Quotes

redshoeshelley
redshoeshelley Posts: 206 Member
in Chit-Chat
We all have a favorite quote or words which we like to live by.

What's yours?
If you know the author, please include the name.

This is my fave :flowerforyou:

"What is a friend? I will tell you. It is a person with whom you dare to be yourself. Your soul can be naked with him. He seems to ask of you to put on nothing, only to be what you are. He does not want you to be better or worse. When you are with him, you feel as a prisoner feels who has been declared innocent. You do not have to be on your guard. You can say what you think, so long as it is genuinely you. He understands those contradictions in your nature that lead others to misjudge you. With him you breathe freely. You can avow your little vanities and envies and hates and vicious sparks, your meannesses and absurdities and, in opening them up to him, they are lost, dissolved on the white ocean of his loyality. He understands. You do not have to be careful. You can abuse him, neglect him, tolerate him. Best of all, you can keep still with him. It makes no matter. He likes you. He is like fire that purges to the bone. He understands. You can weep with him, sin with him, laugh with him, pray with him. Through it all - and underneath - he sees, knows and loves you.
A friend? What is a friend?
Just one, I repeat, with whom you dare to be yourself."

~ C. Raymond Beran
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  • RaeLB
    RaeLB Posts: 1,216 Member
    What I try to live by:

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  • jonward85
    jonward85 Posts: 534 Member
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    ~Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander from The Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind
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    Pollywog39 Posts: 1,730 Member
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    sewerchick93 Posts: 1,438 Member
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    Jezebel9 Posts: 396 Member
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    jonward85 Posts: 534 Member
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  • k8blujay2
    k8blujay2 Posts: 4,941 Member
    "People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true. People's heads are full of knowledge, facts, and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it all true. People are stupid; they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so are all the easier to fool."

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    I love Zed...
  • Jezebel9
    Jezebel9 Posts: 396 Member
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    Thanks for that, couldn't remember who said it.... you must have had the same DS! hahaha
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  • jonward85
    jonward85 Posts: 534 Member
    "People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true. People's heads are full of knowledge, facts, and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it all true. People are stupid; they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so are all the easier to fool."

    ~Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander from The Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind

    I love Zed...


    He does by far have some of the funniest lines in the whole series.
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    OfficerFuzzy Posts: 222 Member
    "You should probably give up."–Lemony Snicket
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    wolverine66 Posts: 3,779 Member
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    Allie_71 Posts: 1,063 Member
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    JanetLM73 Posts: 1,226 Member
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