Toadfish Thought of the Day

[Opsa]

Favorite quotes and original musings.

[Kiyoodle the Gambrinous]

Here's a nice thought:

Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. - Buddha

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

To Think, is the Essence of Being Human.

There is nothing worse, than causing someone to be afraid to Think For Themselves.

[Aggie]

From Theif of Time (Pratchett):

In the Second Scroll of Wen the Eternally Surprised a story is written concerning one day when the apprentice Clodpool, in a rebellious mood, approached Wen and spake thusly:  'Master, what is the difference between a humanistic, monastic system of belief in which wisdom is taught by means of an apparently nonsensical system of questions and answers, and a lot of mystic gibberish made up on the spur of the moment?'

Wen considered this for some time, and at last said: 'A fish!'
And Clodpool went away, satisfied.

[Opsa]

Aggie and I were in the Chantbox when he posted this and my response was "HOLY CARP!!!"

We'd like to put it on the Home Page, like an inscription over the monastery gates.

I'll ask the admins if it can be done.

[Sibling Kephra (Tansy)]

"When you find yourself in a hole, the first thing you should do is stop digging."

[Sibling Qwertyuiopasd]

Anything worth fighting for is worth fighting dirty for - Unkown.

"Science is the How, Religion is the why.
Science must be accepted by all to be factual, Religion must simply be accepted by yourself, and cannot be factual or non-factual." - me

still working on this, but the short version is 'Science is the how, Religion is the why'. any comments or suggestion would be greatley appreciated.

~Qwerty

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

Anything worth fighting for is worth fighting dirty for - Unkown.

"Science is the How, Religion is the why.
Science must be accepted by all to be factual, Religion must simply be accepted by yourself, and cannot be factual or non-factual." - me

still working on this, but the short version is 'Science is the how, Religion is the why'. any comments or suggestion would be greatley appreciated.

~Qwerty

Nice.  I'd add:  "Sometimes, Religion is Why Not"

[The Meromorph]

Science is the How, Religion is the Why, Imagination is the Why Not.

[Sibling Chatty]

"When you find yourself in a hole, the first thing you should do is stop digging."

TANSY!! Hi!! It makes me happy to see you here. :toadfish: :toadfish: :toadfish:

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

Science is the How, Religion is the Why, Imagination is the Why Not.

What I meant by "Why Not" was not as in the phrase, "Why not go ahead and do that?"

But, what I meant to say (and perhaps was being too clever) is that often Religion will give us a good reason NOT to do something that Science has shown us how to do.

[The Meromorph]

I knew that, I was trying to give an enhanced statement. 

[DaveL]

I love this...Tibetan Buddhist, Geshe Langri Thangpa
from the Eight Verses of Transforming the Mind.

Whenever I interact with someone,
May I view myself as the lowest amongst them all,
And from the very depths of my heart
Respectfully hold others as superior

It doesn't literally mean lower yourself at all costs. It means, put yourself in someone else's place, because then you can truly understand the position of others.
Seriously cool stuff!

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

"Walk a Mile in another's Shoes, before critisizing them."






"Then, you'll be a mile away, and you'll have their shoes ...."

[Vita Curator]

For all my toadfish siblings as they all celebrate their birthdays today......

Remember......

It is not the years in one's life that matters

But

The life in one's years.

Celebrate your lives today.

It is immortal, the life that touches others.