"It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways."-Buddha
"Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it."-Buddha
Showing posts with label mythology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mythology. Show all posts
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Proverbs
"If fortune smiles, who doesn't? If fortune doesn't, who does?" - Chinese Proverb
"Luck never gives; it only lends." - Swedish Proverb
"A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor's book." - Irish Proverb
"A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control." - Proverbs 29:11
"Kindle not a fire that you cannot extinguish." - Proverb
"He that would have fire must bear with smoke." - Dutch Proverb
"Visits always give pleasure - if not the arrival, the departure."- Portuguese proverb
"One who asks a question is a fool for five minutes. One who does not ask a question remains a fool forever." - Chinese proverb
"Luck never gives; it only lends." - Swedish Proverb
"A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor's book." - Irish Proverb
"A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control." - Proverbs 29:11
"Kindle not a fire that you cannot extinguish." - Proverb
"He that would have fire must bear with smoke." - Dutch Proverb
"Visits always give pleasure - if not the arrival, the departure."- Portuguese proverb
"One who asks a question is a fool for five minutes. One who does not ask a question remains a fool forever." - Chinese proverb
Shakespeare Quotes
"Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt." -William Shakespeare, "Measure for Measure", Act 1 scene 4
"And where two raging fires meet together, they do consume the thing that feeds their fury; though little fire grows great with little wind, yet extreme gusts will blow out fire and all.."-William Shakespeare
"Beauty provoketh thieves sooner than gold."- William Shakespeare
"And where two raging fires meet together, they do consume the thing that feeds their fury; though little fire grows great with little wind, yet extreme gusts will blow out fire and all.."-William Shakespeare
"Beauty provoketh thieves sooner than gold."- William Shakespeare
Sunday, June 3, 2007
Xena: Warrior Princess Quotes
"Are you so brave that you fear somebody caring for you?"- Darius from Xena: Warrior Princess
"Don't be sorry, just improve."- Xena from Xena: Warrior Princess
"Most people think of death as the end, when in fact, death can be the beginning."- Gabrielle from Xena: Warrior Princess
"Xena is this warrior. She goes around saving people and righting wrongs. It's all pretty sappy, but she seems to get her kicks out of it."-Autolycus
"You see, a woman's chastity is like a new hat...a beautiful thing that's...going to kill me."- Autolycus from Xena: Warrior Princess
"Were you trying to kill yourself or are you just new at this?"- Xena in "The Ties that Bind
"We all have families that we are born into, but sometimes families change, and we have to build our own. For me our friendship binds us closer than blood ever will."- Xena in "The Ties that Bind"
"You know, there used to be some respect mixed up in my hatred for you, but not anymore. Your petty scruples are an embarrassment. As a villain, you were awesome. As a hero, you are a sentimental fool."- Callisto, Xena: Warrior Princess
"You know I don't drink intoxicants, Theodorus. No, I like to experience life in all it's agonizing glory. I don't want to dull the sensations in any way."- Callisto from Xena: Warrior Princess
"Look Gabrielle, if it's me you're worried about, let me set your mind at rest. Seeing you happy will make me happy. And if that means settling down with Perdicus...then you have my blessing."- Xena in "Return of Callisto"
"When the living think of the dead, the dead can hear their thoughts."- M’Lila from Xena: Warrior Princess
"Every night I see it happen. Every morning I wish it was a dream."- Gabrielle from Xena: Warrior Princess
"Would you calm down? There's barely enough room up here for my paranoia."- Autolycus in "The Quest"
"You know there are two kinds of tears. Tears for those who leave you and tears for those who you never let go. And I won't say goodbye to you Xena, 'cause we'll be together again one day."- Gabrielle in "The Quest"
"You put people on a pedestal sooner or later they're going to fall and your expectations fall with them."- Xena in "The Execution"
"It's not you it's me. I'm just not ready for this kind of commitment. Which is probably better for you anyway because all the men I get serious about seem to wind up dead."- Gabrielle from Xena: Warrior Princess
"You are who you pretend to be. So you'd better pretend to be something you can live with."- Palamon in "Blind Faith"
