Quotes

"It's better to say too much, than never to say what you need to say"

Request: Famous quote from a John Meyer song

Gandhi on non-violence during WWII

Unexpectedly unrealistic and tone-deaf advice from an enlightened being. 185 is the level of "false reality."

"Q: What prayers are useful?"

Excerpt from "The Eye of the I"

"It's not a lie if you believe it"

A life lesson from George Costanza, a character of debatable integrity featured in television's Seinfeld sitcom.

"Behold his sinlessness, and be you healed"

From ACIM lesson 357

"stupid is as stupid does"

Request: one's lack of intelligence may be judged by one's actions. From Forrest Gump (1994)

"Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent..."

"...a substitute for the lost faith in ourselves" --Eric Hoffer, in “The True Believer”. His philosophy is at 505 in Truth vs. Falsehood

"If You Want Peace, Prepare For War"

The [US Air Force] 96th Communications Squadron's Latin motto "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum" translated into English means "If You Want Peace, Prepare For War" --request

"There will come a time when our descendants will be amazed...

...that we did not know such obvious facts" --a translation of Seneca

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power...

...the world will know peace." Attributed to Jimi Hendrix. Priority request.

"All the world's a stage..."

...And all the men and women merely players / They have their exits and their entrances / And one man in his time plays many parts --Shakespeare's "As You Like It"

"Life survives not by hating lightning but by avoiding where it is likely to strike."

Request: David Hawkins -- Power vs Force

"If you can't handle me at my worst, you don't deserve me at my best"

T-shirt slogan and Internet meme

“the mind talks all the time; that’s ego. Spirit doesn’t talk"

It’s from “101 WAYS TO PEACE”. Way number 31: “The mind is an ‘it’ not a ‘you’ --request

“Your job now is to be at the place where you may be of maximum helpfulness to others..."

"...so never hesitate to go anywhere if you can be helpful.” --AA book