If the radiance of a thousand suns
Were to burst at once into the sky
That would be like the splendor of the Mighty One —
I am become Death,
The shatterer of Worlds.(Other Authors and Sources)
Bhagavad Gita ch. 11, sec. 12, 32 (500? BC)
Above cited as translation recalled by J. Robert Openheimer during first A-bomb test (16 May 1945) (Current Biography Yearbook, 1964) Swami Nikhilananda (1944) translated as: "If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst forth at once in the sky, that would be like the splendour of the Mighty One. I am mighty, world-destroying Time …"
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It might be very useful.
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It considered your request,
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The ink of a scholar is just as holy as the blood of a martyr.
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Islamic proverb
You have been told, O mortal, what is good,
And what God requires of you:
Only to do justice
And to love goodness,
And to walk modestly with your God.The Bible (The Old Testament) (14th - 2nd C BC) Judeo-Christian sacred scripture [Tanakh, Hebrew Bible], incl. the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonicals)
Micah 6:8 [RJPS (2023 ed.)]
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Alternate translations:
He hath shewed thee, O man what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
[KJV (1611)]
What is good has been explained to you, man; this is what Yahweh asks of you: only this, to act justly, to love tenderly and to walk humbly with your God.
[JB (1966)]
No, the Lord has told us what is good. What he requires of us is this: to do what is just, to show constant love, and to live in humble fellowship with our God.
[GNT (1976)]
You have already been told what is right and what Yahweh wants of you. Only this, to do what is right, to love loyalty and to walk humbly with your God.
[NJB (1985)]
He has told you, human one, what is good and
what the Lord requires from you:
to do justice, embrace faithful love, and walk humbly with your God.
[CEB (2011)]
He has told you, O mortal, what is good,
and what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice and to love kindness
and to walk humbly with your God?
[NRSV (2021 ed.)]
He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your God.
[NIV (2011 ed.)]
A man asked Hakuin, a Zen master, “What happens after we die?”
The master replied, “I don’t know.”
“What do you mean? You’re a Zen master, aren’t you?”
“I am,” came the reply, “but not a dead one.”(Other Authors and Sources)
Zen koan
If you took all the fools out of the Legislature, it wouldn’t be a representative body anymore.
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Texas State Senator Carl Parker
When the Egyptians were drowning in the Red Sea, the angels in heaven began to break forth in songs of jubilation, but the Holy One, blessed be He, silenced them: “My creatures are perishing — and ye are ready to sing!”
The Talmud (AD 200-500) Collection of Jewish rabbinical writings
(Unreferenced)
In Louis I. Newman, comp. The Talmudic Anthology, 103 (1945): "When the Egyptians were drowning, the angels wished to sing. But God said, 'My children are dying, and you would sing?'"
The Divine Spirit does not reside in any except the joyful heart.
The Talmud (AD 200-500) Collection of Jewish rabbinical writings
(Unreferenced)
Who are you to judge the servant of someone else? It is his own Master who will decide whether he succeeds or fails.
The Bible (The New Testament) (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture
Romans 14:3-4
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
The Bible (The New Testament) (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture
Matthew 15:11
Take no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
The Bible (The New Testament) (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture
Matthew 6:34 (KJV)
- NIV: Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own
- NRSV: So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today’s trouble is enough for today.
- TEV: So do not worry about tomorrow; it will have enough worries of its own. There is no need to add to the troubles each day brings.
- Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day.
He who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger.
(Other Authors and Sources)
Japanese proverb
In horse vernacular, Roy has always “given me my head,” and I have tried to do the same for him.
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Dale Evans, wife of cowboy star Roy Rogers
If you can walk you can dance. If you can talk you can sing.
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Zimbabwe proverb
Don’t approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a fool from any side.
(Other Authors and Sources)
Yiddish proverb
He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
The Bible (The New Testament) (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture
John 8:7
There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men.
The Bible (The New Testament) (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture
1 Corinthians 12:4-6 [NIV (2011 ed.)]
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Alternate translations:
Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
[KJV (1611)]
There is a variety of gifts but always the same Spirit; there are all sorts of service to be done, but always to the same Lord; working in all sorts of different ways in different people, it is the same God who is working in all of them.
[Jerusalem (1966)]
There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit gives them. There are different ways of serving, but the same Lord is served. There are different abilities to perform service, but the same God gives ability to all for their particular service.
