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Postby yat_chum » Thu Apr 05, 2007 7:29 pm

"There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm."
Willa Cather
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Postby yat_chum » Sat Apr 07, 2007 2:37 am

"We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them."
Cato the Elder (234 BC - 149 BC)
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Postby yat_chum » Sat Apr 07, 2007 9:11 pm

"Today I purpose to live
My life will shine
As the morning sings
I walk in liberty
Bound in true dreams
Manifested promises
Chase my forward motion
A covered path before me
The fruits of my hoping
The fruits of my living
Today I purpose to love
My love will speak
With the sound of grace
Merciful within mercy
The works of my faith
Smiles of overflowing
Inspire my giving
Abundance of joy as rain
The fruits of my living"
Michael John Faciane
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Postby yat_chum » Mon Apr 09, 2007 4:18 am

"Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it."
Buddha
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Postby yat_chum » Tue Apr 10, 2007 1:09 am

"Maybe I am tricking you, maybe you should go out an test it." GM Yip Man
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Postby yat_chum » Tue Apr 10, 2007 8:39 pm

"I show you what I know, but you have to make it work!" Kwan Sifu
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Postby yat_chum » Thu Apr 12, 2007 1:39 am

"Now I tell you, but can you do it?" Hawkins Cheung
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Postby yat_chum » Fri Apr 13, 2007 1:31 am

"When you observe for yourself, then all will be clear." Master Tung
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Postby yat_chum » Fri Apr 13, 2007 11:21 pm

"If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep."
Dale Carnegie
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Postby Inga » Sat Apr 14, 2007 6:22 am

"We must think of life as a journey...Let us think of ways in which we can make the journey more pleasant for others as well as for ourselves. Let us remember that life's journey is good, it is thrilling, and it can be made beautiful if we do our part."

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Postby yat_chum » Sun Apr 15, 2007 4:35 am

"May I be a protector to those without protection,
A leader for those who journey,
And a boat, a bridge, a passage
For those desiring the further shore.

May the pain of every living creature
Be completely cleared away.
May I be the doctor and the medicine
And may I be the nurse
For all sick beings in the world
Until everyone is healed.

Just like space
And the great elements such as earth,
May I always support the life
Of all the boundless creatures.

And until they pass away from pain
May I also be the source of life
For all the realms of varied beings
That reach unto the ends of space."

A guide to the Bodhisattva's way of life - Shantideva
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Postby yat_chum » Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:05 am

Matthew 22:36-40 (Worldwide English (New Testament))


36 `Teacher,' he said, `which law is the greatest law of all?'

37 Jesus said, ` "Love the Lord your God with all your heart. Love him with all your soul, and love him with all your mind."

38 This is the first and greatest law.

39 The second law of God is like it. "Love your neighbour as you love yourself."

40 All that is written in the books of the law and the books of the prophets is about these two laws.'
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Postby yat_chum » Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:09 am

"Be excellent to each other." Bill in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
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Postby Inga » Sun Apr 15, 2007 7:07 am

Totally dude!
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Postby yat_chum » Sun Apr 15, 2007 8:13 pm

"If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion."
The Dalai Lama (1935 - )
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Postby yat_chum » Tue Apr 17, 2007 12:55 am

"One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness."
Josh Billings (1818 - 1885)
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Postby yat_chum » Wed Apr 18, 2007 1:44 am

"Respect a man, he will do the more."
James Howell
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Postby yat_chum » Thu Apr 19, 2007 12:34 am

"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward."
Vernon Law
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Postby yat_chum » Fri Apr 20, 2007 1:40 am

"Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph."
Haile Selassie
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Postby yat_chum » Sat Apr 21, 2007 2:47 am

"I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant."
Martin Luther King Jr.
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