Tags: Philosophy
I was terribly bored today in my tutoring class, So I chose to make a list of my favorite quotes instead of like, help the poor algebra-inept children. You’d be surprised how the wisdom of ages translates through the generations. The only thing I found is that these quotes seem to describe the way everyone wants to live, yet no one takes the time or the effort to live this way. Everyone tells us to enjoy our lives and live in the moment, but then at the same time those same people are telling us to plan for the future, and never forget our pasts. Obliviously life really is about balance, because you can’t be in either of the three too much or too little.
and there is no such thing as karma.
“I’ve got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than of boredom.” Thomas Carlyle
“We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose hope.” Martin Luther King Jr.
“If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.” Lucy Larcom
“It’s not how busy you are, but why you are busy. The bee is praised; the mosquito is swatted.” Marie O’Conner
“It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.” Moliere
“The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.” Marcus Tullius Cicero
“I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.” Pablo Casals
“I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.” Charlotte Bronte
“Little by little, one walks far.” Peruvian Proverb
“Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.” Joseph Campbell
“Security is not the meaning of life. Great opportunities are worth the risk.” Shirley Hufstedler
“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” Albert Einstein
“The one thing that does not abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” Harper Lee
“He who kisses the joy as it flied, Lives in Eternity’s sunshine.” William Blake
“Love the moment, and the energy of that moment will spread beyond all boundaries.” Corita Kent
“Thou that hast given so much to me, Give one thing more, a grateful heart.” George Herbert
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what do you mean there’s no such thing as karma? it all comes back to you. you get what you give. you reap what you sow. life is a circle.
the concept of karma transcends cultures across continents. just like the biblical flood. has to be true.
Comment by mlah 10.05.06 @ 2:51 am