It was previously a question of finding out whether or not life had to have a meaning to be lived. It now becomes clear, on the contrary, that it will be lived all the better if it has no meaning.

Albert Camus

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

Evelyn Beatrice Hall

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Forget about the reasons and
The treasons we are seeking
Forget about the notion that
Our emotions can be kept away
Forget about being guilty,
We are innocent instead
For soon we will all find our lives swept away

-Dave Matthews Band

Freedom? I prefer not to be told I'm free...


I'll figure it out.

Man finds nothing so intolerable as to be in a state of complete rest, without passions, without occupation, without diversion, without effort. Then he feels his nullity, loneliness, inadequacy, dependence, helplessness, emptiness.

-Pascal

today will be better than yesterday

"...Learn something about everything and learn everything about one thing..." Yogananda

Think highly of yourself for the world takes you at your own estimate.

Spring has its hundred flowers,
Autumn its many moons.
Summer has cool winds,
Winter its snow.
If useless thoughts do not
Cloud your mind,
Each day is the best of your life.

- Wu-Men-Hui-Kai (1183-1260)

wasn't that Voltaire's words? (sorry to interupt the thread)

is it okay to post our own quotes? i mean, does it look egoistic?

here are a couple of things I've said to people that got a few responses and has been people's .sigs and what not:

"now i see
after years and years,
if you dwell on a movie's credits to hurry up, you miss the big picture
if you watch your die or chips you loose the joy of the gamble
if you wait for the last breath you miss the millions that mattered"

my .sig on EN

"I rather sound dumb and ask a dumb question than remain ignorant."

oh and don't forget

"Women were created for two simple reasons: to give men erections and to ultimately ruin them."

and.. "Our world has clearly lost its mind and has gone insane. Thank God I can listen to my other personalities who say "Hey, at least we're from another planet, dude."

:)

Freedom is not a thing that must be earned, regardless of what others say. The only way we are not free is when we let people with power try to chain us. May we use our God given freedom to stop those who opose the freedom we own.

Wars do not determine who id right. Wars determine who's left

Chinese proverb

"Give me security, and I'll give you electricity."

- KARIM W. HASAN, director-general of Iraq's electricity authority.

There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept responsibility for changing them.

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.
- Helen Keller

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.

Walter Winchell (1897-1972)
Journalist

What counts is not the number of hours you put in, but what you put into those hours.

Working again is really nice after being unemployed for over a year...

El Respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz.

Benito Juarez

To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant.

Amos Bronson Alcolt

you have two ears and only one mouth for a reason.

Yep, it could be. I have a journal with all the quotes compiled over the past years and so the author could very well be wrong.

How can we ever lose interest in life?
Spring has come again
And cherry trees bloom in the mountains

- Ryokan (1758-1831)

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
~Mother Teresa

Hate and bitterness are the only weapons wielded by the blade.

Thomas Gregory

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)
Writer

Examine what is said, not who speaks.

Arabian Proverb

In a real dark night of the soul, it is always three o'clock in the morning, day after day.

F Scott Fitzgerald

2 Open Ears
2 Open Eyes
1 Raised Fist
1 Screaming Mouth

"An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather."

-Washington Irving

If we all pulled in the same direction, the world would just keel over...

Merit begets confidence, confidence begets enthusiasm, enthusiasm conquers the world.

Walter H. Cottingham

So long as man remains free he strives for nothing so incessantly and so painfully as to find some one to worship.

-Fyodor Dostoevsky

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

Jacqueline Schiff
Writer

"The first man to do everything right will be the first man to live forever."

J C Madsen
(Thats Me)

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.

"The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'."

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

Jacqueline Schiff
Writer

Ability can take you to the top but it takes character to keep you there.

If you hide your ignorance, no one will hit you and you'll never learn.

Ray Bradbury

All the treasure in the world is worthless unless you have someone to share it with.

all bleeding eventually stops...

Faith makes all things possible.
Love makes all things easy.
Hope makes all things work.

"The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself."

-Sir Winston Churchill

Many people have character who have nothing else.

Don Herold (1889-1966)
Humorist

Knowledge is both what one knows and what one does not know.

After reading all of these I forgot what I was supposed to post

"A boat is safe in harbour, but thats not what its meant for."