[GNT (1976)]
Now there are varieties of gifts but the same Spirit, and there are varieties of services but the same Lord, and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone.
[NRSV (1989)]
Let the gods avenge themselves.
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Roman legal maxim regarding blasphemy
If you wish to know what a man is, place him in authority.
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Serbian proverb
It’s no disgrace to be poor, but it’s no honor, either.
(Other Authors and Sources)
Yiddish proverb
One drink is just right; two is too many; three are too few.
(Other Authors and Sources)
Spanish proverb
When we talk of tomorrow, the gods laugh.
(Other Authors and Sources)
Chinese proverb
We cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over our heads, but we can refuse to let them build their nests in our hair.
(Other Authors and Sources)
Chinese proverb
Lending to a spendthrift is like pelting a trespassing dog with meat dumplings.
(Other Authors and Sources)
Chinese proverb
“If God wanted me to touch my toes, he would have put them on my knees.”
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“It was all so different before everything changed.”
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“The First Rule of Holes: If you are in one, stop digging.”
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“All reports are in. Life is now officially unfair.”
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Learn to obey before you command.
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Latin proverb
MARY: I’m an experienced woman. I’ve been around. Well, all right, I might not’ve been around, but I’ve been … nearby.
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Mary Tyler Moore Show
Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time.
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Hebrew proverb
“43.3% of all statistics are meaningless!”
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Never look at the trombones. You’ll only encourage them.
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Robert Strauss, on conducting
We’re fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.
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Japanese proverb
1. Everybody who matters is stupid now and then.
2. If I’m being stupid, that’s my problem.
3. If my being stupid makes you stupid, that’s your problem.
4. If you think you’re never stupid, boy are you stupid!(Other Authors and Sources)
Rabinovitch’s Rules of Sane Dialogue
If you can’t make a mistake, you can’t make anything.
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Collin’s Law
HOMER: The answers to life’s problems aren’t at the bottom of a bottle. They’re on TV!
(Other Authors and Sources)
The Simpsons
Just as too much charity is the handiwork of a fool, so too much patience is the hallmark of a coward.
(Other Authors and Sources)
Kabala (1200? BC – AD 700?)
Pray to God, but keep rowing to shore.
(Other Authors and Sources)
Russian proverb
#1597. Everything is deemed possible except that which is impossible in the nature of things.
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California Civil Code, “Object of a Contract”
“This sentence is in Spanish when you are not looking.”
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BUFFY: Yeah, but I thought I saw something … I don’t know, I was really out of it, but —
CORDELIA: But you do know that you saw Death.
WILLOW: Did it have an hourglass?
BUFFY: Ooh —
XANDER: If he asks you to play chess, don’t even do it. The guy’s like a whiz.(Other Authors and Sources)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
GILES: It’s me, it’s me!
CORDELIA: How do we know it’s really you and not Zombie Giles?
GILES: Oh, Cordelia, do stop being tiresome.
CORDELIA: That’s him.(Other Authors and Sources)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
RIVERA: You know, McCoy, you wanna put the bad guys behind bars you have to get your hands dirty.
McCOY: The problem is, detective, sometimes it doesn’t stop at the hands.(Other Authors and Sources)
Law & Order
“Some people have six pack abdomens. I have a keg.”
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“This gubblick contains many nonsklarkish English flutzpahs, but the overall pluggandisp can be glorked from the context.”
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I don’t believe that humans descended from apes, no. How come there’s still apes running around loose and there are humans? Why did some of them decide to evolve and some did not?
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Mary Douglass Brown, Kansas state school board candidate
ANYA: To commemorate a past event, you kill and eat an animal. It’s a ritual sacrifice. With pie.
(Other Authors and Sources)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, “Pangs” (19 Oct 1999)
On Thanksgiving. Episode by Jane Espenson. Text/clip.
“Death is but a doorway. Here, let me hold that for you.”
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HIJACKER (jumping out of seat and waving gun at flight attendant): Take me to Detroit!
FLIGHT ATTENDANT: But we’re going to Detroit already.
HIJACKER (returning to seat): Oh, good.(Other Authors and Sources)
actual situation on a domestic US flight
“I earn a seven-figure salary. Unfortunately, there’s a decimal point involved.”
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“No one ever says, ‘It’s only a game,’ when their team is winning.”
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“If God had intended for Man to use the metric system, Jesus would have only had ten disciples!”
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“I see your IQ test results were negative.”
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