[doctoryes]

medicine is my lawful wife

and literature my mistress

when i get tired of one

i spend the night with the other

anton chechov

 

[doctoryes]

i have a simple philosophy

fill whats empty

empty whats full

scratch where it itches

alice roosevelt longworth

 

[doctoryes]

if you even dream of beating me

youd better wake up and apologise

muhammed ali

 

[doctoryes]

dealing with backstabbers there was one thing i learned

there only powerful when you got your back turned

eminem

 

[doctoryes]

I never sleep

Coz sleep is the cousin of death

Nas

 

[mrwiggums]

"Save water, drink beer"

-Mr wiggums

"My cats breath smells like cat food"

Ralphie wiggums

 

[headbanger]

It's better to be pissed off than pissed on.

-headbanger

 

[STARBOYBLU]

HA......! THATS AWESOME DUDE,ALOT OF THAT WAS GO'N ON IN BOOTCAMP WE'D HAZE EM & GLAZE EM! /default_wacko.png #BESTQUOTE

 

[2earls]

Oh yuck!

 

[2earls]

Better to be silent and thought a fool

than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

 

[Baines]

"If You're not going to use your head,you may as well have an ass on both ends"

 Pearls of wisdom from my first boss,45 years ago

 

[thor]

I'm selfish,impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle.

But if you can't handle me at my worst ,then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."

....Marilyn Monroe

 

[thor]

"Stop letting people who do so little for you, control so much of your mind, feelings and emotions."

....Will Smith

 

[deperson]

I could quote this entire short essay, but I'll choose this excerpt and see if it piques your interest into reading the entire work (15 pages in my edition):

"Why does God afflict the best men with bad health, or grief, or other misfortunes? Because in the army the bravest men are ordered to carry out dangerous missions: it is the picked soldiers whom a general sends to take the enemy by surprise in an attack at night, or to reconnoitre a route, or to force a garrison to yield their position. Not one of them says, 'the general has done me a bad turn,' but rather, 'this is a sign of his favour'. The same should be said by men who are ordered to undergo trials that would make the faint-hearted and cowards weep: 'God has judged us worthy instruments of his purpose to ascertain how much human nature can bear.'"

-Seneca, On Providence, Davie translation.

 

[2earls]

I could quote this entire short essay, but I'll choose this excerpt and see if it piques your interest into reading the entire work (15 pages in my edition):

"Why does God afflict the best men with bad health, or grief, or other misfortunes? Because in the army the bravest men are ordered to carry out dangerous missions: it is the picked soldiers whom a general sends to take the enemy by surprise in an attack at night, or to reconnoitre a route, or to force a garrison to yield their position. Not one of them says, 'the general has done me a bad turn,' but rather, 'this is a sign of his favour'. The same should be said by men who are ordered to undergo trials that would make the faint-hearted and cowards weep: 'God has judged us worthy instruments of his purpose to ascertain how much human nature can bear.'"

-Seneca, On Providence, Davie translation.

Yes, it piques my interest. But could I possibly subscribe to such eternal optimism? I'm sure I could not, so no need to test me further.

 

[deperson]

Yes, it piques my interest. But could I possibly subscribe to such eternal optimism? I'm sure I could not, so no need to test me further.

If it even stirs a little emotion in your heart, I'd definitely recommend spending the time to read it in its entirety. It's gotten me out of deep pits of despair. Another good one to read is Seneca's On the Shortness of Life.

He's one of my favorite philosophers of all time. Very easy to read and practical despite being nearly 2000 years old. Seneca even admits that he can't go without certain luxuries but that doesn't detract from the ideal. 

 

[Beautymeat]

Carpe Diem