quotes/sayings/wise words hi! i thought that in this thread we could all put stuff like sayings and wise words, quotes, etc.... I'll start it off with a quote: People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them. - -- George Bernard Shaw And now a saying, well 2 sayins... Ignorance is Bliss... (also quote from the matrix by the icky "good" guy. if ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?
oh, i almost forgot... feel free to discuss the quotes and such.. like the quote i said about circumstances.. i believe that could be true as long as the person has the power/ability to seek/change their circumstances. however, if they dont have that possibility, then they could be right in blaming the circumstances..
Hmmm. interesting that about circumstances. I'm inclined to agree, but.... Well the best one I know is this one: "Treat others as you want to be treated yourself."
I would never want to be ignorant...imagine of things happened around you and you never knew and it affected you big time.....it would be a disaster!
Ah hah!! I knew this thread was hiding somewhere.... OK I'll try to post HERE and NOT in the "usa possible war" thread with sayings! That thread is so far off topic I was getting it confused with this one... I like "Live and let live"
one thing i have thought of about the "treat others as you want them to treat you" is what if you want to be treated as a jerK? now that wouldn't be fair/nice to others, as you would treat them as a jerk. and with people like me it would backfire...
I think the "treat others like you'd want them to treat you" need a lot of interpretation, in general, it SHOULD mean, try to be considerate of others, and treat them how they want to be treated... not necessarily EXACTLY the same way YOU want to be treated, because we're all different!! Like if your favorite flavor of ice cream is banana cream pie, and your best friend HATES bananas but loves orange flavored ice cream, you buy them THEIR favorite flavor, NOT yours!!
exactly Fae. as in your example, if you want banana cream pie and your friend HATES it, then dont give it to them when you would like it from them.
I've had friends get all upset, because one of them was treating the other one EXACTLY the way THEY wanted to be treated, without considering how their friend was DIFFERENT!! I think communication is one of THE most important things with stuff like that!!
YES YES YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is part of the problem (i think) with that saying, if you dont expand it to work, then things like you just described could (and will) happen. what i think is one of the best ways of getting to be treated the way you want is to tell the people around you. Now, obviously that wouldn't work if you wanted to be treated like a jerk and the people were nicer than that. But treating them like a jerk wont necissarily work either. i know because i've seen it happen. some one treats others like jerks so he/she can be treated like a jerk and the other people just get confused from the persons actions and end up not treating the person like a jerk.
heh heh I would have a terrible time trying to treat anyone like a jerk anyway, even if they WERE being a jerk!! haha! It's just not ME!
LOL!! This was really nice! A saying that gives so much good debate. :classic: And frankly you're right guys. For me it means that you shall treat another with respect and after theire personal needs and wantings. (Doesn't mean they should be parasiting on you). That way you are entitled to theire respect and that they treat you after your needs and wantings. :classic:
so in other wordz,u guyz r sayin that from the quote,"treat otherz as u would want ta be treated" ur tryin ta say that u should treat otherz in a nice way and u'll be treated nicely too!...i think...lol