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tiny.ag/crfqx9q1  ·  submitted 2014

Soldiers dying defending their loved ones and their way of life are sent to battle to protect the goals or interests of those who already know they will survive the war, in response to those who will profit from it.

Michael Singer, in War and Peace and Life and Death

tiny.ag/dlqivg8h  ·  submitted 2014

Anyone who tells you your death is necessary for the achievement of a greater good does not consider you to be worthy of sharing in that greater good.

Michael Singer, in War and Peace and Life and Death

tiny.ag/uirvetkt  ·  submitted 2014

Would you fight for anyone who considers you to be dispensible, but not themselves?

Michael Singer, in War and Peace and Life and Death

tiny.ag/rzlxb1js  ·  submitted 2014

Behind every soldier and suicide bomber is another person telling him/her that he/she is doing the right thing.

Michael Singer, in War and Peace

tiny.ag/cssuwpob  ·  submitted 2014

If you go to war and you die, you were the loser, regardless which of side you were on

Michael Singer, in War and Peace and Life and Death

tiny.ag/6ygwlleb  ·  submitted 2014

The value of God is debatable, the value of hope is not.

Michael Singer, in Science and Religion

tiny.ag/uys5wxwl  ·  submitted 2014

I no longer presume to own the truth, yet I seek it continually.

Michael Singer, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance

tiny.ag/liyovxf7  ·  submitted 2014

You cannot stretch your wings and fly without leaving someone, or something, behind.

Michael Singer, in Wisdom and Ignorance and Happiness and Misery

tiny.ag/38feyrcq  ·  submitted 2014

when life gives you many problems, put them in a blender and make them one.

Delililililila

tiny.ag/pwpz5ce6  ·  submitted 2014 by crichardson

If you don't work hard, you're a fruitloop dingus.

Thomas Millwood

tiny.ag/pvb7udyo  ·  submitted 2014 by crichardson

Having a plan B is a recipe for failure.

Thomas Millwood, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/sjlfpklx  ·  submitted 2014 by crichardson

Learn something, earn something.

Richard Ford, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/inke759s  ·  submitted 2014 by Kerneo

Our mind can create an entire universe, a new reality.

Kevin Escobar, in Art and Literature and Science and Religion

tiny.ag/hl2ao0ts  ·  submitted 2014 by dylanhill632

When life gives you melons, turn into Gallagher and smash all the watermelones!

Justin Porter, Watermelones are his world!!, in Wisdom and Ignorance

tiny.ag/e5cwkvif  ·  submitted 2014

Growing older is mandatory; Growing up is optional.

Unknown

tiny.ag/r9c0umb8  ·  submitted 2014

"Under Capitalism, man exploits man; under Communism, it's the other way around"

Ukrainianism, in Law and Politics and Altruism and Cynicism

tiny.ag/erfmoc3j  ·  submitted 2014

Hero - is a person, who hadn't anyone to hide behind anymore .
Soundly unlucky loser is unlucky even in his sleep.
Geniuses are counted by single digit numbers, while mediocrities are countless.
Even born in the jacket may end his life in the rags of a beggar.
Man, who came down to the point, no longer wants to change the world.
While crossing the field of life do not expect to see the note: "Checked, there are no mines."
Material wealth multiplies by its accumulation, while spiritual - by its distribution.
From the perspective of a miser, life is a waste of money.
Nobody mows the grass of oblivion.
Envy has. a sideways glance and a wry smile.
If you are lost, do not try to find yourself in others.
It is better to fancy self as an unrecognized genius rather than to be considered as a qualified idiot.
All vices of a "son of a bitch" stemmed from his fatherless.
The smaller the content, the more the plasticity of the form.
The well-known aphorisms come only from the narrow circle of known persons.
The fish rots from the head, while Civilization - in its art.
Life - is a spoiled roulette, where the ball, no matter how to spin it, always falls on the zero mark.
Sisyphus also worked tirelessly.
Woe - is just badly forgotten happiness.
Last precaution - it is when someone throws himself into the abyss, wearing a stone around his neck.
Odysseus returned home because he had nowhere else to go.
While soul searching do not try to talk heart to heart with a zombie ...
The authenticity of gold could be tested on any tooth, while the truth of life - only by the tooth of wisdom.
Baggage of conscience can not be put into the storage chamber before entering the gates of paradise.
The problem with what end, obtuse or acute, it is better to break the egg - is not worthy of this very damn egg.
When someone's soul aches like from a cat scratching, that someone wants to howl like a wolf.
Perfection of the scoundrel is evaluated by the measure of his completeness.
The indigent one never tastes the bitterness of loss.
Usually people do not forget what really would be good to forget - instead, they forget what it would be advisable to remember.
Moral values ​​have a rather low price, but there are always for sale and also they are sold at a large discount.
If fortune turned her back on you - it just means that she wants to change the pose.
Deep thought - it is like the water in the sea: some are drowning in it, while others just float on the surface.
Moony -is a person for whom there is no place under the sun.
The use of poor-quality spiritual food poisons the soul.
Life - is a gift that must be sent back.
Anyone, who asks too many questions, can answer for it.
In the Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors, things went awry.
The doctor prescribed the patient eternal rest.
People have mastered the skill of breaking hearts much earlier, before they have learned how to split the atomic nucleus.
In the East, it is a shame to expose the body, and in the West - the soul.
For his intellectual superiority one pays by his loneliness.
"There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous" and there is just one fall from a high stand to low.

PrinceAlexander

tiny.ag/1svnjhwy  ·  submitted 2014 by Gaelen

God gives every bird its worm... but He doesnt throw it in the nest.

Swedish proverb

tiny.ag/ghyttxrm  ·  submitted 2014 by Gaelen

If you want to ride two horses at once you should join a circus.

Proverb

tiny.ag/wkb4mkld  ·  submitted 2014

The best laid of mice and men often go astray.

Joel L. Schiff, in Happiness and Misery

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