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What are some of your favorite quotes? 

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Here's my favorite.

"The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all it's contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we would voyage far. The sciences, each straining in it's own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piercing together of disaccotiated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age."

- Introduction paragraph to "The Call of Cthulhu" by H.P. Lovecraft.

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I will certainly read that. Thanks a bunch!

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Then I should warn you, fear is eternal. Once you fall into the Order you cannot leave. His screams will be your existence. The fractal of insanity will embrace your entirety. Happy reading!

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"If you can't explain it simply, then you don't know it well enough" - Albert Einstein

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"you know your finally in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams"

-Dr.Seuss

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"Only the good die young."

-Billy Joel

"I hate the 50-character rule"

-johnnyboy46

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LOL epic win on the 50 characters rule

"I hate the 50-character rule"

-johnnyboy46

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"science is magic that works"

-cats cradle, Vonnegut

"As long as you have a window, life is exciting"

"Life is a song. Love is the music"

"When you've boxed yourself in, there is no sunshine."

"Most of today's worries are like puddles: tomorrow they will have evaporated."

"To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides." - David Viscott

"Minds are like parachutes-- they only function when open."

"I've had a lot of worries in my life, most of which have never happened." - Mark Twain

"Earth laughs in flowers."

"Why not go out on a limb? Thats where all the fruit is."

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Too fun. Some are haikus some are from conversations, others are just me trying to be clever and witty :)

“Deluded in some

enlightened in some other

aspects are we all.” ~ Atypican

“Wisdom comes when you can admire without

worshiping, and criticize without condemning.”

~ Atypican

“There is no need to forgive someone who is not

to blame.” ~ Atypican

“Curiosity is wisdom's strongest ally.”

~Atypican

“The doctrine that says 'hate this world' is an evil

doctrine.” ~ Atypican

“birds of a feather

may not flock together but

ought to write letters.” ~ Atypican

“There's the curious

and those who aim to silence

curiosity.” ~ Atypican

“Wisdom is about

curiosity trust and doubt

within and without.” ~ Atypican

“Those who listen and

agree every bit will

grow very little.” ~ Atypican

“Side by side should be

seen the voices of those who

truly disagree.” ~ Atypican

“You can exercise

without play but you can't play

without exercise.” ~ Atypican

“If you make an oath

that you do not understand

you won't be alone.” ~ Atypican

“We make agreements

though some state otherwise

we obey all laws.” ~ Atypican

“If you look for them

you indeed find agreements

hidden by language.” ~ Atypican

“Don't call it knowledge

strong belief indeed maybe

corrupt and quite strong.” ~ Atypican

“The humble can see

that they are susceptible

to as much folly.” ~ Atypican

“The violent eye

can never see a defeat

without injury.” ~ Atypican

“Wisdom can see through

what on it's face appears to

be hypocrisy.” ~ Atypican

“In an argument

unable to remain calm

a good sign you're wrong” ~ Atypican

“I am aware of

myriad influences

of which I am not.” ~ Atypican

“If I had my way

we would coerce our leaders

to fight each other.” ~ Atypican

“Non-violence is the philosophy people adopt

once they become sufficiently acquainted with

the realities of serious personal conflict.”

~ Atypican

“In time of war, the non-violent know their enemy.

While for the violent their enemy is mysterious

and always changing.” ~ Atypican

“True peace is not the absence of conflict: it is

the prevalence of non-violent conflict.”

~ Atypican

“The strongest get strong

through many intense struggles

with opposition.” ~ Atypican

“The young they frolic

the old have forgotten how

and what about you?” ~ Atypican

How can I be expected to support a secret

system which I am not permitted to investigate

the inner workings of? ~ Atypican

“I thought to myself, how would my daily routine

change if a nuclear detonation occurred in a

major city? How big of a tragedy needs to

happen before even (mind your own business)

types like me began to do something? I started

asking myself, how much do I really want my

family to survive? What lengths would I go to?

what lengths could I go to?” ~ Atypican

“Why is it that we

don't follow our own advice

we're certain is good?” ~ Atypican

“Do we not see who

the real enemy is to

the home of the brave?” ~ Atypican

“Arrogance and wisdom are incompatible.”

~ Atypican

“People with humility and dignity, who respect

one another as peers, have richer interactions.”

~Atypican

“I am not anti government, I am against secret

governments that don't admit wrongdoing, and

make no effort to insure that it's citizens are

voluntary participants as opposed to compliant

subjects.” ~ Atypican

“We can accept the programming that educates

us to believe that we face an enemy that is

fundamentally different from us or we can set

about the strenuous task of examining and

compiling our own beliefs about the worldwide

community.” ~ Atypican

“We must mine our texts

for pieces of great value

can be extracted.” ~ Atypican

“Bad beliefs are caused by misuse of trust.”

~Atypican

“The most prolific problem with religion is

worship.” ~ Atypican

“Embarrassment and progress go hand in hand.”

~ Atypican

“A higher order of contest is possible, urgently

needed, indeed imminent, that is historically

unprecedented.” ~ Atypican

“Not everyone can bear the unfavorable

treatment given to people who openly disagree

with popular foolishness.” ~Atypican

“It shows an unhealthy imbalance when you can

go on and on about what you are against, but

when asked you have not much to say about what

you support.” ~ Atypican

“Accuse first and you will have an edge, an

advantage among the non-discerning.”

~ Atypican

“There should be challenging rites of passage

that people have to go through before they are

considered adults or citizens.” ~ Atypican

“Everyday ordinary people outgrow anger and

jealousy.” ~ Atypican

“To put out the most effort you must learn to be

gentle.” ~ Atypican

“It is possible, and very common for a person to

be honest while being untruthful.”

~ Atypican

“Condemning people for the same sort of

violence that we ourselves still commit....That is

the worst hypocrisy.” ~ Atypican

“An imaginary problem is a real problem.”

~ Atypican

“Slavery causes tyranny” ~Atypican

“Prayer is a confession of what we lack, in order

to get what we hope for” ~ Atypican

“To be looked up to

is the main motivation

of priests and preachers.” ~ Atypican

How is one to live a moral and compassionate existence when one is fully aware of the blood, the horror inherent in life, when one finds darkness not only in one’s culture but within oneself? If there is a stage at which an individual life becomes truly adult, it must be when one grasps the irony in its unfolding and accepts responsibility for a life lived in the midst of such paradox. One must live in the middle of contradiction, because if all contradiction were eliminated at once life would collapse. There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions. You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of leaning into the light.

-Barry Lopez

Seriously, JakeJ? What was so offensive that I needed to be downvoted in a thread called "what's your favorite quote"? It wasn't my quote, and it didn't even have anything to do with Nazis or liberals or dead puppies.

Was it the compassion? Was it the becoming adult part? That life is not black and white? Leaning into the light?

To atipican-

"If you are to love others as you love yourself, then the world had better lock up their daughters!"

-johnnyboy46

hahahaha I'm kidding. You do actually have some pretty insightful stuff.

The memories of a man in his old age,

are the deeds of a man in his prime.

~Pink Floyd

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That reminded me of a very similar Pink Floyd quote.

"Long you live and high you'll fly and smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry and all you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be."

~Pink Floyd, (as well)

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"History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes. " - Voltaire

"I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom." - Voltaire

"Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it." - President Thomas Jefferson when referring to Obama

"It's time to kick ass and chew bubble gum... and I'm all outta gum." - Duke Nukem.

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"For the Horde!"~~ Thrall

From the popular MMORPG World of Warcraft