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Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
- Abraham Lincoln
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If you are out to describe the truth,
leave elegance to the tailor.
- Albert Einstein
Each of us holds a different image of God.
There are as many perspectives on
the nature of God as there are people.
However much any of us may choose to argue,
or to fight and kill, for our point of view,
the nature of God is an unanswerable question.
Perhaps there is a specific answer,
that we will never learn - in this lifetime.
Perhaps the nature of God is so complex and multifaceted
that each view of God describes an aspect of the complex whole.
Or perhaps the nature of God is actually defined by our beliefs.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
"Beginner Mind" is a Zen Buddhist term
that describes moving past our assumptions
of the nature of our life,
and really SEEING our surroundings -
especially the people we interact with -
with new eyes.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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All these primary impulses,
not easily described in words,
are the springs of man's actions.
- Albert Einstein
Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.
Every appearance in nature corresponds to some state of the mind,
and that state of the mind can only be described
by presenting that natural appearance as its picture.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Spirit is described in the Holy Scriptures
as much more anarchic than any established religion credits.
- Bono
The movie character Forrest Gump describing life
as being "like a box of chocolates,"
is such a positive upbeat way of
characterizing the uncertainty of life.
I have no idea what life will give me next,
but whatever it is, it will be sweet.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
It is our choices ... that show what we truly are,
far more than our abilities.
- J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets)
Do or do not, there is no try.
- Jedi Master Yoda in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
You only live once, and once is enough
if you play your cards right.
- the movie Interiors (1978)
If you build it, he will come.
- the movie Field of Dreams
I see you.
- the movie Avatar
Don't dream it, be it.
- the movie Rocky Horror Picture Show
There are only four questions of value in life...
What is sacred?
Of what is the spirit made?
What is worth living for,
and what is worth dying for?
The answer to each is the same: only love.
- Johnny Depp as Don Juan in the movie Don Juan De Marco
Never put passion before principle.
Even if win, you lose.
- Miyagi: character in the movie Karate Kid 2
There are times, sir, when men of good conscience
cannot blindly follow orders.
- Captain Picard, STAR TREK: The Next Generation
You get what you settle for.
- the character Louise in the movie Thelma and Louise
Every time you hear a bell ring,
it means that some angel's just got his wings.
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946 movie)
To deny the facts would be illogical.
- the character Spock in the television series Star Trek
Remember, happiness is just a teardrop away.
- the movie Shrek 2
For man with no forgiveness in heart,
life worse punishment than death.
- Miyagi: character in the movie Karate Kid 2
Problem: attitude.
- Miyagi: character in the movie Karate Kid
Some things will never seem adequate
no matter how hard we try.
- from the movie White Man's Burden
Change is the essential process of all existence.
- Spock character in Star Trek
Dear Father in heaven, I'm not a praying man,
but if you're up there and you can hear me ...
show me the way... show me the way.
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946 movie)
For as long as I can remember, I've been searching for something,
some reason why we're here. What are we doing here? Who are we?
If this is a chance to find out
even just a little part of that answer...
I don't know, I think it's worth a human life. Don't you?
- the Jodie Foster movie Contact (1997)
There's a difference between knowing the path and walking the path.
- the character Morpheus in the movie The Matrix
Fighting not good. But if must fight... win.
- Miyagi: character in the movie The Next Karate Kid
It does not do to dwell on dreams, ...
and forget to live.
- the movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
We are all connected in the great Circle of Life.
- the movie The Lion King
Each man's life touches so many other lives.
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946 movie)
Ah, not everything is as seems...
- Miyagi: character in the movie Karate Kid
Pie, pie, pie.
- Michael (1996)
- the movie Michael (1996)
Okay, here's your first lesson: how to take a FALL!
- the movie Karate Kid
I love the rain - it washes memories
off the sidewalk of life.
- the movie Play It Again, Sam
Things are only impossible until they're not.
- Jean-Luc Picard, character in STAR TREK: The Next Generation
I know how hard it is in these times to have faith.
But maybe if you could have the faith to start with,
maybe the times would change.
You could change them. Think about it. Try.
And try not to hurt each other.
- the movie Oh, God!
Friendship must dare to risk, or it's not friendship.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the TV show Star Trek: The Next Generation
I'd rather have thirty minutes of wonderful
than a lifetime of nothing special.
- the movie Steel Magnolias
Tradition is the illusion of permanence.