"Be careful, Palamon. We all eventually become what we pretend we are."- Xena in "Blind Faith"
"I got a chance to make someone I care about happy. That's the best reward you can have in life."- Xena in "Ulysses"
"It's that life is a joke, it's a bar room joke at that. And you know what the punch line is? The punch line is, that no matter what we do, we still end up as food for the worms...I leave you to entertain the gods. I'm retiring from the stage."- Xena from Xena: Warrior Princess
"I'll rise but I refuse to shine."- Gabrielle in "Been There, Done That"
"Sleep now, you'll hurt less in the morning."- Xena in "Been There, Done That"
"Nobody made you who you are; it was already there."- Xena
"With shattered legs and crippled soul I went east, to lose myself in vengeance, not against Caesar, but the entire human race."- Xena from Xena: Warrior Princess
"Troubled is a polite word for what I am."- Gabrielle from Xena: Warrior Princess
"If I have to go the rest of my life without companionship, knowing myself won’t be a problem."- Gabrielle in "Warrior...Priestess...Tramp"
"You don’t have to be a virgin to be virtuous."- Gabrielle in "Warrior...Priestess...Tramp"
"All these years I've spent living to destroy you, thinking that, only if I can give you the same pain that you gave me, I'd be rid of it. And then I do. And nothing changes. I don't feel better. Just empty."- Callisto in "Maternal Instincts"
"You let your pain kill you years ago. I'm gonna live with mine."-- Xena in "Maternal Instincts"
"Can you run on to Athens and tell them about Marathon? Good. Pace yourself. In this heat, a run like that could kill you."- Xena in "One Against an Army"
"It's easier to believe in yourself after someone else has believed in you first."- Gabrielle in "Forgiven"
"Pain's just nature's way of saying, 'Hey, you're alive!.'"- Ares from Xena: Warrior Princess
"It's very strange. In every story you tell me this thing I wear get smaller and smaller. Is it enchanted?"- Gabrielle in "Forget Me Not"
"I wanted to betray her. I gave her everything and it meant nothing to her. I hated her for loving someone else. I wanted her to hurt, I wanted her to be punished. And I almost got her killed. Why, my hatred and jealousy almost destroyed my best friend."- Gabrielle in "Forget Me Not"
"Well, it is a good disguise, it'll attract less attention then walking around naked I suppose."- Callisto in "Sacrifice II"
"So how about it? I scratch your back, you stab mine."- Callisto in "Sacrifice II"
"Don't be sorry, just improve."- Xena from Xena: Warrior Princess
"Most people think of death as the end, when in fact, death can be the beginning."- Gabrielle from Xena: Warrior Princess
"Xena is this warrior. She goes around saving people and righting wrongs. It's all pretty sappy, but she seems to get her kicks out of it."-Autolycus
"You see, a woman's chastity is like a new hat...a beautiful thing that's...going to kill me."- Autolycus from Xena: Warrior Princess
"Were you trying to kill yourself or are you just new at this?"- Xena in "The Ties that Bind
"We all have families that we are born into, but sometimes families change, and we have to build our own. For me our friendship binds us closer than blood ever will."- Xena in "The Ties that Bind"
"You know, there used to be some respect mixed up in my hatred for you, but not anymore. Your petty scruples are an embarrassment. As a villain, you were awesome. As a hero, you are a sentimental fool."- Callisto, Xena: Warrior Princess
"You know I don't drink intoxicants, Theodorus. No, I like to experience life in all it's agonizing glory. I don't want to dull the sensations in any way."- Callisto from Xena: Warrior Princess
"Look Gabrielle, if it's me you're worried about, let me set your mind at rest. Seeing you happy will make me happy. And if that means settling down with Perdicus...then you have my blessing."- Xena in "Return of Callisto"
"When the living think of the dead, the dead can hear their thoughts."- M’Lila from Xena: Warrior Princess
"Every night I see it happen. Every morning I wish it was a dream."- Gabrielle from Xena: Warrior Princess
"Would you calm down? There's barely enough room up here for my paranoia."- Autolycus in "The Quest"
"You know there are two kinds of tears. Tears for those who leave you and tears for those who you never let go. And I won't say goodbye to you Xena, 'cause we'll be together again one day."- Gabrielle in "The Quest"
"You put people on a pedestal sooner or later they're going to fall and your expectations fall with them."- Xena in "The Execution"
