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POWERFUL QUOTES

13 Friday Mar 2009

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“We learn something every day, and lots of times it’s that what we learned the day before was wrong.” -Bill Vaughan

“There are three kinds of men: Ones that learn by reading, a few who learn by observation, and the rest of them who have to pee on the electric fence and find out for themselves.” -Will Rogers

“When the wind changes directions, there are those who build walls and there are those who build windmills.” -Chinese saying

“May all your problems last as long as your New Year’s resolutions.” – Joey Adams

“An unlived life is not worth examining.” -Swami Beyondananda

“I’ve got all the money I’ll ever need . . . as long as I die by noon tomorrow.” -Henny Youngman

“One cannot discover new lands without consenting to leave the shore for a very long time.” -André Gide

“To achieve the impossible dream, try going to sleep.” -Joan Klempner

“I’m sick of following my dreams. I’m just going to ask them where they are going and hook up with them later.” -Mitch Hedberg

“Sometimes it is better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness” -Terry Pratchett

“Remember to always be yourself unless you suck.” -Joss Whedon

“It is said that your life flashes before your eyes before you die. That is true, it’s called Life.” – Terry Pratchett

“In pursuit of knowledge, every day something is acquired; in pursuit of wisdom every day something is dropped” Lao Tzu

I Know the Way You Can Get (Hafiz)

13 Friday Mar 2009

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I know the way you can get
When you have not had a drink of Love:
Your face hardens,
Your sweet muscles cramp.

Children become concerned
About a strange look that appears in your eyes
Which even begins to worry your own mirror
And nose.

Squirrels and birds sense your sadness
And call an important conference in a tall tree.

They decide which secret code to chant
To help your mind and soul.

Even angels fear that brand of madness
That arrays itself against the world
And throws sharp stones and spears into
The innocent
And into one’s self.

Oh I know the way you can get

If you have not been out drinking Love:
You might rip apart
Every sentence your friends and teachers say,
Looking for hidden clauses.
You might weigh every word on a scale
Like a dead fish.

You might pull out a ruler to measure
From every angle in your darkness
The beautiful dimensions of a heart you once
Trusted.

I know the way you can get

If you have not had a drink from Love’s
Hands.

That is why all the Great Ones speak of
The vital need
To keep Remembering God,
So you will come to know and see Him
As being so Playful
And Wanting,
Just Wanting to help.