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Aug 8 03, 18:51
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"The final mystery is oneself... Who can calculate the orbit of his own soul?" - Oscar Wilde
"The pebble is the perfect creature, equal to itself, mindful of its limits." - Zbigniew Herbert
"What we play is life." - Louis Armstrong
"The sage himself never strives for the great, and thereby the great is achieved." - Lao-Tzu
"What I am I am, and say not. Being is the great explainer." - Henry David Thoreau
"....And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils." - William Wordsworth
"No words can describe it No example can point to it Samsara does not make it worse Nirvana does not make it better It has never been born It has never ceased It has never been deluded It has never existed It has never been nonexistent" -Dudjon Rinpoche, on AWARENESS
"A man is known by the silence he keeps." -Oliver Herford
"All wisdom can be stated in two lines: What is done for you - allow it to be done. What you must do yourself - make sure you do it." -Khawwas
"If we have not found heaven within, it is a certainty we will not find it without." -Henry Miller
"Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance." -Confucius
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." -Franklin D. Roosevelt
"You can kill a man but you can't kill an idea." -Medgar Evers
"Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety nine percent perspiration." -Thomas Edison
"Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom." Thomas Jefferson
"The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing." -Oscar Wilde
"This above {all;} to thine own self be true." -William Shakespeare
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"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to." ~ J.R.R Tolkien, The Lord of the RingsCollaboration feeds innovation. In the spirit of workshopping, please revisit those threads you've critiqued to see if the author has incorporated your ideas, or requests further feedback from you. In addition, reciprocate with those who've responded to you in kind. "I believe it is the act of remembrance, long after our bones have turned to dust, to be the true essence of an afterlife." ~ Lorraine M. KanterNominate a poem for the InterBoard Poetry Competition by taking into careful consideration those poems you feel would best represent Mosaic Musings. For details, click into the IBPC nomination forum. Did that poem just captivate you? Nominate it for the Faery award today! If perfection of form allured your muse, propose the Crown Jewels award. For more information, click here! "Worry looks around, Sorry looks back, Faith looks up." ~ Early detection can save your life.MM Award Winner
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Aug 11 03, 12:41
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Mosaic Master
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QUOTE (Nubian healer @ Aug. 11 2003, 13:36) ..."Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God's handwriting... Thank God for it..." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson~ AWESOME!
Thanks very much!
I have a new one today on my calendar:
"He who knows speaks not; he who speaks, knows not." ~Lao-Tzu
"A man's life is what his thoughts make it." ~Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
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"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to." ~ J.R.R Tolkien, The Lord of the RingsCollaboration feeds innovation. In the spirit of workshopping, please revisit those threads you've critiqued to see if the author has incorporated your ideas, or requests further feedback from you. In addition, reciprocate with those who've responded to you in kind. "I believe it is the act of remembrance, long after our bones have turned to dust, to be the true essence of an afterlife." ~ Lorraine M. KanterNominate a poem for the InterBoard Poetry Competition by taking into careful consideration those poems you feel would best represent Mosaic Musings. For details, click into the IBPC nomination forum. Did that poem just captivate you? Nominate it for the Faery award today! If perfection of form allured your muse, propose the Crown Jewels award. For more information, click here! "Worry looks around, Sorry looks back, Faith looks up." ~ Early detection can save your life.MM Award Winner
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