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I did not write this, but it is a favorite:

A man is not what he thinks he is – but what he thinks – he is - !!!
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Knowledge is like a bicycle, If you don't do maintenance it falls apart
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Any philosophy that is not personalized is not existentialism. Those who merely regurgitate someone else's philosophy is not an existentialist
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Here are two of mine. Not orginal ideas, I suppose, but mine nonetheless.
"Every hurt is a lesson, every scar a reminder of where we have been. If you can't accept this, then the next time that you fall, stay down. Otherwise, look to the skies, and rise again, harder, stronger, and wiser for it. Practice forgiveness, but NEVER forget."

"While upon the path, one will eventually come to the step where the feeble bonds of language must be left behind in order to find yourself lost in something unspeakable."
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War is a hogtie event and the primary binding factors are: simple mindedness, hubris, and fear.
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Never start a fight and never back down from one. This is the essence of human conflict.
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fights are bloodied nosed kids and the losers go home in shame the winner claims he won. Its kid stuff. basic natural law.
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About exercise and diet: "If you don't make yourself suffer then life will do it for you".

... as back pain or digestive system issues.
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Misty wrote: April 15th, 2013, 10:13 am I thought is would be fun to post ones OWN sayings of wisdom.
If "Words of Wisdom" (tm) were anything more than ego masturbation, and they could actually be willfully adopted by folks, the world would be a Utopia of Wisdom by now.
The entire egoic notion of 'Wisdom' presupposes 'free-will/choice' ability to enact the wisdom. Therein lies the error.
With no 'free-will/choice', as we can see from this thread, 'Words of Wisdom' (tm) are no more than egoic wankery, for ourselves, alone.
They look great in lists and fortune cookies, but they are sterile, unable to be utilized.
Heck, people cannot even exercise when the Dr recommends, or change their diet (in general), now we should alter our existence according to cool sounding bumperstickers?
We haven't yet...
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Art without craft is like sex without love
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Logicus wrote: April 15th, 2013, 11:07 am I like yours.

"Never start a fight, and never back down from one."
The trouble is that people who start fights pretend they are doing otherwise.
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ThomasHobbes wrote: May 11th, 2018, 6:15 am Art without craft is like sex without love
I would say that art without passion is like sex without love.

For me, art without craft seems more akin to the first fumbling efforts in the back seats of cars. Naive art, which occasionally be wonderful - as can some cynical art and sex, for that matter. Trashiness in life has its place :)
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ThomasHobbes wrote: May 11th, 2018, 6:15 am Art without craft is like sex without love
I'd say "Craft without art is sex without love".

If my version is true, then I've been a crafty bugger all my life then.
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Fights are easy. Even a five-year-old could do it.
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Brian5 wrote: May 10th, 2018, 6:16 pm Never start a fight and never back down from one.
What if you get knocked down or punched out? Are you allowed to quit then?
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