Wise sayings = Cards

[Aladdin]

Ash,
The racing driver Sir Stirling Moss is renowned for sayings and quotations.
One of which as closely as i can remember was, 'a man is ruled by his penis much more than he may ever care to admit'. Guess this would stand up well for the Ace of rods / wands.

 

[sacredashes]

Aladdin,

I did a reading for a friend of mine last week and this card came up first... it was a love life reading and he was torn between 2 different women but he wasn't really looking for a commitment. He just wanted to know if he was going to get "lucky"... with both. I definately see what you mean.


Ash

 

[sacredashes]

Stephen Covey:

"We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us." = 2 of Swords (r); 8 of Swords (r); Wheel of Fortune

"The way we see the problem is the problem." = 3 of Swords; 9 of Swords

Kahlil Gibran:

"Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need." = 6 of Pentacles

"I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers." = 4 of Cups

"The deeper sorrow carves into your being the more joy you can contain." = Queen of Cups

"Yesterday is but today's memory, tomorrow is today's dream." = 6 of Cups


17.08.2008

 

[Feretian]

eight of pentacles

I do most of my work sitting down-that's where I shine. --Robert Benchley

 

[sacredashes]

"Time flies like an arrow" = Knight of Swords
"Fruit flies like a banana" = Knight of Pentacles

Sorry, couldn't resist.. whose quote is that btw? It's witty, witty, funny.

 

[Feretian]

Creepy...I just put that on my signature last night...I heard it years ago in New Hampshire from an illustrator named Walter ---(?)(oh this old brain) who used it in his series of animal greeting cards.

 

[sacredashes]

Homer :

"Do thou restrain the haughty spirit in thy breast, for better far is gentle courtesy." = Strength

"Of men who have a sense of honor, more come through alive than are slain, but from those who flee comes neither glory nor any help." = 7 of Swords

"Young men's minds are always changeable, but when an old man is concerned in a matter, he looks both before and after. " = All the 4 Kings sitting upright upon their thrown, wearing crowns of gold that bleeds away their youth; Emperor; Hierophant; Hermit

Sri Madhava :

"Freedom, then, lies only in our innate human capacity to choose between different sorts of bondage, bondage to desire or self esteem, or bondage to the light that lightens all our lives." = 8 of Swords; The Devil

Carl Jung :

"Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived life of the parent." = Empress; Emperor; 10 of Pentacles; 10 of Cups

"The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers." = 5 of Swords

"We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses. " Wheel of Fortune; The Tower

Robert Frost:

"Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence." = The Chariot; Temperance

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference." = Fool, Magician, 7 of Pentacles, all the 4 Knights thinking they will save the world

"The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work." = 9 of Swords

"A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer." = Justice

Adolf Hitler :

"The great masses of the people... will more easily fall victims to a great lie than to a small one." = The Moon; 7 of Swords

"...obstacles do not exist to be surrendered to, but only to be broken." = Knight of Wands; 7 of Wands

"What luck for rulers that men do not think." = Emperor (r); Hierophant (r)

Mahatma Gandhi:

"I cannot teach you violence, as I do not myself believe in it. I can only teach you not to bow your heads before any one even at the cost of your life." = 7 of Wands

"I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent." = 7 of Wands

"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will." = = Strength; 7 of Wands

"In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth. " = Hermit; Hanged Man; 8 of Cups


18.08.2008

 

[sacredashes]

Aesop, The Goose with the Golden Eggs:

"Thinking to get at once all the gold the goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find - nothing." = 9 of Cups

Aesop, The Lion and the Mouse:

"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." = Strength

Mahatma Gandhi (attributed)

"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind." = Justice

Seneca:

"Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received." = 6 of Pentacles

"Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones." = 5 of Swords

"I do not distinguish by the eye, but by the mind, which is the proper judge." = King of Swords

"If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable." = 3 of Wands

"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult." 2 of Wands

'It is pleasant at times to play the madman. " = The Fool


18.08.2008

 

[Bernice]

"Those whom the Gods love, they first drive mad" = The Fool

 

[balenciaga]

Sartre: "Hell is other people" - The hermit