A genius is just a talented person who does his homework. - Thomas Edison

"Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds."

And...

"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."-Both from Albert Einstein

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Everyone ought to worship God according to his own inclinations, and not to be constrained by force. Flavius Josephus (37 AD - 100 AD)

The journey begins right here. In the middle of the road. Right beneath your feet. This is the place. There is no other place. There is no other time.
--David Whyte

Say nothing of my religion. It is known to God and myself alone. Its evidence before the world is to be sought in my life: if it has been honest and dutiful to society the religion which has regulated it cannot be a bad one.
Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)

The measure of mental health is the disposition to find good everywhere

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding

Kahlil Gibran - The Prophet

"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen."

"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."-All by Albert Einstein

"Sometimes the best teacher teaches only once to a single child or to a grownup past hope"----anonymous
although I first found this in an essay called "The Hidden Teacher" written by Loren Eiseley the author is unknown.

here's another one that I have no author for:
Fair is a place where old men in overalls go to see who can throw cowshit the fartherst, it hasn't got anything to do with life."
I heard this when I was a teenager and I still use it with embarrassing frequency.

This is from the Nescafe Latte` sticks. I know it's not a real quote but I just thought it was so good, that I had to quote it!

"In some Arabian regions, if a Lady does not recieve her morning coffee, it grounds for divorce"

You heard it fellas!

Blessed be
Waterlily.

Attitudes are contagious...do you want people to catch yours? Bob Moawad

"Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill." -- Barbara Tuchman

"Twice, we've done that twice. Twice is not a pattern."-Unknown

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Love is that orbit of the restless soul, whose circles grazes the confines of space, bounding within the LIMITS of its race UPMOST EXTREMES. umm I forgot who quotes this.

Howdy everybody! This is my first time posting here, since I just joined yesterday! Here is my favorite quote:


"Outside of a dog, a book is a mans best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." -- Groucho Marx

"A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights."-Napoleon Bonaparte

"Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint."-Mark Twain

"Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory."-Leonardo Da Vinci

"Custom will reconcile people to any atrocity; and fashion will drive them to acquire any custom."-George Bernard Shaw

Welcome to the circle nutmeg ^_^

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“Health is a large word. It embraces not the body only, but the mind and spirit as well... and not today's pain or pleasure alone, but the whole being and outlook of a man.”

~ James H. West