- the Woody Allen movie Deconstructing Harry
What you want is irrelevant,
what you have chosen is at hand.
- Spock character in Star Trek VI movie
Oh yes, the past can hurt.
But, you can either run from it or, learn from it.
- the movie The Lion King
Fear is the path to the dark side.
Fear leads to anger.
Anger leads to hate.
Hate leads to suffering.
- Yoda, character in Star Wars movie
Inside most people there's a feeling of being separate,
separated from everything ... And they're not.
They're part of absolutely everyone, and everything.
- the movie Powder
You hurt because you're alive.
- the 2010 movie Charlie St. Cloud
Better learn balance. Balance is key.
Balance good, karate good. Everything good.
Balance bad, better pack up, go home. Understand?
- Miyagi: character in the movie Karate Kid
A friend is someone who won't stop
until he finds you and brings you home.
- Fraser Sr. in the movie Due South
Momma always said dyin' was a part of life.
I sure wish it wasn't.
- the movie Forrest Gump
Nobody ever gets to see what could have been.
- the 2010 movie Charlie St. Cloud
You're standing on the threshold of success.
Don't look down, it'll make you dizzy.
- the character Timothy Q. Mouse in the Walt Disney movie Dumbo
Walk on road, hmmm?
Walk left side, safe. Walk right side, safe.
Walk middle, sooner or later get squish just like grape.
Here, karate, same thing.
Either you karate do "yes" or karate do "no."
You karate do "guess so," squish just like grape. Understand?
- Miyagi: character in the movie Karate Kid
Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates.
You never know what you're gonna get.
- the movie Forrest Gump
I don't know if we each have a destiny,
or if we're all just floatin' around accidental-like on a breeze.
But I, I think maybe it's both.
- the movie Forrest Gump
Deep in my heart I'm concealing things
that I'm longing to say.
Scared to confess what I'm feeling -
frightened you'll slip away.
- the movie Evita
I have a very pessimistic view of life.
You should know this about me if we're gonna go out.
You know, I - I feel that life is -
is divided up into the horrible and the miserable.
Those are the two categories, you know.
The - the horrible would be like, um,
I don't know, terminal cases, you know,
and blind people, crippled. I don't know how they get through life.
It's amazing to me. You know, and the miserable is everyone else.
That's - that's - so - so - when you go through life -
you should be thankful that you're miserable
because you're very lucky to be miserable.
- the Woody Allen movie Annie Hall
"I" is a non-stop storyteller, spinning tales
of the past, the present and the future -
constantly editing, interpreting
and directing this inner movie.
- Josh Baran
And you, Sonja, you look more beautiful
standing here than you do in person.
- the movie Love and Death (1975)
The girl of my dreams is my mother's shadow,
cast upon the distant movie screen of my future.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
A person is smart. People are dumb,
panicky dangerous animals and you know it.
Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew
the Earth was the center of the universe.
Five hundred years ago,
everybody knew the Earth was flat,
and fifteen minutes ago,
you knew that humans were alone on this planet.
Imagine what you'll know tomorrow.
- the movie Men in Black
Stupid is as stupid does.
- the movie Forrest Gump (1994)
Never trust spiritual leader who doesn't dance.
- Miyagi: character in the movie The Next Karate Kid
Life - for most people - is their past projected large
onto the movie screen of their future.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Might I perhaps win my wings?
I've been waiting for over 200 years now, sir,
and people ARE beginning to talk.
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946 movie)
We make sacred pact. I promise teach
karate to you, you promise learn.
I say, you do, no questions.
- Miyagi: character in the movie Karate Kid
Dumbo! C'mon, fly! Open them ears!
The magic feather was just a gag!
You can fly! Honest, you can!
- Timothy Q. Mouse in the movie Dumbo
When you are tempted to judge,
may you be reminded that we are ALL ONE,
and that every thought you think reverberates
across the universe touching everyone and everything.
- from the Simple Truths movie May You Be Blessed
Times like these, dark times,
they do funny things to people.
They can tear them apart.
- the movie Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
When someone you love dies,
you don't lose them all at once.
You lose them in pieces over time
- the movie Simon Birch
Every man dies. Not every man truly lives.
- the movie Braveheart
First, wash all car. Then wax. Wax on...
Wax on, right hand. Wax off, left hand. Wax on, wax off.
Breathe in through nose, out the mouth. Wax on, wax off.
Don't forget to breathe, very important.
- Miyagi: character in the movie Karate Kid
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