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Inscrutable monkisms needed!
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der_kluge
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You need to rent a movie called Circle of Iron.
"Two birds tied together have four wings, but cannot fly"
"You can't step twice on the same piece of water."
A friend of mine used to say:
"We're human beings, not human doings. Just be."
Some of the quotes on my cube wall:
A monk asks his master, "When a beggar comes, what shall we give him? The master answers, "He lacks nothing."
Day after day the sun rises in the east;
Day after day it sets in the west.
"An answer is always a form of death" - John Fowles
"A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it." - Dogen
"When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other." - Chinese proverb
"Each moment is a place you've never been." - Mark Strand
"Sometimes I think, and other times I am." - Paul Valery
"Just remain in the center, watching. And then forget that you are there." - Lao-Tzu
"If you understand, things are just as they are. If you do not understand, things are just as they are." - Zen Saying
"To give your sheep or cow a large spacious meadow is the way to control him." - Shunryu Suzuki
"The morning glory!
But this too can never be my friend." - Basho
"Two birds tied together have four wings, but cannot fly"
"You can't step twice on the same piece of water."
A friend of mine used to say:
"We're human beings, not human doings. Just be."
Some of the quotes on my cube wall:
A monk asks his master, "When a beggar comes, what shall we give him? The master answers, "He lacks nothing."
Day after day the sun rises in the east;
Day after day it sets in the west.
"An answer is always a form of death" - John Fowles
"A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it." - Dogen
"When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other." - Chinese proverb
"Each moment is a place you've never been." - Mark Strand
"Sometimes I think, and other times I am." - Paul Valery
"Just remain in the center, watching. And then forget that you are there." - Lao-Tzu
"If you understand, things are just as they are. If you do not understand, things are just as they are." - Zen Saying
"To give your sheep or cow a large spacious meadow is the way to control him." - Shunryu Suzuki
"The morning glory!
But this too can never be my friend." - Basho
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TracerBullet42
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"To learn my teachings, I must first teach you to learn."
"He who questions training only trains himself in asking questions."
"You must lash out with every limb, like the octopus who plays the drums."
"When you can balance a tack hammer on your head, you can head off your foes with a balanced attack."
"Learn to hide your strikes from your opponent so you will more easily strike your opponent's hide."
It just goes right up to the point of being, like....confusing.
Ok, so I stole those lines from Mystery Men. The mysterious Sphinx is hilarious. And you know what his super power is? He's mysterious....terribly mysterious.
Well, those are at least as deep as the psycho-babble of Matrix: Revolutions, but that's a whole other story...
"He who questions training only trains himself in asking questions."
"You must lash out with every limb, like the octopus who plays the drums."
"When you can balance a tack hammer on your head, you can head off your foes with a balanced attack."
"Learn to hide your strikes from your opponent so you will more easily strike your opponent's hide."
It just goes right up to the point of being, like....confusing.
Ok, so I stole those lines from Mystery Men. The mysterious Sphinx is hilarious. And you know what his super power is? He's mysterious....terribly mysterious.
Well, those are at least as deep as the psycho-babble of Matrix: Revolutions, but that's a whole other story...
Roland Delacroix
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That tack hammer one, thats the best i've heard ever. The way he delivers it is perfect.
babomb
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Most of them aren't inscrutable, but I think they work:
"If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything."
--Mark Twain
"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."
--Mark Twain
"Ideas are more dangerous than [weapons]. We wouldn't let our enemies have [weapons]; why should we let them have ideas?"
--Stalin
"If the world were a logical place, men would ride side-saddle."
--Rita Mae Brown
"Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent."
--Napoleon Bonaparte
"When you have completed 95% of your journey you are halfway there."
--Japanese Proverb
"He who will not economize will have to agonize."
--Confucius
"It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop."
--Confucius
"Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous."
--Confucius
"When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge."
--Confucius
"With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bended arm for a pillow - I have still joy in the midst of these things. Riches and honors acquired by unrighteousness are to me as a floating cloud."
--Confucius
"The people may be made to follow a path of action, but they may not be made to understand it."
--Confucius
"If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand."
--Confucius
"What the superior man seeks is in himself. What the mean man seeks is in others."
--Confucius
"Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course of virtue."
--Confucius
"Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it."
--Confucius
"Men's natures are alike, it is their habits that carry them far apart."
--Confucius
"They must often change who would be constant in happiness or wisdom."
--Confucius
"Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without."
--Confucius
"It is only the wisest and the stupidest that cannot change."
--Confucius
"Never argue with a fool. Someone watching may not be able to tell the difference."
"You wouldn't worry so much about what people thought of you if you knew how seldom they did."
"A friend is a person that knows everything about you and still likes you."
"Early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese."
"The only job where you start at the top is digging a hole."
"If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything."
--Mark Twain
"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."
--Mark Twain
"Ideas are more dangerous than [weapons]. We wouldn't let our enemies have [weapons]; why should we let them have ideas?"
--Stalin
"If the world were a logical place, men would ride side-saddle."
--Rita Mae Brown
"Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent."
--Napoleon Bonaparte
"When you have completed 95% of your journey you are halfway there."
--Japanese Proverb
"He who will not economize will have to agonize."
--Confucius
"It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop."
--Confucius
"Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous."
--Confucius
"When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge."
--Confucius
"With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bended arm for a pillow - I have still joy in the midst of these things. Riches and honors acquired by unrighteousness are to me as a floating cloud."
--Confucius
"The people may be made to follow a path of action, but they may not be made to understand it."
--Confucius
"If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand."
--Confucius
"What the superior man seeks is in himself. What the mean man seeks is in others."
--Confucius
"Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course of virtue."
--Confucius
"Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it."
--Confucius
"Men's natures are alike, it is their habits that carry them far apart."
--Confucius
"They must often change who would be constant in happiness or wisdom."
--Confucius
"Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without."
--Confucius
"It is only the wisest and the stupidest that cannot change."
--Confucius
"Never argue with a fool. Someone watching may not be able to tell the difference."
"You wouldn't worry so much about what people thought of you if you knew how seldom they did."
"A friend is a person that knows everything about you and still likes you."
"Early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese."
"The only job where you start at the top is digging a hole."
Shadowdancer
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"It is better to remain silent, and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt."
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