What are your thoughts on this quote?
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Hello, my friend. This book--"Mere Christianity"--and especially this bit about Christ's being either a lunatic or else the Son of God, was instrumental in my opening up to Jesus, simply on account of the fact that I had, for years, "respected" Jesus of Nazareth as a great teacher, ever ignoring the (what I then thought to be) creepier things he was quoted as saying in the Gospels (such as "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Light")...and Lewis, with this very simple and basic observation, blew my cozy little respect for Jesus of Nazareth out of the water.\n\nWhich did something to a door. Meaning, I then had to face the very choice that Lewis proposed in this book. In other words, I was either going to have to open the door all the way (and believe Christ was who he said he is) or else close it (and believe Jesus of Nazareth to be deranged and blasphemous).\n\nUltimately, I would say that I chose to believe that Christ is God's Son, but truly God gave me the knowledge that Christ is his Son (John 6:44)...and perhaps he gave me the gift of faith for the sole reason that I was seeking it.
980160
Good question:\n\nMaybe Society or people in general.  Also, if its a quote it could just mean that you dont know who originally said it.
858791
Answered another one of these tonight\n\nBelief is all a personal choice but I'm inclined to be with you on this one.  I can't be dealing with the God lot but I think it is their own choice not mine\n\nIf there was a big guy looking over us why can't he do the simplest of tasks and get this world running on an even playing field.  That's assuming that he is as good as he is cracked up to be\n\nMe I just try to get on with things and just do reasonably right by everone around me\n\nI'm a long way from perfect but I think I'm kinda OK\n\nHope you are too
384188
My quote is " When wealth is lost, nothing is lost. When health is lost, something is lost. When character is lost, all is lost!"
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I absolutely love that quote! I knew exactly where it was from. \n\nSeems like it. I take the Bible and all of that with a large helping of salt, and create my own set of beliefs. And, lol, the bit about the 10 commandments, I couldn't believe it when I saw GC voice my thoughts so eloquently on tv!
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i searched yahoo and http://www.quoteland.com noting came up\nmaybe its not a real quote
710705
The quote is awesome, but don't you want to make your own to be remembered by? That is how we did it when I was in high school. It is more fun that way and people can remember the words that were said by you. It is fun thinking of your own\n\nmine was "Procrastination is a full-time job"
781018
you didn't give us enough of the quote to know what it's about. What is the entire quotation and what is the context?
538082
This is a slight modification of a quote by Clemenceau (not Churchill, to whom it has been wrongly attributed).  It is a catchy phrase, of course, and that explains its popularity, but as for its substance, it isn't ungenerous to say that the quote is both heartless and brainless itself.  It is heartless in that it is offensive to both young people who oppose socialism and to old ones who redeem it.  It is brainless in that, in its simplicity, it contends that a significant contingent of renowned scientists (who are indeed disproportionately liberal and somewhat socialst) are brainless.  (To claim that Bertrand Russell and Albert Einstein were brainless is indeed brainless in itself.)
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First, this quote makes fun of the fact that people see society as an entity, when in reality it is composed of, well, people. Keeping this in mind...\nTo make it easier I'll break-down this quote as follows;\n-quote\n-litteral meaning\n-metaphorical meaning\n\n"society everywhere is in concpiracy against the manhood of everyone of its members."\n-everyone everywhere is in conspiracy against their own qualities and attributes (conventionally thought to be appropriate to a man) especially physical strength, courage, and determination\n-it seams people are purposely forcing themselves to forget what strength, courage, and determination are all about\n\n"society is a joint-stock company" \n-this portion is meant litterally\n- society is made up of people that all influence it individually, just as a joint stock company is made up of shareholders that also influence it individually\n\n\n"in which the members agree"\n-in which the stock holders agree\n-people  agree,\n\n"for the better securing of his bread to each share holder"\n-for the better securing of the food of each share holder\n-that in order to better secure their income\n\n"to surrender the liberty and culture of the eater"\n-to compromise the freedom and character of themselves\n-they should compromise themselves as people.\n\nTo sum up, The true meaning of the quote is:\npeople are inadvertantly destroying themselves. It's as if people feel that to succeed finantialy they must compromise the very characteristics that make us superior beings.\n\nhope this helps  good luck
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I can't remember where the quote is from, but I agree with it entirely.  It means "no holds barred", in a way, and I find it true in love and war.  It's sad to say that's true in love, but, experience tells me it is true, and our culture supports it entirely.  Our international bodies try to make it untrue in war, such as in the Geneva Convention, but, war is hell everything's "fair" in hell, so . . ..  God Bless you.
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It is a quote from 'the simpsons'
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"if you live with no regrets, you will not be guilty of what you have done."\n\ntotally false.  think about it.
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"Have a good one."\n(I find this to be rather presumptuous... have a good WHAT?)\n\n"At the end of the day..."\n(No reason, really, just one of those phrases I cordially detest.)\n\n"You think too much," or "You have too much free time."\n(Just because it would have taken YOU several hours to come up with the same deduction, that doesn't mean I didn't do so in mere seconds.  My typical rebuttal is, "Or, perhaps you think too little.")\n\n"May or may not be the case."\n(Right... it either will, or it won't.  Standard law of probability; just PICK ONE!)\n\n"Welcome to the real world."\n(Said nearly every time something bad happens.  I don't need my problems downplayed by someone who feels they have more life experience than I do.  I've never quite understood what "pretend world" they're insinuating I've spent the last couple of decades living in...)\n\nOh, there are so many more.  I'm very irritable about this sort of thing, and tend to avoid cliches like the plague.  :)
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Personally, my favorite thing that I've ever said is, "The things I do are well worth the faces you make."  One should be different and original, and if it makes somebody stop and think, even better.\n\nAnother good quote is from Gwendolyn Brooks's poem "Corners on the Curving Sky":\nOur earth is round, and, among other things\nThat means you and I can hold\ncompletely different\nPoints of view and both be right.\n\nIf people could just agree to disagree, the world would be a better place.
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yep me\nI have read from somebody's quote.So what?
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To me the saying is about empathy. If you were to percive suffering from anothers perspective, you would be discouraged from making that person suffer.\nBut then does that mean that we are all selfish creatures, only not doing bad for fear that we might one day be on the recieving end? I don't think so; I genuiely think we are onditioned aginst causing others pain. Of course there are exceptions to this.\nThe biggest problem facing the idea today is the fact that we are encouraged to divide into "them" and "us". People who do not share the same country/race/religion as us are portrayed as less human and therfore less deserving of this empathy. With these people we are encouraged not to care about their well being.\n\nPerhaps the phrase should be "Treat ALL others.."\n\nSorry I couldnt think of an example ;)