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Post by stef on Jul 14, 2005 9:12:24 GMT
The brain is like a muscle. When we think well, we feel good. Understanding is a kind of ecstasy.
Carl Sagan , Broca's Brain
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Post by stef on Jul 15, 2005 9:28:32 GMT
"The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper."
Bertrand Russel, 20th Century mathematician and Nobel Prize winner
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Post by stef on Jul 16, 2005 13:00:11 GMT
"To dream anything that you want to dream. That is the beauty of the human mind. To do anything that you want to do. That is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself to test your limits. That is the courage to succeed."
Bernard Edmonds
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Post by stef on Jul 17, 2005 11:57:26 GMT
There would be nothing to frighten you if you refused to be afraid.
Gandhi
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Post by Michael on Jul 17, 2005 22:30:50 GMT
"One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else."
- Eleanor Roosevelt
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Post by stef on Jul 19, 2005 9:29:49 GMT
"Be kind and merciful. Let no one ever come to you without coming away better and happier."
Mother Theresa
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Post by Michael on Jul 19, 2005 18:43:53 GMT
Experience life in all possible ways — good-bad, bitter-sweet, dark-light, summer-winter. Experience all the dualities. Don´t be afraid of experience, because the more experience you have, the more mature you become. ~Osho
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Post by stef on Jul 22, 2005 13:38:20 GMT
We all fail to appreciate each day just how much we already possess. Light, air, freedom, the companionship of friends........
Sophie Kinsella
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Post by stef on Jul 23, 2005 12:59:44 GMT
"Most people seek to nourish themselves on everything but what is essential. They spend their lives in pursuits which provide nothing for their soul or spirit. You will tell me, of course, that the soul and spirit cannot really participate in the ordinary activities of everyday life, nor in those that allow us to earn a living. First of all, this is not necessarily the case. In the second place, what do people do when they come home from work or have free time? What do they spend their time doing or talking about, what leisure activities or pastimes do they engage in? They do nothing reprehensible, perhaps, but they waste time and energy in useless pursuits. When at last they learn to build in themselves something solid and stable around this centre known as their spirit, everything they do, even their leisure activities, will go towards nourishing the life within them. The spirit which lives in man does not reject the liver, the intestines or the feet, claiming they are not organs or members as noble as itself. Each has its place, and the spirit makes use of them all, but it remains at the centre. It is because spirit remains at the centre that man is alive." Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov
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Post by stef on Jul 24, 2005 12:53:22 GMT
"If people behaved in the way nations do they would all be put in straitjackets."
Tennessee Williams
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Post by stef on Jul 25, 2005 13:50:27 GMT
Some things have to be believed to be seen.
Ralph Hodgson
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Post by stef on Jul 26, 2005 13:28:26 GMT
It is better to regret something that you have done Than to regret something that you have not done.
Unknown
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Post by Michael on Jul 28, 2005 5:14:41 GMT
"Intent is not a thought, or an object, or a wish. Intent is what can make a man succeed when his thoughts tell him that he is defeated. It operates in spite of the warrior's indulgence. Intent is what makes him invulnerable. Intent is what sends a shaman through a wall, through space, to infinity." - Carlos Castanedawww.thinkholistic.com
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Post by stef on Jul 29, 2005 10:07:39 GMT
Whether we like it or not, each of us is constrained by limits on what we can do and feel. To ignore these limits leads to denial and eventually to failure. To achieve excellence, we must first understand the reality of the everyday, with all its demands and potential frustrations.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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Post by stef on Jul 31, 2005 11:36:38 GMT
Why should we live with such hurry and waste of life...When we are unhurried and wise, we perceive that only great and worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence, that petty fears and petty pleasures are but the shadow of the reality.
Henry David Thoreau
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