- Unknown (to me)

a smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks

:)

author unknown

All life is an experiment.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Benjamin Franklin

No evil is equal to hatred, and no austerity is equal to patience. Therefore one ought diligently to cultivate patience by a variety of means.

assume is bad, try taking u and me out of it

=P a lil lame but you'll get it

I'm not a fucking poet.

Nothing grows well in the shade of a big tree.

Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957)
Sculptor

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

Bertrand Russell

Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible.
- Paul Klee

"Behind every great man is a great woman. Rolling her eyes"

Money can't buy you love but it sure gets you a great bargaining position.

For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks.

- Terry Pratchett

At least one...

The truth doesn't hurt unless it ought to.

B. C. Forbes (1880-1954)
Founder of Forbes magazine

There is no sin except stupidity.

Oscar Wilde

There is ultimately no means
of safeguarding anything in this world;
anything you gain can be
lost, destroyed, or taken away.
For this reason if you make
the acquisition and retention
of goods or status your aim in life,
this is a way to anxiety and sorrow.

- Muso Kokushi (1275-1351)

I do as well, but for the ignorant of us who don't speak French, Lantin, Spanish, etc. please post at transation. This dumbass is missing out on some great thoughts.


The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance it is the illusion of knowledge.
—Daniel J Boorstin

Sex is a lot like pizza. When it's good, it's really good. When it's bad, it's still pretty good.
--Um, I can't remember.

I no longer know who I am and I feel like the ghost of a total stranger. - Victor via "The Rules of Attraction"

"Like Fred Sanford when 'the big one' comes, find the meaning of life is there is none."

Jimmy Pop Ali, Bloodhound Gang.

"Life is a penis, most people don't know it. Becuase most people suck so they usually blow it."

That whacky Jimmy Pop Ali again.

Carpe diem.

Work is a necessity for man. Man invented the alarm clock.

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Artist

Veni, vidi, vici.

Change is the handmaiden Nature requires to do her miracles with.
~Mark Twain

English is the stupidest language on Earth, except for German, which isnt a language, its a head cold

Love doesn't make the world go 'round, love is what makes the ride worthwhile.

~Franklin P. Adams

This was originally posted by another tfp member and the thread got buried...I thought it was very good - good enough to share here!

The path from dreams to success does exist. May you have the vision to find it, the courage to get onto it, and the perseverance to follow it.

~Kalpana Chawla (Columbia astronaut)

One must always tell what one sees.
Above all, which is more difficult,
one must always see what one sees.

Charles Peguy

A good person is someone who hasnt been caught

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life.
That word is love.

~ Sophocles

Sometimes you just gotta say "what the fuck"

Risky Business

Patience makes all hardships light.

Estonian proverb

"One man's theology is another man's belly laugh." - Exerpts from the Notebooks of Lazarus Long ("Time Enough for Love" by Robert A. Heinlein)

You must be wary of strong drink, it might make you shot at a tax collecter, and miss.
-Lennon
(i dont know if that is how you spell his name, the communist)

If you can imagine it, you can achieve it.
If you can dream it, you can become it.

~ William Arthur Wood

True love does not come by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.

Jason Jordan

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

~ John F. Kennedy

Love no longer exsists.

Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success.

-Oscar Wilde

The earth's about five thousand million years old. Who can afford to live in the past?

Harold Pinter
Playwright

When a 2 year old throws a temper tantrum, it's to be expected.
When a 20 year old throws a temper tantrum, call a shrink.

If you can't change your mind, are you sure you have one?

Emancipate yourself from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds.

- Bob Marley

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

~ Walt Disney

You don’t get the breaks unless you play with the team instead of against it.

Lou Gehrig (1903-1941)
Professional baseball player

The art of pleasing consists in being pleased.

William Hazlitt (1778-1830)
Writer

The door to the room of success swings on the hinges of opposition.

-Author unknown

A friend is someone who dances with you in the sunlight and walks beside you in the shadows.

Let goodness go with the doing.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 A.D.)
Philosopher

The human race is divided into two classes--those who go ahead and do something, and those who sit still and inquire, "Why wasn't it done the other way?"

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841-1935)
U.S. Supreme Court justice