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Thoughts for the Zen challenged
« on: July 24, 2007, 03:08:43 AM »
Some wise words:

Before you criticize someone,
you should walk a mile in their shoes.
That way, when you criticize them,
you're a mile away and you have their shoes.



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Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
Teach him how to fish and he will sit in a boat
and drink beer all day.

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If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again,
it was probably worth it.




If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.




Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead.
Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow.
Do not walk beside me, either;
just leave me the heck alone.




It's always darkest before dawn.
So if you're going to steal your neighbor's newspaper,
that's the time to do it.




Don't be irreplaceable; if you can't be replaced,
you can't be promoted.




No one is listening until you make a mistake.




Always remember you're unique, just like everyone else.




It may be that your sole purpose in life is
simply to serve as a warning to others.




It is far more impressive when others
discover your good qualities without your help.




If you tell the truth,
you don't have to remember anything.




Some days you are the bug,
some days you are the windshield.




Good judgment comes from bad experience,
and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.




There are two theories to arguing with women.
Neither one works.




Generally speaking, you aren't learning much
when your mouth is moving.




Never miss a good chance to shut up.




Experience is something you don't get
until just after you need it.
No single thing abides, but all things flow.
Fragment to fragment clings, and thus they grow
Until we know and name them.
Then by degrees they change and are no more
The things we know.
- Titus Lucretius Carus

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Re: Thoughts for the Zen challenged
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2007, 08:12:11 PM »
Give a poor man a fire, and he will be warm for a day.

Set a poor man on fire, and he will be very warm, for the rest of his life.

Sometimes you just have to be cruel in the short term, to be kind in the longer term.
The light blinds
So behold darkness as our new light
In our darkness we can see
So with others blindness
We take flight.

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