FAVORITE QUOTES FROM PHILOSOPHERS

  • "Without philosophy we would be little above the animals."
  • "By nature men are alike. Through practice they have become far apart."
  • "What is important is not liberation from the body but liberation from the mind. We are not entangled in our own body, but entangled in our own mind."
  • "To know what you do not know is best. To pretend to know what you do not know is a disease."
  • "When the people don't respect those in power, then what they greatly fear is about to arrive."
  • "Great man demands it of himself; petty man, of others."
  • "Great man is always at ease; petty man is always on edge."
  • "When strict with oneself one rarely fails."
  • "Whether you like it or not, you'd better accept reality the way it occurs: as highly imperfect and filled with most fallible human beings. Your alternative, continual anxiety and desperate disappointment."
  • "When the government is muddled and confused, the people are genuine and sincere. When the government is discriminate and clear, the people are crafty and cunning."
  • "When you find something that is bad or that turns out bad, drop it and leave it alone."
  • "Only the most intelligent and the most stupid do not change."

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

LAZY BOY

    Bill and I(2003): Having a discussion in the kitchen, not thinking that kids were paying attention, for they were all fairly young and busy as we were discussing things. I said to Bill, "We need to sell the Lazy boy, for we have no room to store it, should we put it in the paper and see if it will sell?"
Jacob(3yrs at the time):  Puzzled and quite frightened look on his face musters up enough courage to ask me, "Mom, are you going to sell me?"
I QUICKLY made it a point to say, "No Jake, you are NOT a lazy boy, and we wouldn't sell you if you were. The Lazy boy that we are talking about, is the rocking chair in the family room."


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