Wise Words

Thank you for Blogliners for today's inspiration:
"Each day we post of one of our favourite quotes for your enjoyment, but it occurs to us we could use some new material."

So here's goes:

Humorous

"This isn't life in the fast lane, it's life in the oncoming traffic" Terry Pratchett

"The shortest unit of time in the multiverse is the New York Second, defined as the period of time between the traffic lights turning green and the cab behind you honking." Terry Pratchett (Lords and Ladies)

"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened." Douglas Adams

"Another day done. All targets met. All systems fully operational. All customers satisfied. All staff keen and well motivated. All pigs fed and ready to fly." Unknown

Peaceful

"If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive." Eleonora Duse

"Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness is never decreased by being shared." Buddha

Thought Provoking

"Everything starts somewhere, though many physicists disagree. But people have always been dimly aware of the problem with the start of things. They wonder how the snowplough driver gets to work, or how the makers of dictionaries look up the spelling of words." Terry Pratchett (Hogfather)

"Things are only impossible until they're not." Star Trek (spoken by Jean-Luc Picard)

"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children." Navajo Proverb

Extracts from a piece entitled "To be 6 again" or "Resignation" which can be found in full on many websites. I've not been able to find out who wrote it:

"I hereby officially tender my resignation as an adult. I have decided I would like to accept the responsibilities of a six year old again. ...I want to return to a time when life was simple. When all you knew were colors [sic], addition tables and simple nursery rhymes, but that didn't bother you, because you didn't know what you didn't know and you didn't care. When all you knew was to be happy because you didn't know all the things that should make you worried and upset. ...I would walk on the beach and only think of the sand between my toes and the prettiest seashell I could find. I would spend my afternoons climbing trees and riding my bike. I didn't worry about time, bills or where I was going to find the money to fix my car. ...I want to believe in the power of smiles, hugs, a kind word, truth, justice, peace, dreams, the imagination, mankind and making angels in the snow."

Well, I hope you enjoyed them.

Happy Journeys