Spanish Proverb~ Books are hindrances to persisting stupidity. Spanish Proverb~ Drink nothing without seeing it sign nothing without reading it. Spanish Proverb~ If you want to be respected you must respect yourself. Spanish Proverb~ Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. Spanish Proverb~ Never advise anyone to go to war or to marry. Spanish Proverb~ Take hold lightly let go lightly. This is one of the great secrets of felicity in love. Sylvia Plath~ There must be quite a few things a hot bath wont cure but I dont know many of them. Pyrrhus~ Another such victory over the Romans and we are undone. Thomas Pickering~ In archaeology you uncover the unknown. In diplomacy you cover the known. Clementine Paddleford~ Never grow a wishbone daughter where your backbone ought to be. Miss Piggy~ Never eat more than you can lift. Wall Street Proverb~ Buy on the rumor sell on the news. Marion Parker~ Be kind – Remember every one you meet is fighting a battle – everybodys lonesome. Leontyne Price~ I am here and you will know that I am the best and will hear me. Henri Poincare~ Thought is only a flash between two long nights but this flash is everything. Christina Petrowsky~ Autumn is the bite of the harvest apple. David Peterson~ If you dont know what to do call the media and at least give the appearance of doing something. Phocylides~ Give no decision till both sides thoust heard. Oriental Proverb~ If you wish your merit to be known acknowledge that of other people. Robert Pante~ If you look good and dress well you dont need a purpose in life. P. J. Plauger~ My definition of an expert in any field is a person who knows enough about whats really going to be scared. Joseph Chilton Pearce~ We must accept that this creative pulse within us is Gods creative pulse itself. Joseph Chilton Pearce~ To live a creative life we must lose our fear of being wrong. Pindar~ Sweet is war to those who know it not. Pindar~ Seek not my soul the life of the immortals but enjoy to the full the resources that are within thy reach. Pindar~ Words have a longer life than deeds. Robert C. Pollock~ Love God and trust your feelings. Be loyal to them. Dont betray them. Alan Perlis~ The computing field is always in need of new cliches. Lester B. Pearson~ Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects. Elisha Potter~ Human nature constitutes a part of the evidence in every case. Anna Pavlova~ To follow without halt one aim Theres the secret of success. Susan Partnow~ It is within the families themselves where peace can begin. Eleanor H. Porter~ Its funny how dogs and cats know the inside of folks better than other folks do isnt it Phaedrus~ Aggression unchallenged is aggression unleashed.
Dan Zadra~ Worry is a misuse of imagination. Elizabeth Clarkson Zwart~ The older I grow the less important the comma becomes. Let the reader catch his own breath. Zeno~ The goal of life is living in agreement with nature. David Zucker~ Quit now youll never make it. If you disregard this advice youll be halfway there. Peter York~ Rock and roll is the hamburger that ate the world. Anzia Yezierska~ When I only begin to read I forget Im on this world. It lifts me on wings with high thoughts. Malcolm X~ Power never takes a back step – only in the face of more power. Malcolm X~ Youre not to be so blind with patriotism that you cant face reality. Wrong is wrong no matter who does it or says it. Malcolm X~ The future belongs to those who prepare for it today. Malcolm X~ Be peaceful be courteous obey the law respect everyone but if someone puts his hand on you send him to the cemetery. Malcolm X~ Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If youre a man you take it. Malcolm X~ You cant separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom. C. Kent Wright~ To sway an audience you must watch them as you speak. George Winters~ If God had really intended men to fly hed make it easier to get to the airport. Dick Werthimer~ The purpose of life is to fight maturity. William of Wykeham~ Manners maketh man. William Jr. Wrigley~ When two men in business always agree one of them is unnecessary. Billy Wilder~ Hindsight is always twenty-twenty. Don Wood~ Stupid is forever ignorance can be fixed. John Witherspoon~ Never read a book through merely because you have begun it. Christian Williams~ Words are a heavy thing…they weigh you down. If birds talked they couldnt fly. Christian Williams~ Joel Ed are you hallucinating Ed Oh yeah but not right now. Virginia Woolf~ If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people. Virginia Woolf~ For most of history Anonymous was a woman. Virginia Woolf~ Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others. Virginia Woolf~ I have lost friends some by death… others through sheer inability to cross the street. David T. Wolf~ Idealism is what precedes experience cynicism is what follows. Chaim Weizmann~ A law is something which must have a moral basis so that there is an inner compelling force for every citizen to obey. John Webster~ Theres nothing sooner dry than womens tears. Diane Wakoski~ Learning to live what youre born with is the process the involvement the making of a life. Artemus Ward~ Why is this thus What is the reason for this thusness Artemus Ward~ I have given two cousins to war and I stand ready to sacrifice my wifes brother. Arthur Wellesley~ Be discreet in all things and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious about any. William Walsh~ I can endure my own despair but not anothers hope. Irving Wallace~ To be ones self and unafraid whether right or wrong is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity. Leon Wieseltier~ No great deed private or public had ever been undertaken in a bliss of certainty. Joe Weinstein~ My dog is worried about the economy because Alpo is up to cents a can. Thats almost . in dog money. Wil Wheaton~ Im keenly aware of the Pride coming before the Fall . . . but I really do like what Ive been able to do here. Tom Wolfe~ A cult is a religion with no political power. Jane Wyman~ The opportunity for brotherhood presents itself every time you meet a human being. Tobias Wolff~ We are made to persist. Thats how we find out who we are. Henry Wallace~ The century which we are entering can be and must be the century of the common man. Carolyn Wells~ Actions lie louder than words. Tom Wilson~ Honesty is the best image. Tom Wilson~ These days an income is something you cant live without–or within. Georg Wilhelm~ Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion. Alan Watts~ Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel for love is not ours to command. Alan Woods~ Blame someone else and get on with your life. John A. Wheeler~ If you havent found something strange during the day it hasnt been much of a day. Julia Louise Woodruff~ Out of the strain of the Doing Into the peace of the Done. John Wilson~ Oh for a book and a shady nook… Edwin P. Whipple~ An epigram often flashes light into regions where reason shines but dimly. Henry Winkler~ Assumptions are the termites of relationships. Thorstein Veblen~ Invention is the mother of necessity. Thorstein Veblen~ No one travelling on a business trip would be missed if he failed to arrive. Thorstein Veblen~ The outcome of any serious research can only be to make two questions grow where only one grew before. Thorstein Veblen~ Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure. Craig Volk~ The killing was the best part. It was the dying I couldnt take. Craig Volk~ Id rather get my brains blown out in the wild than wait in terror at the slaughterhouse. Ken Venturi~ . Never tell everything at once. Johann von Neumann~ In mathematics you dont understand things. You just get used to them. Vulgate~ Great is truth and all powerful. Johann von Neumann~ You wake me up early in the morning to tell me I am right Please wait until I am wrong. Vulgate~ Behold the man. Edgard Varese~ Everyone is born with genius but most people only keep it a few minutes. Louis Vermeil~ The prime purpose of eloquence is to keep other people from talking. Marcus Terentius Varro~ The longest part of the journey is said to be the passing of the gate. Francois Villon~ I know all except myself.
A Power Point Presentation of a Collection of the Sayings of Buddha from Dhammapada. For Reflection to grow in Wisdom. Background Chant … Namo Tassa Bhagavato Arahato Samma Sambuddhasa …from BMS, Kuala Lumpur. Read more »