“It is far easier to fool people than to convince them
they have been fooled.”
- Mark Twain
Bible History
“My point,
once again, is not that those ancient people told literal stories and we are
now smart enough to take them symbolically, but that they told them
symbolically and we are now dumb enough to take them literally.” – John Dominic
Crossan, New Testament Scholar & Former Catholic Priest
(Your) “Life is what you think” – J.R. Pirtle
Purpose of Life:
“Your life is a university for the wisdom of your
eternal soul.” - Old
Buz (If you are but a
high school graduate, substitute the words high
school for the word university.)
Biblical
Wisdom
“Live
by the foma* that make you brave and
kind and healthy and happy.” – The
Book of Bokonon I:5 – Translation by Kurt Vonnegut
*foma = harmless untruths
Awareness Guide:
“See what is plain to see. Doubt if you don’t.” – Daniel Sobel
“You cannot change a person’s position with
reason … if they did not reach it through reason.” - Anon
“What others think of me is none of my business.” – Anon
“There is nothing stranger than a stranger …
But realize
… that stranger is you.” – Old Buz
“Only the actions of Donald Trump could have enabled
Americans to look back and have respect for Richard Nixon" - Old Buz
“Lofty goals are far easier to achieve from the pulpit
than from the pews.” – Old Buz
“The Wisdom of
The Aged … the words wisdom and aged are as much an oxymoron as the
words biblical and history.” – Old Buz (82 years of age)
“A single life is but a page in the education of
eternal soul.” – Old
Buz
“If you find little or no humor in life … you
are missing most of it.” – Old Buz
The Present Motto of the Republican
Party:
“Yes … Donald Trump is a lying, moronic lunatic,
but
he is OUR lying, moronic
lunatic.”
“To the common folk, religion is truth.
To the wise, religion is false.
To the leaders, religion is useful.”
- Seneca the
Younger (4 BC – 68 AD)
“I no longer exercise.
I don’t wish to bury a perfectly good body.”
- The Wisdom
of The Aged
“When The Lord God sent Noah in his ark out to sea, He
gave Adolf Hitler a hard act to follow.” – Old Buz
Freedom in the time of
pandemic:
“I’m going to attend crowded events. I’m FREE.
“I’m not going to wear a mask. I’m FREE.
I’m not getting vaccinated. I’m FREE.
Why hasn’t President Biden stopped the spread of
Corvid?” – Old Buz
The Last Word:
“I don’t listen to the experts. I listen to my gut.”
- Donald J.
Trump, 45th President of the United States of America
True Believers:
“When Greeks speak of Gods fathering human children,
we call it Greek Mythology. When we
speak of it, we call it Religion.” – Old Buz
“Born an agnostic and with the help of GOD* will
remain one.” – Old
Buz
*GOD – an
acronym (G.O.D.) for Grand Omnipotent DNA – The system (or systems) guiding
the Universe as studied by science.
The Solutions:
“There are no perfect solutions to the problems of our
imperfect world.”
(But, it is
nice to keep searching.) – Old Buz
“All living beings base their conscious actions on
their knowledge. The difference in the
effectiveness of their actions is the quality of their knowledge and their
skill.” – Old Buz
The essence of knowledge:
“The essence of knowledge is having it to use it.” – Confucius
“The essence of knowledge is recollection.” – Plato
“The essence of knowledge is a search for accurate
awareness.” – Old
Buz
“The end does not justify the means. We die in the end and live in the means.”
