[Rincewind]

Hi Guys

Here is a quote that I think puts the place of the human species into perspective (deep time and all).


"The planet isn't in jeopardy. We are in jeopardy. We haven't got the power to destroy the planet -- or to save it. But we might have the power to save ourselves."


Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park -the Book)


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[BudDwyer]

"The best wisdom is delivered in one breath."

[Soft_Landing]

"most propaganda is not designed to fool the critical thinker but only to give moral cowards an excuse not to think at all."

-- Michael Rivero

[RIPSmithianEconomics]

" We are all only as good as god made us, and some of us are a lot worse " - Charles Dickens.

" Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be " Kurt Vonnegut.

" Make 'em laugh, make em cry, make 'em dance in the aisles
Make 'em pay, make em stay, make em feel ok. " Roger Waters.

" We don't see things as they are, we seem them as we are. " Anais Nin.

" Mu! " Joshu.

" And then, the alien anthropologists
Admitted they were still perplexed
But on eliminating every other reason
For our sad demise
They logged the only explanation left
This species has amused itself to death" Roger Waters again.

And of course, the signature.

[RIPSmithianEconomics]

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- Pilate in "The Life of Brian"

[EnviroEngr]

Social Rule of Thumb:

If they can do you more harm than you can do them good, then avoid them.

- B.E. Baker

[EnviroEngr]

The True Man of ancient times knew nothing
of loving life, knew nothing of hating death.
He emerged without delight; he went back
in without a fuss. He came briskly, he went
briskly, and that was all. He didn’t forget
where he began; he didn’t try to find out
where he would end. He received something
and took pleasure in it; he forgot about it
and handed it back again. This is what I call
not using the mind to repel the Way, not
using man to help out Heaven. This is what I
call the True Man.

CHUANG-TZU

[EnviroEngr]

It is true, we don’t know what is happening
in the deepest sense. And if we can stay with
that not knowing, and trust it, and enjoy it,
we will be able to experience our life in
some fundamentally different way. That’s
our miraculous power.

KATHERINE THANAS

[EnviroEngr]

May your trails be crooked,
winding, lonesome, dangerous,
leading to the most amazing view.
May your mountains rise into and
above the clouds.

EDWARD ABBEY

[EnviroEngr]

Even if our efforts of attention
seem for years to be producing
no result, one day a light that is
in exact proportion to them will
flood the room.

SIMONE WEIL

[EnviroEngr]

The true mystery of
the world is the visible,
not the invisible.

OSCAR WILDE

[EnviroEngr]

People travel to wonder at the height of
the mountains, at the huge waves of the
sea, at the long course of rivers, at the vast
compass of the ocean, at the circular motion
of the stars; and they pass by themselves
without wondering.

ST. AUGUSTINE

[EnviroEngr]

How clear it is! How
quiet it is! It must be
something eternally
existing!

TAO TE CHING

[EnviroEngr]

To begin with oneself, not to end
with oneself;
To start from oneself, but not to aim
at oneself;
To comprehend oneself, but not to
be preoccupied with oneself.

MARTIN BUBER

[EnviroEngr]

The only difference
between me and
a madman is that
I’m not mad.

SALVADOR DALI

[EnviroEngr]

When he was younger, Gensha went
on a pilgrimage to many monasteries.
While walking, he stubbed his toe on a
sharp rock. He cried out, “Where does
this pain come from?” Not “this dumb rock”
or “I am so stupid,” but instead, “Where
does this pain come from?” At that instant,
he attained enlightenment.

ZEN STORY

[Devil]

"[Our enemies] never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."
(President G.W. Bush, 5 Aug 2004)

[EnviroEngr]

To mix metaphors creatively, you gotta love that Freudian Knot.
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[EnviroEngr]

Great faith,
great doubt,
great determination.

THREE PREREQUISITES FOR ZEN PRACTICE

[EnviroEngr]

Samsara [life and death] is the
circle of self-frustrating effort. . . .
It is essential to break out of
this circle in order to attain
achievement.

NEVILLE SHULMAN