Favorite Quotes

They can be about anything, so long as it's not rule breaking. I'll start with two,

"Everything we call real is made up of things that cannot be regarded as real" - Niels Bohr

"The brain is only a receiver. In the universe, there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength and inspiration. I have not penetrated into the secrets of this core, but I know it exists" - Nikola Tesla

So, my fellows, what are some quotes that move you?

 

This one is a short poem, but it makes a fine quote that I enjoy,

"O strong of heart, go where the road,
Of ancient honour climbs.
Bow not your craven shoulders,
Earth conquered gives the stars" - Boethius

 

"I pissed on the man who called me a dog. Why was he so surprised?" - Diogenes

 

"Cops ain't the enemy, they ain't the law. Find the sons of the devil pushing papers into law, there's ya enemy right there." - Wise old man on the train.

"Nature does not hurry, yet all is accomplished" - Lao Tzu

"Raise your words, not your voice. It is the rain which grows flowers, not thunder." - Rumi

 

I think Diogenes is the only person to make me snort laugh in public.

 

“Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live."

And unselfishness is letting other people's lives alone, not interfering with them. Selfishness always aims at creating around it an absolute uniformity of type. Unselfishness recognizes infinite variety of type as a delightful thing, accepts it, acquiesces in it, enjoys it. It is not selfish to think for oneself. A man who does not think for himself does not think at all. It is grossly selfish to require of one's neighbor that he should think in the same way, and hold the same opinions. Why should he? If he can think, he will probably think differently. If he cannot think, it is monstrous to require thought of any kind from him. A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It would be horribly selfish if it wanted all the other flowers in the garden to be both red and roses.”

― Oscar Wilde

 

Spits out water

You're the Mayor!?

 

I need a sticker of this.