If thy neighbor offendeth thee, give his child a drum....

I have no problem with that, GM!

I am an old man and have known many troubles, but most of them never happened.
- Mark Twain

"We are the music-makers,
And we are the dreamers of dreams,
Wandering by lone sea-breakers,
And sitting by desolate streams; -
World-losers and world-forsakers,
on whom the pale moon gleams;
Yet we are the movers and shakers,
Of the world for ever, it seems."
-- Arthur O'Shaughnessy

I've always loved this one, I just hope I'm getting it right...

"The world is but one Country, and mankind its citizens." --Baha'u'llah

MOTION! Welcome back! How are you? Lots of people missed you!

Amerikan people don't have a sence for irony, europe people das, but the irony is that the amerikan people think they have a sence for irony

When your clothes are very wrinkled it is nice to have a sense of ironing.

Hi goodmorphing! I'm back temporarily. My wife's only nephew is being Bar Mitzvah'ed and there was no way her sister was letting us get away with not coming. So we're back in town for a short time.
Staying at the old house, which my sister now lives in and looks after until I get over this wanderlust I've been experiencing.

The experience so far has been great. Despite all the dire warnings from family members we have found it relatively easy. We live and work on a kibbutz in the northern part of the country near the Sea of Galilee. [Known as Yam(Lake)Kinneret to the Israelis].It is a beautiful area, filled with so much history I cannot even begin to tell all.

Often, when I am out walking, I am struck with the profound notion of just who it was, only a couple of millenium ago, that walked these same ancient paths and walkways. It can be humbling.

I could go on, but this thread is not the place for a 100 page story of my adventures.

In keeping with the thread I'll finish with this little quote:

Socrates and Jesus, two teachers of virtue and love, were executed because of the unsettling, threatening power of their souls, which was revealed in their personal lives and in their words. They did not carry guns, yet still they were a threat, because there is nothing more powerful than the revelation of one's own soul.

--Thomas Moore

If we want to change the world, we must first change ourselves.

Well stated "motion" #584.

Heading back out for Tel Aviv in the morning. Was nice talking with and 'reading' you all again. Take care. See you someday.

I leave you with this:

Only lunatics can have a permanent ego.
-- P. D. Ouspensky, The Psychology of Man's Possible Evolution



Hope everyone's ego goes through a few changes in their lifetimes.

Just Keeping the thread alive!

The future is not what it used to be...

Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

It is when power is wedded to chronic fear that it becomes formidable.

- Eric Hoffer

When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.

- Sir Winston Churchill

/me ***POUT***

I missed saying goodby to motion... I was going to show him my desktop screenshot. It's his Odeon!

To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.

Joseph Chilton Pearce

We are indeed much more than what we eat, but what we eat can nevertheless help us to be much more than what we are.


Adelle Davis

Thinking: The talking of the soul with itself.
- Plato

In simplest terms, a leader is one who knows where he wants to go, and gets up, and goes.
- John Erksine

"Please enable the external power device"

... That was the xerox machine today asking me for 15 cents! Sheesh!

I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.
- Kahlil Gibran

All the evidence concerning the Universe has not yet been collected, so there's still hope.

It may be better to be a live jackal than a dead lion, but it is better still to be a live lion.
And usually easier.

Lazarus Long

One for the skinners :

If you happen to be one of the fretful minority who can do creative work, never force an idea; you'll abort it if you do. Be patient and you'll give birth to it when the time is ripe. Learn to wait.


Lazarus Long.