Enduring philosophies and favorite quotes

Calvin: "Happiness isn't good enough for me! I demand Euphoria!" “That’s the difference between me and the rest of the world! Happiness isn’t good enough for me! I demand euphoria!” ~Calvin

Playlist pieces

Let’s stream this chaos, turn it into light.

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You’ve come far and though you’re far from the end,
you don’t mind where you are, cuz you know where you’ve been.

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Excuse me, are you lost? Perhaps you would care to visit the site map

“One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.”

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Andre Gide #link

whether or not God preceeded the concept of life, life preceeds the concept of God.

“The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.”

Napoleon Hill #link

A man said to the Universe, “Sir, I exist.”
“However,” replied the Universe, “That fact has not created in me a sense of obligation.”

sc 11Mar03 #link

“Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.”

Thomas Szas 3Mar03 #link

“The Buddha was asked, ‘Are you a God?’ He said he was not. ‘Then what are you?’ He answered, ‘I am awake.’”

Buddha 3Mar03 #link

“no one is perfect until you fall in love with them.”

“The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and have the two as close together as possible.”

George Burns #link

Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can anybody deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It’s beyond me.

Zora Neale Hurston #link

Unless you got lost on purpose
You would never get this far.

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Ryokan 1Jan03 #link

“Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, Or what’s a heaven for?”

Robert Browning 1Jan03 #link

“It takes only one drink to get me drunk.
The trouble is, I can’t remember if it’s the thirteenth or the fourteenth.”

George Burns #link

“I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: ‘No good in a bed, but fine up against a wall’.”

Eleanor Roosevelt #link

“Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.”

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Calvin: "Happiness isn't good enough for me! I demand Euphoria!" “That’s the difference between me and the rest of the world! Happiness isn’t good enough for me! I demand euphoria!” ~Calvin

Bill Watterson 26Nov02 #link

“I’m learning real skills that i can apply throughout the rest of my life … procrastinating and rationalizing.”

Bill Watterson 26Nov02 #link

“in my opinion, we don’t devote nearly enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.”

Bill Watterson 26Nov02 #link

"To dream the impossible dream, To fight the unbeatable foe, To bear with unbearable sorrow, To run where the brave dare not go.

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Man of La Mancha - To Dream the Impossible Dream #link

“Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.”

Washington Irving #link

“Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly.”

unknown 2Feb02 #link
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