- Old Buz
“Place your dumb head on MY PILLOW.” – thank”Q”forsharing.com
“The pioneers take the arrows.” – Anon
Remember:
“One cannot
fool all of the people all of the time … and that is why we have two political parties.” -Anon
“A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always
depend on the support of Paul.” – George Bernard Shaw
“A liberal is a person whose interests aren’t at stake
at the moment.” - Willis Player
“A conservative is a person who does not think
anything should be done for the first time.” – Frank Vanderlip
“There are some things only intellectuals are crazy
enough to believe.” - George Orwell (best present
example: The Big Bang Theory)
“Medicine is the orderly arrangement of what at the
moment, seem to be facts.” – Anon
“Economics: the science that tells you what you
already know in words you don’t understand.” – Dr. Grubbs, U of Colorado Professor of Economics
“Our quaint optimistic aphorisms, offered in an hour
of anguish, are like playthings by the bedside of a deathly sick child.” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“I think; therefore I am.” – Rene’ Descartes (original quote)
“I think; therefore I think I am.” – Ambrose Bierce (a much needed clarification)
(Your) “Life is what you think.” – J.R. Pirtle (accurate conclusion)
“Psychiatry: enables us to correct our faults by
confessing our parents’ shortcomings.” - Laurence J. Peter
“The essence of a quotation is often lost in
translation.” –
Jesus of Nazareth (spoken in Hebrew)
“With deeper understanding comes simplicity.” – Old Buz
“Trump
Republicans: The party of the 5th Amendment.” – Old Buz
“Somewhere back in infinity … it All began with a
plop.” – Divine
Revelation
“There is a willful blindness that marches alongside
loyalty.” – Old Buz
“Beware of corporations bearing gifts.” – Tros, the Founder of Troy, 3,000 BC
“There are some things that only The Faithful are
crazy enough to believe.” – Old Buz (example: God created the universe about 6.000 years ago … in
six days.)
“Suicide is the only arguably, morally justifiable use
of a deadly weapon.” –
Old Buz (Morals,
shmorals … it’s a messy method.)
Humanist: “Morality without Mythology”
“If you take great pride in the color of your skin,
you have little to be proud of.” -Old Buz
“Rarely is the last word the wisest word spoken.” – Old Buz
“If you are starting to use emoji to express your
thoughts … remember your mother’s good advice: Use your words darling.” – Your Mother
“The word Freedom is fast becoming a synonym for the
word Stupidity.” –
Thank Q
“Political Polarity:
Where one person’s truth is another’s nonsense.” – Old Buz (Not a very good formula
for cooperation and progress.)
Religion: “Currently,
the longest running successful experiment in human gullibility.” – Old Buz
Society: “Camel riders on route to attempt passage through the eye of a needle.” – Old Buz
“Predator or President, we love him either way.” – The RNC
“Willful ignorance is nine tenths of the Trump
Republican.” – Old
Buz (With respect to political correctness and effective communication, I gave
them an unearned one tenth.)
“Don’t rock the trough.” – Motto of the United States
Government
“Ignorance about your enemy is not a position of
power.” – Old Buz
“Follow a voice that reminds you of Home, leaf in the
wind that you make as you follow.” – Daniel Sobel
THE OBVIOUS:
“All living things base their conscious actions on
their knowledge*. The difference in their effectiveness is the quality of their
knowledge and their skill.” – Old Buz
* ”The essence of knowledge is an ongoing search for
accurate awareness”
“Enjoy your awareness.
It is definitely a choice and possibly a gift.” – Old Buz
“Everything that you are presently aware of existed
before you were aware of it.” – Old Buz”
“God doesn’t know a weed from a flower and that is why
Donald Trump lives.” – Old Buz
“Kevin, we are not going to turn over the control of
our nation to Marjory Taylor Green of QAnon, simply so that you can maintain
your position as House Majority Leader.” – President Joe Biden (spoken if this were the best of
all possible worlds)
“In the best of all possible worlds Donald Trump would
not exist, so where the hell are we?” – Gottfried Leibniz
“The loyalist follows the under tail scent of the
lemming in front of him.” – Old Buz
“Illusion x Majority Opinion = Truth & Knowledge” – Old Buz
“HONK if you love
Jesus.
TEXT if you’d like to meet
Him.” - American Foundation for Truth in Bumper Stickers
“Ponder your awareness. But remember, faith is an obstacle.” – Old Buz
Cheers, Old Buz 06.13.2023
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