Hello everyone. I am inspired today to write a lot on the board (could be because my classes are cancelled for today) and I was thinking about all the wonderful quotes Linda Goodman has given us through "Gooberz" and "Venus" and all her other books. And I was thinking about all the beautiful sentiments that I've read from others here on the board. And I was thinking about all the wonderful song lyrics that are poignant to me...and other poems and such. So I decided to begin a thread devoted to quotes. Now in the subject heading, what does "jellicle" mean, you ask? It's one the words in my own vocabulary. Those of you familiar with musical theatre, namely "Cats", might now the word from that. Indeed, my definition was inspired by that show. I just loved the word "jellicle" and it just harmonized with me. I was 17 and decided to modify the meaning a bit and use it in my vocabulary. So...you use jellicle when something is just too beautiful and meaningful to express and you can't think of a single word to use. For instance, this website is jellicle. The interactions I've made with people here is jellicle. Linda Goodman certainly is the epitomy of jellicleness!!!! Her books are oh-so-jellicle!! So without further ado, let's start posting our favorite quotes and sentiments!

I'll start...

"Truth is discovered alone, in silence, before it can be shared with others through words"
Linda Goodman, "Gooberz" (the dedications in the beginning).

I do love that quote...I think Linda said that someone else said it, but I'm not sure. (perhaps Ruth Cook or Nona Stodart, I don't recall).

LMB, I love this idea! This is one of my favorites:

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. You playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. You were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
-Nelson Mandela

"Everybody is talented, original, and has something important to say" --Brenda Ueland, author of IF YOU WANT TO WRITE

"Where there is great love there are always miracles." --Willa Cather

"No human can rise higher than the highest which is in each of us, and no human can fall lower than the lowest which is in each of us." --a paraphrase of Linda Goodman quoting Kahlil Gibran

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Brilliant idea

And I have to say I just might adopt the word Jellicle for those moments when words just can't convey..........LMB you are JELLICLE.

Here is a special quote of mine........

"The measure of a man, is not where he stands during comfort and convenience...... but where he stands during controversy and challenge."
Thank you......Martin Luther King

And here are some I hear on a daily basis from Crystal Bush what beautiful little gems I gather.......

"Do what is right when NO-ONE is looking!"

"Never compromise on great principles!"

Keep posting this is fun

Love and Laughter,
Kelly-Anne

Kelly-Anne,

*haha* Do you WANT me to burst into happy tears in this computer lab in front of all these people??
Thank you for the wonderful compliment. In fact, on my meter, that is the best compliment I can ever receive.

LMB

"Common-looking people are best in the world; that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them" - Abraham Lincoln

Quotes by Glenn Ridless:
"When I think of all the stars in the sky, and all the grains of sand on the earth, my problems seem to fade away."

"When I slow myself down I speed up my awareness."

"All things do not need meanings. Some things just are."

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Hiii LMB!!!

Gorgeous idea!!!im just feeling so ....profound reading all these wonderful,beautiful words!!It could make u so thoughtful!

Some of my quotes,that have allways helped me in life at a given time,were written by....i dont know!!But whoever wrote it was the most human person as well as spiritual.
here goes...

"Do your best...and leave the rest to god".

"Theres a silver lining to every dark cloud"

"Its always darkest before dawn"

"Everything happens for the best"

"love...is everything"!!

love
shagun.

Yes. Thanks for reminding me, Shagun, I think special attention needs to be placed on Linda Goodman's wise wise quote...

LOVE IS ALL

I feel it holds many secrets and mysteries within it.

LMB

Hi everyone,
Shagun, you hit the bullseye!! I love "It's always darkest before dawn." From my own experiences, I have found that to be very true and it in essence started me on my own spiritual quest!!!
I have this embroidered and framed and look to it each and everyday:
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
And the wisdom to know the difference.
-The Bible

Oh yes, the serenity prayer is a MUST. I have repeated it MANY times in my life. I consider it to be one of the building blocks of our psychological, spiritual and just all-around life foundation...or at least it should be.

And there's always the Golden Rule that I remember my mother pounding into my head as a child, if nothing else: treat others the way you'd like them to treat you.

LMB

One of my favorite quotes comes from my favorite musical and piece of theatre of all time - "Les Miserables" (I have a deep-seeded obsession with this and have seen it 8 times)...

"To love another person is to see the face of God"
I try to remember this when I get fed up with the human race. It reminds me of universal unconditional love...and also reminds me to appreciate those I love even more.

LMB

Yesterday is History,
Tomorrow is a Mystery,
Today is a Gift,
That's why we call it The Present
-Genie for Astronet

One of my all time favorites with such a powerful message,
"Seek the truth and it shall set you free".

May we all find comfort in the truth

Amen, Karen, Amen!

LMB

"Impossible means I'm Possible!"
--SARK

"No statement is true, including this one."

"I'd rather have ten years of superhypermost than to be 70 and watching tv in some GD chair." - Janis Joplin

"Live fast, die young, and leave a good looking corpse." - John Belushi

"You have to find what you like and let it kill you." - Frank Sinatra

"Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand!" - Homer Simpson

Women are fickle, and men have no morality.
A woman could tell a man to wear green ears, and he'd wear 'em, all the while thinking he's being his own man. Which, incidentally, is my view of American marriage. A women sees a man, she likes him. Now, she rides this thing to some kind of a standstill, and to the very extent that she does, she gets bored of it. Women need a sense of danger in a man." - Jack Nicholson

"In Hollywood, there are two groups of people. One is Jack, and the other is the rest of us." - Robin Williams

"Maybe another day, I will come up with some slightly more jellicious quotations, yet, today is my day off, and I was feeling a bit saucy!" - Carlo, having Leo issues yet again

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"...and who would ever guess...the powers that you possess...and who would be stunned to see you prove...there's more to us than surgeons can remove! So much more than we ever knew...so much more we were born to do. Should you draw back the curtain, of this I am certain...you'll be impressed with you! On a clear day, rise and look around you...and you'll see who you are. On a clear day how it will astound you...when the glow of your being outshines every star!"

...Linda sang this to her first Adept on New Year's Day 1970 in the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel...

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Summer

And you go, Summer!

Hey, watch those Leo planets, kid!

Leo doesn't scare a Scorpion!

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Yes, I know, although I can always try!

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Eeek. I mean, "Eeeeeeeeeeeeeek!!!!"

Is that what you wanted? Feel better now?

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Summer

Yes, that's much nicer. Are you happy to be a Member now? You can thank me and pat my mane, if you like, I won't bite.

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