#wisdom

"Idiots vs. Fools [10w] Idiots listen to other's bullshit;fools listen to their own."

"Family [10w] Family is a truth pill ~ just beware of an overdose."

"Committees [10w] A committee sits in a rectangle and talks in circles."

"Sure, it was your idea and your fly, but he caught the big fish. Remember, fairness is a human idea largely unknown in nature."

"It is wise to direct your anger towards problems -- not people; to focus your energies on answers -- not excuses."

"Seduction [10w] Italy will host the Olympics when seduction's declared a sport."

"If what you seek is Truth, there is one thing you must have above all else.” “I know. An overwhelming passion for it.” “No. An unremitting readiness to admit you may be wrong."

"A-New-Year's-a-Comin' [10w] A new year is coming!Let's all make new mistakes!"

"To respect a mystery is to make way for the answer."

"Ethical veganism represents a commitment to nonviolence."

"Don't wish it was easier wish you were better. Don't wish for less problems wish for more skills. Don't wish for less challenge wish for more wisdom"

"But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day."

"It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more... than a whine. 'I find that offensive.' It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that.' Well, so fucking what."[I saw hate in a graveyard -- Stephen Fry, The Guardian, 5 June 2005]"

"Gamitin ang puso para alagaan ang taong malapit sayo. Gamitin ang utakpara alagaan ang sarili mo."

"There are many goals but one path - the path of compassion."

"Even a soul submerged in sleep is hard at work and helps make something of the world."

"Sometimes the only way to succeed is to fail backwards"

"The Refugee I packed my car with cash and valuablesand headed for the border.At the first checkpoint they took my cash.At the second they took my valuables.At the border they took my car and my shoes.I walked barefoot the last 100 feet to freedom,and was greeted with open arms by a person I didn't recognize.In time I discovered that strangerwas the me they could not take from me."

"The rule of the universe is that others can do for us what we cannot do for ourselves, and one can paddle every canoe except one's own."

"Anyone with half a mind could see that,"said Tiffany.Miss Tick sighed. "Yes. But sometimes it's so hard to find half a mind when you need one."