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REALITY  
is subject to change  
without notice. RL

 

Too many shrink truth  
to fit  
the size of their mind. RL

 

DISCIPLINE  
means  
Doing. RL

 

REALITY  
trumps  
Religion. RL

 

Strive to be  
what you wish  
to be thought to be.  
Socrates

 

You’re already enlightened.  
Act it! RL

 

We don't see things as they are,  
we see things as we are.  
Anaïs Nin

 

Reality supersedes Beliefs. RL

 

Include your brain  
in your thinking  
and life will improve. RL

 

Be the change  
you wish to see  
in the world.  
Gandhi

 

We are what we think.  
With our thoughts we make the world.  
Buddha

 

Chosen Ones  
are always  
self-chosen. RL

 

I THINK  
I think I think too much.  
I think I’ll think about it. RL

 

TRYING  
only delays  
Doing. RL

 

Failure is the first step in the creative process.

 

I [heart] Semiotics:  
Philosophical theory for  
interpreting signs and symbols. RL

 

I serve the One.  
And you’re not It. RL.

 

God is a condition of Being—
not a person,  
not a place. RL

 

SIMPLICITY
happily promotes  
the fine art of brevity. RL

 

SIMPLICITY  
is a spiritual virtue. RL

 

Consciousness = Soul
Relationship = Love
Soul = Relationship RL

 

I prefer  
Energy to Force. RL

 

Surf the Mind  
for REAL adventure! RL

 

We ought to control our thoughts.  
Charles Robert Darwin, The Descent of Man

 

Real unity is the result  
of harmony of ideas  
about the future of humanity.  
Foster Bailey, Things to Come

 

The universe is full of  
magical things  
patiently waiting  
for our wits to grow sharper.  
Isaac Newton

 

REINCARNATION:
Die, and live to tell about it.

 

When one of you falls down...
he falls for those ahead of him,  
who though faster and surer of foot,  
yet removed not the stumbling stone.  
Kahlil Gibran

 

Mind is as vast as all space  
and our approach to understanding mind  
should be as wide.  
Lama Tarthang Tulku

 

Something repellent, something that  
gives you a moral hangover,  
something that hurts your eyes or ears  
can still be art!  
M. C. Escher

 

Music is Love  
in search of a better word.  
Sidney Lanier, The Symphony

 

A hierarchy exists of the immature,  
the not-yet-wise and the unwise,  
as well as those who possess  
the natural capacity…to express wisdom.  
Dr. Jonas Salk, The Survival of the Wisest:  

 

Freedom is a state of mind,  
not a condition of being. Alice A. Bailey

 

Argue for your limitations,  
and sure enough,  
they’re yours.  
Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull

 

There is no way  
a country can satisfy the craving  
for absolute security…
[thru the illusory goal of arms alone].  
Dwight D. Eisenhower

 

The search for Reality  
is the only true education.  
Krishnamurti, This Matter of Culture

 

I want to know God’s thoughts.  
Everything else are details.  
Einstein

 

EMOTIONS:
the static between
body and mind. RL

 

ENLIGHTENMENT  
is the process  
of ceasing to be deluded. RL

 

Progress and Change  
are names of the future—
like it or not. RL

 

It takes one to know one. RL

 

ENLIGHTENMENT.  
Been there, done that.
Next adventure…
ILLUMINATION.
RL

 

LAUGHTER  
explodes pretense and  
destroys prejudice. RL

 

Learn more simply ‘to be’. A.A.B.

 

Life is a tragedy  
for those who feel,  
and a comedy  
for those who think.  
Jean de la Bruyère

 

You’re terrific…
as is! RL

 

Moderation is a fatal thing.  
Nothing succeeds like excess.  
Oscar Wilde

 

The fairest thing  
we can experience  
is the mysterious.  
Albert Einstein

 

Rise above turbulent emotions  
to peace of Mind,  
i.e., Walk on Water. RL  

 

SIMPLIFY LIFE:  
Master the laws  
of cause and effect. RL

 

Exercise your sense of Synthesis. RL

 

Perseverance—
Rule #1. Take one more step.
Rule #2. When you don’t think you can take one more step, refer to Rule #1.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

 

Justice at its best  
is power  
correcting everything that  
stands against love.  
Dr. Martin Luther King, The Trumpet of Conscience

 

MAKE time  
for the Soul. RL

 

CRISIS:  
a good place to discover  
who you are;  
a bad place to live. RL

 