"It's not you it's me. I'm just not ready for this kind of commitment. Which is probably better for you anyway because all the men I get serious about seem to wind up dead."- Gabrielle from Xena: Warrior Princess
"You are who you pretend to be. So you'd better pretend to be something you can live with."- Palamon in "Blind Faith"
"Be careful, Palamon. We all eventually become what we pretend we are."- Xena in "Blind Faith"
"I got a chance to make someone I care about happy. That's the best reward you can have in life."- Xena in "Ulysses"
"It's that life is a joke, it's a bar room joke at that. And you know what the punch line is? The punch line is, that no matter what we do, we still end up as food for the worms...I leave you to entertain the gods. I'm retiring from the stage."- Xena from Xena: Warrior Princess
"I'll rise but I refuse to shine."- Gabrielle in "Been There, Done That"
"Sleep now, you'll hurt less in the morning."- Xena in "Been There, Done That"
"Nobody made you who you are; it was already there."- Xena
"With shattered legs and crippled soul I went east, to lose myself in vengeance, not against Caesar, but the entire human race."- Xena from Xena: Warrior Princess
"Troubled is a polite word for what I am."- Gabrielle from Xena: Warrior Princess
"If I have to go the rest of my life without companionship, knowing myself won’t be a problem."- Gabrielle in "Warrior...Priestess...Tramp"
"You don’t have to be a virgin to be virtuous."- Gabrielle in "Warrior...Priestess...Tramp"
"All these years I've spent living to destroy you, thinking that, only if I can give you the same pain that you gave me, I'd be rid of it. And then I do. And nothing changes. I don't feel better. Just empty."- Callisto in "Maternal Instincts"
"You let your pain kill you years ago. I'm gonna live with mine."-- Xena in "Maternal Instincts"
"Can you run on to Athens and tell them about Marathon? Good. Pace yourself. In this heat, a run like that could kill you."- Xena in "One Against an Army"
"It's easier to believe in yourself after someone else has believed in you first."- Gabrielle in "Forgiven"
"Pain's just nature's way of saying, 'Hey, you're alive!.'"- Ares from Xena: Warrior Princess
"It's very strange. In every story you tell me this thing I wear get smaller and smaller. Is it enchanted?"- Gabrielle in "Forget Me Not"
"I wanted to betray her. I gave her everything and it meant nothing to her. I hated her for loving someone else. I wanted her to hurt, I wanted her to be punished. And I almost got her killed. Why, my hatred and jealousy almost destroyed my best friend."- Gabrielle in "Forget Me Not"
"Well, it is a good disguise, it'll attract less attention then walking around naked I suppose."- Callisto in "Sacrifice II"
"So how about it? I scratch your back, you stab mine."- Callisto in "Sacrifice II"
Friday, June 1, 2007
Aldous Huxley Quotes
"Maybe this world is another planet's hell."-Aldous Huxley
"Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted."-Aldous Huxley
"That all men are equal is a proposition which, at ordinary times, no sane individual has ever given his assent."-Aldous Huxley
"The author of the Illiad is either Homer or, if not Homer, somebody else of the same name."-Aldous Huxley
"There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self."-Aldous Huxley
"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored."-Aldous Huxley, "Proper Studies", 1927
"Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him."-Aldous Huxley, "Texts and Pretexts", 1932
"Death… It’s the only thing we haven’t succeeded in completely vulgarizing."-Aldous Huxley, Eyeless in Gaza (1936)
"Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities."-Aldous Huxley, Vedanta for the Western World, 1945
"Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted."-Aldous Huxley
"That all men are equal is a proposition which, at ordinary times, no sane individual has ever given his assent."-Aldous Huxley
"The author of the Illiad is either Homer or, if not Homer, somebody else of the same name."-Aldous Huxley
"There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self."-Aldous Huxley
"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored."-Aldous Huxley, "Proper Studies", 1927
"Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him."-Aldous Huxley, "Texts and Pretexts", 1932
"Death… It’s the only thing we haven’t succeeded in completely vulgarizing."-Aldous Huxley, Eyeless in Gaza (1936)
"Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities."-Aldous Huxley, Vedanta for the Western World, 1945
Socrates Quotes
"By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher."-Socrates (a philosopher)
"Death may be the greatest of all human blessings."-Socrates
"If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it."-Socrates
"Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of - for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear."-Socrates
"The shortest and surest way to live with honour in the world, is to be in reality what we would appear to be; and if we observe, we shall find, that all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice of them."-Socrates
"I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance."-Socrates, from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
"The unexamined life is not worth living."-Socrates, in Plato, Dialogues, Apology
"Death may be the greatest of all human blessings."-Socrates
"If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it."-Socrates
"Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of - for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear."-Socrates
"The shortest and surest way to live with honour in the world, is to be in reality what we would appear to be; and if we observe, we shall find, that all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice of them."-Socrates
"I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance."-Socrates, from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
"The unexamined life is not worth living."-Socrates, in Plato, Dialogues, Apology
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Ceres: Celestial Legend Quotes
"I have to dress like a girl?! It's obvious I'm a guy!! I DON' WANNA! Plus, it's so drafty!"- Yuhi (/Yuko), page 42 in Book #7 of Ceres: Celestial Legend
"What is it with perverts and school uniforms..."- Aya, page 146 in Book #7 of Ceres: Celestial Legend
""- , page in Book #7 of Ceres: Celestial Legend
"You've come to me this time, haven't you... Just as I've wished. You really are the hidden part of me... ... Just... Do it quickly. Mamoru isn't coming back, ever..."- Hirobe, pages 110-111 in Book #7 of Ceres: Celestial Legend
""- Ceres, page 114 in Book #7 of Ceres: Celestial Legend
""- Ceres, page 117 in Book #7 of Ceres: Celestial Legend
"In life, somebody always winds up hurt. Best thing is to cherished what you've gained."- Shuro, page 185 in Book #7 of Ceres: Celestial Legend
""- Shuro, page 186-188 in Book #7 of Ceres: Celestial Legend
"Poor thing... For hundreds of years, you've been trying only to hide... Unable to die. Even still, they kept prying into your lair... Awakening you from your slumber. You wanted only seclusion... To be unknown, unseen... I understand. I'll help you. Peace, and transcendent bliss to you..."- Ceres, pages 76-77 in Book #10 of Ceres: Celestial Legend
"Fate can only bring life and death... living is up to us."- Aya, page 199 in Book #14 of Ceres: Celestial Legend
"Freeing itself from the bonds of fate, love lets life, even with all its burdens, go on. And as the future is entrusted to all the children who are to come... ...Let them know the joys of transcendent bliss."- Ceres, pages 191-192 in Book #14 of Ceres: Celestial Legend
"What is it with perverts and school uniforms..."- Aya, page 146 in Book #7 of Ceres: Celestial Legend
""- , page in Book #7 of Ceres: Celestial Legend
"You've come to me this time, haven't you... Just as I've wished. You really are the hidden part of me... ... Just... Do it quickly. Mamoru isn't coming back, ever..."- Hirobe, pages 110-111 in Book #7 of Ceres: Celestial Legend
""- Ceres, page 114 in Book #7 of Ceres: Celestial Legend
""- Ceres, page 117 in Book #7 of Ceres: Celestial Legend
"In life, somebody always winds up hurt. Best thing is to cherished what you've gained."- Shuro, page 185 in Book #7 of Ceres: Celestial Legend
""- Shuro, page 186-188 in Book #7 of Ceres: Celestial Legend
"Poor thing... For hundreds of years, you've been trying only to hide... Unable to die. Even still, they kept prying into your lair... Awakening you from your slumber. You wanted only seclusion... To be unknown, unseen... I understand. I'll help you. Peace, and transcendent bliss to you..."- Ceres, pages 76-77 in Book #10 of Ceres: Celestial Legend
"Fate can only bring life and death... living is up to us."- Aya, page 199 in Book #14 of Ceres: Celestial Legend
"Freeing itself from the bonds of fate, love lets life, even with all its burdens, go on. And as the future is entrusted to all the children who are to come... ...Let them know the joys of transcendent bliss."- Ceres, pages 191-192 in Book #14 of Ceres: Celestial Legend
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Quotes from Musicals
Phantom of the Opera Quotes:
"Am I to risk my life to win the chance to live?"- Christine Diae from Phantom of the Opera
"Am I to risk my life to win the chance to live?"- Christine Diae from Phantom of the Opera
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