Philisophical Sayings of a Socialist Monk, help

[I'm A Banana]

By the holy rocking chair of Eric's Grandma! I was affraid of this thread getting political... Yeesh.

Anyhoo, to direct this to perhaps a more constructive angle:

"The claim to own is the origin of greed."

"If you see the poor man, and feel sorrow, but do nothing, your selfishness will be returned."

"No man is an island."

"Every action has a reaction. If you deny your neighbor what he needs, and he has to kill you to get it, it is your just punishment."

"It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to attain enlightnement."

"Do to others only what you want done to yourself."

"What worth is shimmering metal to the soul?"

A few pseduo-biblical quotes and my own ramblings.

 

[RigaMortus2]

"But don't front and never try to be what you're not
Cause you can be quick, jump the candlestick, burn your back
And f**k Jill on a hill, but you still ain't Jack"
-Eminem

Does that qualify?

 

[Lord Ravinous]

lol, not really, but thanks.

 

[Pielorinho]

Glad the quotes were useful to you! Do take the time to look at the linked pages: I picked up a smattering of lines from those two sources, but there are plenty of other goodies around there, some of which may be more appropriate for your character.

I'm hoping that Green Knight's irrelevant vitriol won't doom this thread; it can easily be edited out, leaving an otherwise very interesting thread. Heck, if you'd asked for quotes for a Nietzchean monk, I woulda tried to help you out, too . At any rate, I ask everyone not to respond to Green Knight; let his be the only regrettable post in the thread.

The Tao Te Ching is indeed a great source. For example, when shunning violence, you might say

The harvest is destroyed in the wake of a great war,
and weeds grow in the fields in the wake of the army.

When railing against the government, you might say,

When those who govern demand too much
of people's lives, death is taken lightly.
When the people are starving in the land,
life is of little value,
and so is more easily sacrificed by them
in overthrowing government.

Daniel

 

[Grifter86]

This post is a-moulderin' in the grave, but it's soul will not go marching on.

That okay?

 

[Pielorinho]

EDITED: Thanks, Grifter: you rock!

Daniel

 

[RigaMortus2]

I just wanted to also say, I do like your character concept. Think I might *borrow* this idea sometime. Once I get to play some of the other umpteen characters I have stored away in my head.

 

[Lord Ravinous]

Do take the time to look at the linked pages: I picked up a smattering of lines from those two sources, but there are plenty of other goodies around there, some of which may be more appropriate for your character.

I read alot from Sand and Foam , I was very impressed, so much so that I bookmarked it.

 

[Lord Ravinous]

Well, I'd have to say ya'll have helped me a great deal. I've gotten some great ideas. I didn't expect this kind of turn out on this post.

I'd like to thank all of you that contributed. I've now got several links to read through, as well as gobs of posts, so I may not be able to respond to your posts for a lil bit, but if you get any more ideas just keep dropin em, and I'll try to get to them as I can.

Thanks again.

 

[Pielorinho]

I read alot from Sand and Foam , I was very impressed, so much so that I bookmarked it.

Excellent! Hope I didn't come across all preachylike -- I just wanted to make sure you knew that there was more goodness where I'd gotten those from.

When I'm in a bad mood, Gibran can strike me as flaky, but when I'm in a good mood, he's a pretty groovy poet. I doted on his works when I was younger, and still return to them happily.

Daniel