The world  
is but a canvas  
to our imaginations.  
Henry David Thoreau

 

Every now and then—go away.  
Have a little relaxation  
When you come back,  
your judgment will be surer.  
Leonardo da Vinci

 

The world is my country.
All men are my brothers.
And to do good is my religion.
Thomas Paine

 

People do the best  
they are able, always.  
Understanding this brings peace. RL

 

We are exactly  
what we Think. RL

 

All conditions are  
subject to revolution.  
Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor

 

The Cosmos is all that is,  
or ever was,  
or ever will be.  
Carl Sagan

 

SACRIFICE  
means sacred fire
‘making sacred;  
making whole’. RL

 

If you don’t like your life,  
change it! RL

 

Responsibility:  
the ability to respond  
appropriately  
to need. RL

 

Revelation  
is Awareness.  
Ready to grow? RL

 

I know,  
and know I know.  
So there! RL

 

Speak not of the soul,  
but as the soul. RL

 

Our future is based  
on understanding our past  
and clearly seeing the present. RL

 

Omnipresence: Operating 24-7.
Omniscience: Accessing Yahoo & Google.
Omnipotence: Using the latest tech toys.

 

Experience all states of awareness  
simultaneously.  
If interested apply within. RL

 

I disapprove of what you say,  
but I will defend to the death  
your right to say it.
Voltaire.  
(Who actually said ‘Think for yourselves  
and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too’).

 

The Bible:  
Don’t mistake  
the map  
for the territory. RL

 

COFFEE
Stronger!
Faster!
Smarter!

 

The government of a nation  
is often decided  
over a cup of coffee.
G.P.R. James, Richelieu

 

DIS-ILLUSIONMENT  
is a spiritual technique. RL

 

Death is the opposite of Birth—
and Life pervades them both.  
Alice A. Bailey

 

To those who accurately distinguish  
between soul and spirit, all is given.  
Patanjali, 3rd Einstein of buddhas

 

The only thing  
one can be sure of changing  
is oneself.  
Aldous Leonard Huxley

 

He who cannot change  
the very fabric of his thought  
will never be able  
to change reality.  
Anwar Sadat

 

SIMPLICITY.
is healthier than  
Complexity. RL

 

Artists Observe,
Writers LIVE.

 

Aggressively
APPRECIATE
Life. RL

  
For heaven’s sake,
flee the Average. RL

 

AUSTIN is AWESOME

 

To be beautiful…
[butterfly graphic]  
you have to change. RL

 

LONGEVITY :
a delectable journey,  
full of delights and love,  
of humor and hope. RL

 

WISDOM  
sheds the baggage  
of outgrown relevance. RL

 

Miscellaneous Male oriented sayings:

Think with your BRAIN and your life will improve.  RL

A gentleman is simply a patient wolf.   - Lana Turner

It's not the men in my life, it's the life in my men.   - Mae West

Men want the same thing from their underwear that they want from women: a little bit of support, and a little bit of freedom.   - Jerry Seinfeld

Anybody who believes that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach flunked geography. - Robert Byrne

God gave men a penis and a brain, but only enough blood to run one at a time.   - Robin Williams

Give a man a free hand and he'll run it all over you.   - Mae West

Women may be able to fake orgasms, but men can fake whole relationships.   - James Shubert

I'm a babe magnet . just the wrong end.   - Author Unknown

A beautiful woman is one I notice. A charming woman is one who notices me.   - John Erskine

Guys are like roses. You've got to watch out for the pricks.   - Author Unknown

Never mistake motion for action. – Ernest Hemingway

It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up. – Vince Lombardi

Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. – Vince Lombardi

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing. – Albert Schweitzer

Don't squat with your spurs on. - Will Rogers

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.  - Will Rogers

If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around.  - Will Rogers

The quickest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it back in your pocket.  - Will Rogers

Never miss a good chance to shut up.   - Will Rogers

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” - T.S. Eliot

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.” - John Lennon

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government” - Edward Abbey

When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before.” - Mae West

The man who can smile when things go wrong has thought of someone else he can blame it on.” - Robert Bloch

The most practical way to become famous is to survive a major tragedy." - Frizero Dirceu Alves Ferreira

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.” - Oscar Wilde

The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless, and cannot” - Oscar Wilde

Is man one of God's blunders? Or is God one of man's blunders?” - Friedrich Nietzsche
 

 

 


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