Your Philosophical One Liners

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    A pot of tea is great for smoothing out the wrinkles of the day.....will you pour? :D
     
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    'Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me'

    I don't think this is really true, although I've had to fall back on it a time or two. Actually names can hurt real bad. I should know.
     
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    The roar of an invisible lion can still be heard.
     
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    Humble like the paddy, bending downward to bear its own weight.*

    *In Asia, when the paddy fields are ready to be harvested, their kernels are bending downward and having soft golden colour (picture attached). The analogy: People should be down to Earth and more humble, when they are gaining more knowledge.

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    The 'roar' of a 500cc Norton sounds better though....:D
     
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    "We often criticize in others those personality traits we hate to admit exist in ourselves."

    Profound words from my late Mom. She taught me, with one line, how to find out the weaknesses in others: Simply listen to what they criticize in the people around them. That will show you their own weaknesses. I've never seen it fail!

    FWIW: I've had former acquaintances, over the years, who have called me, specifically, to hear the above line, again, because they'd forgotten its exact phrasing, over time, but had found it to be very true.

    Two examples in my life: The conman who constantly complained about how dishonest everyone was. The woman who dressed in terrible fashion, who spent our one date constantly making fun of how horrible other women looked, around us.
     
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    This might have been more suited for one of the virus threads but opted for here instead.

    “If you want total security, go to prison.
    There, you’ll be fed, clothed and given medical attention and so on;
    The only thing lacking........is freedom”. “Dwight D. Eisenhower”.

    Now that I think about it, there are now some places where one can try to exercise his or her freedom and be incarcerated for it. Irony at its best.
     
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    “Music is an art that touches the depth of human existence; an art of sounds that crosses all borders.” – Daniel Bareinbeim*

    *Daniel Bareinbeim is a musician and peace activist. He made up a collaboration of young Jewish and Arab musicians, in 1999, just to name a few.
     
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    "Do not pray for an easy life; pray for the strength to endure a difficult one." - Bruce Lee
     
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    “Be extremely subtle even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.” - Sun Tzu, The Art of War
     
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