Quote Of The Day

"...we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness--That to secure deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new Government, laying its Foundation on such Principles, and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient Causes; and accordingly all Experience hath shewn, that Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while Evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the Forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long Train of Abuses and Usurpations, pursuing invariable the same Object, evinces a Design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their Right, it is their Duty, to throw off such a Government, and to provide new Guards for their future Security..." Thomas Jefferson: The Declaration of Independence; July 4th 1776

 

I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

 

Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it

 

I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars.

Abbie Hoffman

 

"With great kindness and compassion, rescue everything"

A Buddhist Monk

 

from an email list i subscribe to:

 

What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
-Bertolt Brecht

 

woodstock nation is a good place to be...and abbie hoffman was a cool guy

"Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. "
Lao Tzu

 

yeah i love the yippies. they tried to run a pig for president and had the people on walstreet grabing for 1 dollar bills how awesome is that!

It riles them to believe that you percieve the web they weave and keep on thinking free. - Moody Blues

 

"Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures."

-John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) United Nations address, September 1961

 

Barn's burnt down-
now
I can see the moon.
-Masahide

 

Hey,

I do like to put something to think about here..

Isn't it better??

to be truthful then nice..
to be poor...but happy..
instead of rich...and not..

value each day as if it were your last..
and treat each person..
as if they were a reflection of yourself..

Don't walk...
behind me..
maybe i'm not able to lead you..

Don't walk..
in front of me..
maybe i'm not able to follow you..

but..just walk besides me..
and feel the unit of friendship..


Emiel

 

Coffee should be black as hell, strong as death, and as sweet as love.
--Turkish proverb

 

“Of course the people don’t want war. But after all, it’s the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it’s always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it’s a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger.”

-Hermann Goring at the Nuremberg Trials

 

"It's mauie wowie but I think its got a little labrador in it" - Chong

 

"Well, you know, you paid your five bucks and I'm leaving town with ten grand, so SCREW YA!" -iggy pop to an audience full of bikers

 

"Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too."

Source: Essay on Tolerance by Voltaire.

 

" Technology toys- an improved means to an unimproved end."
- Henry David Thoreau.

 

The ox moves slow.......but the land is patient.

 

Never waste food, especially junk food.