Ruby's scrap blog

Being a réal man  (as they say) actually requires the same strength as being a real woman , namely the strength to resist one's own nature on occasion. Only their nature might differ a bit.

The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology. And it is terrifically dangerous, and it is now approaching a point of crisis overall. - Edward Osborne Wilson American biologist, naturalist, and writer, "the father of sociobiology"

  Brothers and sisters, let's abandon the myth that insecurity necessarily comes from a lack of love of oneself! Someone that loves oneself dearly can still be insecure. Such a person has no problems accepting and loving oneself. The real problem here is that they value the acceptance, approval or love of others more than one's own. Thank you (And don't we all do -at least at times- a bit of that?)

Honest conflict has more social value than dishonest harmony . - Joe Rogan

I HATE my feelings not agreeing with my philosophy ... (Except for this hate) - yours truly

Everybody should meditate 30 minutes a day. Unless one doesn't have time of course, then one should meditate an hour!! Thanks, Sam !

If speech is silver and silence is gold ... Then listening must be diamond!

I can't help myself but thinking I wrote something nice.  Is this narcissistic or is sharing a good thing? You tell me. This was a reaction on this article about (Star Wars) the "Force" at CERN: "CERN researchers confirm existence of the Force" My reaction: They are playing with the dark side. One day it will cost us all! (Both joke and not joke.) Non joke explanation, sci-fi style (Ode to Asimov & Clarke): Triljards of years from now, the race that finally became enlightened dug back in the past. In the past before several Bing Bangs happened. In the past were several universes evolved, but never became enlightened. In the past were all universes were destroyed and banged again. After long debate and hundreds of years of research, they finally discovered that Big Bangs -except the first one maybe, before which they could never gain any information- was nothing more than experiments from scientists trying to dig and dig, by the same natura...

windows is a slut...with the difference that she doesn't do everything you ask... - yours truly

Be yourself, everyone else is already taken. -Oscar Wilde

Self reminder: Above all TAKE IT EASY .. NO MATTER WHAT because NOT taking it easy is part of the problem.

You know how people sometimes forget that your criticism is meant constructivily, but just plainly saying that just doesn't do the trick anymore? Try this one for once. I like it and I think it re-"enables". Sandwich every bit of criticism between two thick layers of praise.

The one person with courage is a majority. Thomas Jefferson

Would you eat your pet or force a mentally retarded child to ingest oven cleaner? If not, why is it ok to eat cows and test products on sentient animals?

Better to mind others' business than to grow a(n even) less caring world.

"We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home"  - Edward R. Murrow

I got some chocolates with sayings inside their papers. One is very nice or maybe very self appropriate:  Il faut deux ans pour apprender à parler et toute une vie pour apprender à se taire.   In English, but rather literally (maybe less nice): It takes 2 years to learn and speak and a whole life to learn and shut up.

Pilar, a new friend, has revived the ever lasting poem in me brain.  It remains there partly because of a disastrous trial of mine once, to improve my memory.   But it's a nice piece nevertheless. It's a poem that struck me as being simple, sooo true, yet ironic (or even sarcastic) in only 8 lines of text!!    Here it is:   The Four Ages of Man Yeats He with body waged a fight, But body won; it walks upright.   Then he struggled with the heart; Innocence and peace depart.   Then he struggled with the mind; His proud heart he left behind.   Now his wars on God begin; At stroke of midnight God shall win. Amazing is that I could as well project it on the life of á man as well as on the life of all mankind (through evolution and with the apocalypse at the end). Euh, no ... I do not believe in God, nor do I disbeleive It/Him/Her!!  I am just happy without needing to decide on it.