Perfect!

I would give it five but he added the word God.

For some the road is short for others it never ends.

Mike, you amaze me. You comment with the perfect answer yet unable to see the exact same meaning in the previous quote. Waffler, spot on...

Above is an indication of our total ignorance towards eastern culture - really very sad.As usual they have the wrong end of the stick. Mike, at least you have the intelligence to ask for enlightenment, I'll try; Buddha in this quote, is explaining the importance of SELF. And that if we truly understand SELF and live in the moment all else has no significance. I'm not religious but I thought this appropriate: 'God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest.' J.G. Holland, American poet, 1819-1881

Good Archer

It's not the carpenter its the sponsor who is to blame for a faulty house. He, she, or it, dictates the materials - can you blame the use of Chinese dry wall on the carpenter? or the faulty design?

Here's a little more background: http://www.barefootsworld.net/14uncon.html

I concur.

Oh yes..... And, how many war mongers and self-proclaimed patriots scream this word.

Obviously, gunny needs a history lesson.

If the truth is so &%$#@(*& obvious WHY ISN'T IT TOLD????????????? And as for Anon he or she needs to read before ranking. I have given you the seed - now run with it and do your own research.

Liberty can be a slow fruit but also swift as a knife.

Indeed it does, but even more courage is to act accordingly. It's not enough to be honest in a vacuum.

I'll give it five stars for it's sentiment, alas, the truth is sometimes buried for centuries and may never be revealed to the masses: did Richard the third kill the two Prince's; was Mohammad denied the Jewish religion, who assassinated JFK, did Bush steal the 2000 election, who was really responsible for 911 - the list goes on and we will probably never know the truth.

Divine... ten stars

A true patriot is one who fly's the banner of peace and truth and always questions authority.

Wow! One of my favorites. Source: Childe Harold (canto IV, st.98) Wrote probably standing on the point of Cape Sounian

I would rather live a life of failed passion than one of silence.

I voted for Obama for CHANGE - O dear, O dear, O dear. We are the problem!!!!!!!

There are no more lines left to cross - now is our time. Stop the words and intellectual rhetoric - it's action we need now! We have arrived at the tipping point.

With this philosophy we would have no babies left in America.

Good Joy...

Why don't these people say the truth, all the truth, over 50% of our taxes go to feed the military machine and yet people like Armey stay silent and rant and rage over taxes - which is the easy way out. We need brave rhetoric not people "please" stuff. We have socialism for the rich (tax cuts and banking bail-out $4 trillion and still counting) and still do since the corporate elitists took over. The difference between Marxism and Starlin is far greater than the difference between Socialism and capitalism.

It tries to be a Libertarian quote but he is way off the mark. Calling a spade a spade is exactly what we don't want for it is self indulgent and egotistical. As you can tell from above partisan politics is in fine form.