Kahlil Gibran, "The Prophet - On Talking"
Jul 9, 2018 12:00:24 #
Kahlil Gibran, "The Prophet - On Talking"
"On Talking"
"You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts;
And when you can no longer dwell in the solitude of your heart you live in your lips,
and sound is a diversion and a pastime.
And in much of your talking, thinking is half murdered.
For thought is a bird of space,
that in a cage of words may indeed unfold its wings but cannot fly.
There are those among you who seek the talkative through fear of being alone.
The silence of aloneness reveals to their eyes their naked selves and they would escape.
And there are those who talk, and without knowledge or forethought
reveal a truth which they themselves do not understand.
And there are those who have the truth within them, but they tell it not in words.
In the bosom of such as these the spirit dwells in rhythmic silence.
When you meet your friend on the roadside or in the market place,
let the spirit in you move your lips and direct your tongue.
Let the voice within your voice speak to the ear of his ear;
For his soul will keep the truth of your heart as the taste of the wine is remembered
When the color is forgotten and the vessel is no more."
- Kahlil Gibran
"From This Biased Point Of View..."
"We have looked first at man with his vanities and greed and his problems of a day or a year; and then only, and from this biased point of view, we have looked outward at the earth he has inhabited so briefly and at the universe in which our earth is so minute a part. Yet these are the great realities, and against them we see our human problems in a different perspective. Perhaps if we reversed the telescope and looked at man down these long vistas, we should find less time and inclination to plan for our own destruction."
- Rachel Carson
"If It's True..."
“If it’s true that our species is alone in the universe, then I’d have
to say that the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.”
- George Carlin
"On Talking"
"You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts;
And when you can no longer dwell in the solitude of your heart you live in your lips,
and sound is a diversion and a pastime.
And in much of your talking, thinking is half murdered.
For thought is a bird of space,
that in a cage of words may indeed unfold its wings but cannot fly.
There are those among you who seek the talkative through fear of being alone.
The silence of aloneness reveals to their eyes their naked selves and they would escape.
And there are those who talk, and without knowledge or forethought
reveal a truth which they themselves do not understand.
And there are those who have the truth within them, but they tell it not in words.
In the bosom of such as these the spirit dwells in rhythmic silence.
When you meet your friend on the roadside or in the market place,
let the spirit in you move your lips and direct your tongue.
Let the voice within your voice speak to the ear of his ear;
For his soul will keep the truth of your heart as the taste of the wine is remembered
When the color is forgotten and the vessel is no more."
- Kahlil Gibran
"From This Biased Point Of View..."
"We have looked first at man with his vanities and greed and his problems of a day or a year; and then only, and from this biased point of view, we have looked outward at the earth he has inhabited so briefly and at the universe in which our earth is so minute a part. Yet these are the great realities, and against them we see our human problems in a different perspective. Perhaps if we reversed the telescope and looked at man down these long vistas, we should find less time and inclination to plan for our own destruction."
- Rachel Carson
"If It's True..."
“If it’s true that our species is alone in the universe, then I’d have
to say that the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.”
- George Carlin
Jul 9, 2018 12:20:46 #
Proverbs 17:28 Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent, and discerning if they hold their tongues.
Proverbs 10:8 The wise in heart accept commands, but a chattering fool comes to ruin.
Proverbs 10:10 Whoever winks maliciously causes grief, and a chattering fool comes to ruin.
Proverbs 10:14 The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.
Proverbs 10:19 Sin is not ended by multiplying words, but the prudent hold their tongues.
Proverbs 10:8 The wise in heart accept commands, but a chattering fool comes to ruin.
Proverbs 10:10 Whoever winks maliciously causes grief, and a chattering fool comes to ruin.
Proverbs 10:14 The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.
Proverbs 10:19 Sin is not ended by multiplying words, but the prudent hold their tongues.
Jul 9, 2018 12:33:51 #
pafret wrote:
Kahlil Gibran, "The Prophet - On Talking"... (show quote)
You should watch Gulliver's Travels with Ted Danson. What an indictment of our vanity. Swift nailed it.
Jul 9, 2018 13:01:05 #
BigMike wrote:
You should watch Gulliver's Travels with Ted Danson. What an indictment of our vanity. Swift nailed it.
Read the book -- I have been a rabid Big Endian since my teens.
Jul 9, 2018 13:40:08 #
pafret wrote:
Read the book -- I have been a rabid Big Endian since my teens.
Read the book...Big Endian too.
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