For my Buggles

[legalmoose]

QUOTE OF THE DAY:

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.

Siddhartha Gautama (ca. 563-ca. 483 B.C.), also known as Buddha

Comments

[krimon.livejournal.com]

Believe nothing of what you hear, and only half of what you read.

only half?

[virtualexile.livejournal.com]

Even if thus sayeth the Nate?

Re: only half?

[krimon.livejournal.com]

Yup, even then. There's nothing wrong with being a nice, healthy skeptic, cynicism is a wonderful tool: you're either proven right or pleasantly surprised.

Re: only half?

[virtualexile.livejournal.com]

I was once a Republican, myself.

I cried tears of joy when Reagan won in 1980.

Re: only half?

[krimon.livejournal.com]

I was oncea Republican, myself.

I cried tears of joy when Reagan won in 1980.

See, it works. :-)

[33mhz.livejournal.com]

I think the Buddha and I would get along quite well.

However, if I met him on the road, I'd still kill him. (http://www.ordinarymind.com/koan_killing.html)