Listen my boy! Because even the village idiot knows something that you don't know . (grandad)
Beware of any man who says that he understands women. Because he is either a fool or a liar. (grandad again)
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Listen my boy! Because even the village idiot knows something that you don't know . (grandad)
Beware of any man who says that he understands women. Because he is either a fool or a liar. (grandad again)
To be or not to be.
That is the question.
--plato
I will refer you to Abe Lincoln's quote posted previously. That's your point?Quote:
Originally Posted by Black Heart
'Things may come and things may go but the art school dance goes on forever'
Pete Brown
Trying is the first step towards failure.
Homer Simpson
'Son, stop pickin' your nose or the top of yer head will cave in.' - Gazza's dad.
:)
"It's the second hole down from the back of the neck"
Grandad. (He just turned 95 in December, and still going strong.)
I don't feel old. I don't feel anything until noon.
Sometimes I drink my whisky neat....
Other times I take my tie off and leave my shirt out....
This thread is worthy of a bump:
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.
–Amelia Earhart
' Anal sex with a falang is a pain in the arse.'
Newbie Pattaya ladyboy.
'It's better to have loved a short girl than to have never loved a tall.'
:)
:rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by chassamui
New Motto for the benighted republic
e dePloribus Trumpum:tieme:
God Bless America because no one else will
Thank you for your pithy contributions.
Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.
–John Lennon
I felt poor as I had no shoes then I saw a man with no feet
Tassawuf saying Jan Fishan Khan
Quote:
Originally Posted by david44
david,
The message I get from this passage is that we should not take things for granted and appreciate what we have.
Do you feel the same?
yes and noQuote:
Originally Posted by Cold Pizza
It deserves a longer answer which I will attempt laterQuote:
Originally Posted by Cold Pizza
Khan was known for koanic quandries as didactic puzzles to stimulate direct appreciation.
Of course the sentiments are positive , my feeling our our interpretation may yet be irrelevant , the action and reaction to the realization has been dissected by brighter than I.
Kant discusses Istigkeit , Jung the anima and individuation, Lacan and others seem closer to the Khwajagan original of direct experience.
I think you'll know it when it happens,I'm sorry if my answer is disappointing or not what you wished for, of course I may be wrong I usually am.
A perusal of Naqshbandi corpus develops these matters.
A more amenable text is Shah's Wisdom of Idiots
Oh yes, I've read all of that. I know it by heart.Quote:
Originally Posted by david44
:doglol:
Do you know how much money it cost me to look this cheap?....Dolly Parton
Gratitude is inversely proportional to time.......Hugh Cow
Quotes from my late father:
"He's too lazy to shiver when he's cold."
"He walks in his sleep to save the blankets."
"He's only happy when he's miserable."
"I promise I won't"
Luigi lies just before getting his first bj.
And its converse :
"I'll only put it in a little way".:)
"NO MUFF TOO TUFF" :bananaman:
The cheque is in your mouth...
Take it on the chin and swallow my pride.