Sarcastic Posters

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Quitters never win, winners never quit, but those who never win AND never quit are idiots.

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Some people dream of success, while other people live to crush those dreams.

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All we ask here is that you give us your heart.

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It hurts to admit when you make mistakes - but when they're big enough, the pain only lasts a second

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The race for quality has no finish line- so technically, it's more like a death march.

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When you wish upon a falling star, your dreams can come true. Unless it's really a meteorite hurtling to the Earth which will destroy all life. Then you're pretty much hosed no matter what you wish for. Unless it's death by meteor.

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Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. But it rocks absolutely, too.

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It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others.

"Seven Blunders of the World"

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"Seven Blunders of the World" 1. Wealth without work 2. Pleasure without conscience 3. Knowledge without character 4. Commerce without morality 5. Science without humanity 6. Worship without sacrifice 7. Politics without principle —Mahatma Gandhi

pSearch - A Search Engine for Philosophy

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pSearch

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A customized philosophy search engine. About this site.

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pSearch is a customized search engine dedicated to philosophy-related web pages. It is powered by Google Co-op.

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pSearch provides search results more relevant to academic philosophers by searching only those web sites with online academic philosophy papers and authoritative reference sites. The list of sites comes from Online Papers in Philosophy which was started by Brian Weatherson and is now maintained by Jonathan Ichikawa. Their wonderful effort and service to the philosophy community made this search engine possible.

The Daily Zen Record

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Last Week's Quotes Search Past Quotes Records Archived Daily Zen Journals Since 1998 Daily Zen has offered a new quote each day, and for the past several years there has been a longer reading called "On The Way - The Daily Zen Journal." The DailyZen Record is a special section created to archive thousands of hours of research and reflection.

Buddha Quote

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"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 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 anything that agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it." -Siddhartha Gautama (The Buddha), 563-483 B.C.

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Words That Changed You

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"Wise choices often mean rough going." My uncle told me this last year when I was going through a difficult time, and he was absolutely correct: While I knew I'd made the best decision for myself, it didn't mean I had removed all obstacles. His words gave me hope and strength to continue.

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I was at work one day feeling depressed, and a legal assistant I work with (she was a Polish refugee) looked at me and said, "The only one who is going to take care of you is you." It was an aha moment. I think I was waiting for someone to step in and help me when really, no one was able to — or going to.

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"Let go or be dragged."

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Advice from the iVillage boards: "Our feelings may not be entirely in our control, but our responses are our choice. You have to choose to be happy, choose to be the bigger person, choose not to let someone impact your life in a negative way."

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"The only way out is through." It's a phrase that stuck in my mind throughout a bad breakup.

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After my husband's death, a church acquaintance wrote me a letter to say that her husband died at the same young age and under nearly identical circumstances. She then finished with, "I cannot imagine what you are going through." That filled me with the most incredible relief and warmth. Obviously she'd gone through the same thing, obviously she must have shared some of my own feelings, but she had the grace not to presume what they were.

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"Don't let people rent space in your head." It was an important realization for me at a time when I was really obsessing about my ex.

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"If a man tells you he doesn't know what he wants, he doesn't know what he's got."

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A quote that I have on my office wall and read daily: "You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call failure is not the falling down, but the staying down."

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My mother's mantra: "If the problem is something you cannot change, then you must change your attitude toward it."

Happynes, tolerance, love, etc - Dalai Lama

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Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

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If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

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In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.

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Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.

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My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

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Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day.

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Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

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Sleep is the best meditation.

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Spend some time alone every day.

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The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

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The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.

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There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.

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This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

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Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life.

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We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.

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Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.

Quotes for a twisted mind

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Anything that happens, happens.
Anything that, in happening, causes something else to happen, causes something else to happen.
Anything that, in happening, causes itself to happen again, happens again It doesn't necessarily do it in chronological order, though.
Douglas Adams

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A lot of people I know believe in positive thinking, and so do I.
I believe everything positively stinks.
Lew Col

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Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
H. L. Mencken

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All the world's a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed.
Sean O'Casey

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No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion of him than he deserves.
Ed Howe

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Abandon the search for Truth; settle for a good fantasy.

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An optimist is someone who thinks all is good
A pessimist is someone who laughs at an optimist.
So I'm a pessimist ... Sue me, like I care.

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BLISS is ignorance

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Confidence is the feeling you have before you understand the situation.

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The paradox of life, we live to die yet we die to live.

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When in doubt, pretend. When pretending, have no doubt about it.

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No one gets too old to learn a new way of being stupid.

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Any time things appear to be going better, you have overlooked something.

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Apathy is not the problem, it's the solution

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Don't hate yourself in the morning -- sleep till noon.

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I hope life isn't a big joke, because I don't get it.

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Never reflect on your life, it will just depress you.

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A pessimist is one who has been intimately acquainted with an optimist.
Elbert Hubbard

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Sanity is the trademark of a weak mind.
Mark Harrold

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Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
Oscar Wilde

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Happiness is having a scratch for every itch.
Ogden Nash

11 most important philosophical quotes

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11 Most Important Philosophical Quotations.

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1. “The unexamined life is not worth living” – Socrates (470-399 BCE)

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2. “Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily” – William of Ockham (1285 - 1349?)

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3. “The life of man [is] solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” – Thomas Hobbes (1588 – 1679)

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4. “I think therefore I am” – René Descartes (1596 – 1650)

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5. “To be is to be perceived (Esse est percipi).” Or, “If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?” – Bishop George Berkeley (1685 – 1753)

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6. “We live in the best of all possible worlds.” – Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646 – 1716)

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7. “The owl of Minerva spreads its wings only with the falling of the dusk.” G.W.F. Hegel (1770 – 1831)

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8. “Who is also aware of the tremendous risk involved in faith – when he nevertheless makes the leap of faith – this [is] subjectivity … at its height.” – Søren Kierkegaard (1813 – 1855)

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9. “God is dead.” – Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 – 1900)

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10. “There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide.” – Albert Camus (1913 – 1960)

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11. “One cannot step twice in the same river.” – Heraclitus (ca. 540 – ca. 480 BCE)

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Bonus: Fake Your Way Through a Conversation (with Correct Pronunciation!)

Love and Life

Fall in love or fall in hate.
Get inspired or be depressed.
Ace a test or flunk a class.
Make babies or make art.
Speak the truth or lie and cheat.
Dance on tables or sit in the corner.
Life is divine chaos. Embrace it.
Forgive yourself. Breathe.
And enjoy the ride...

The Dalai Lama's Recommendations for You

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1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

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2. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.

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Respect for self
Respect for others and
Responsibility for all your actions.

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4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

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5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.

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6. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.

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7. When you realise you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.

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8. Spend some time alone every day.

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9. Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.

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10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

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11. Live a good, honourable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.

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12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.

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13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.

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14. Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.

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15. Be gentle with the earth.

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16. Once a year, go someplace you've never been before.

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17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.

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18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

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19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.

All about Life

“Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box.”

Unknown

All about Attitude

“If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.”

E. Joseph Cossman

“The crisis of yesterday is the joke of tomorrow.”

H. G. Wells

“Many of life's failures are men who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”

Thomas Edison