post quotes that make me think or make me laugh

“We are all wanderers on this earth. Our hearts are full of wonder, and our souls are deep with dreams.”

- Gypsy saying

courtesy of Lois Griffin

When we fall on the ground it hurts us, but we also need to rely on the ground to get back up.

- Kathleen McDonald

We are the products of editing, rather than authorship.

- George Wald

_{(or perhaps a combination of the two)}

Every person has a certain horizon. When it narrows and becomes infinitely small, it changes into a point and then the person says: “This is my point of view!”

- David Hilbert

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.

- H. L. Mencken

_{I know that i think humanity would be better off if i were the benevolent dictator of the world—LOL.}

If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange them; then, each of us will still have one apple.

But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange them; then, each of us will have two ideas.

George Bernard Shaw

Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.
-J.M. Barrie

but it struck a chord, & it reflects some of my own beliefs. I receive a “Daily Buddhist Wisdom” quote from Beliefnet, & this was today’s:

I believe there is an important distinction to be made between religion and spirituality. Religion I take to be concerned with belief in the claims to salvation of one faith tradition or another, an aspect of which is acceptance of some form of meta-physical or philosophical reality, including perhaps an idea of heaven or hell. Connected with this are religious teachings or dogma, ritual, prayers and so on. Spirituality I take to be concerned with those qualities of the human spirit, such as love and compassion, patience, tolerance, forgiveness, contentment, a sense of responsibility, a sense of harmony, which bring happiness to both self and others.

-His Holiness the Dalai Lama

All great truths begin as blasphemies.

- George Bernard Shaw