Last year the BBC Learning English website asked people from around the world to nominate their favourite quotations – from speeches, books, poetry and plays … whatever they liked. The winner was, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” from Lao Tzu. The runners up were as follows:
- “An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind” Mahatma Ghandi
- If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.” Nelson Mandela.
- “Better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all” Saint Augustine.
- “You can’t shake hands with a clenched fist.” Dalai Lama
- “And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.” Gospel of Luke, 6.31
I loved the ideas and I am going to run the same competition until the end of October. Post a comment with your favourite quote on the blog. Either vote for a favourite quote that someone has suggested or add your own quote. Prizes will be given out but you will have to wait and see for what!
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“Beliefs are dangerous. Beliefs allow the mind to stop functioning. A non-functioning mind is clinically dead. Believe in nothing” -Maynard James Keenan
Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand. -Karl Marx
Great entries Josh. Speaking of religon, have you caught up with Pat Condell? His humorous video monologues ( he has his own channel on Youtube) address subjects like Islam in Europe, atheism, racism, Catholic morality and politics. They are very confronting and he manages to upset so many people. His latest video is a response to his critics. I think you would find them very interesting!
maybe I would, if we had broadband. U pretty much have to show one in class now
“duty is as heavy as lead
death is as light as a feather”
– Japanese saying
“Even the greatest of Dugongs is helpless in middle of desert.”
-old Buddha proverb
You have to love a good dugong quote. Sam, if Josh saw your original quote … you will not be popular! Try and give me some words that really do mean something to you.
“Fly who sit on toilet seat get pissed off”
-ancient chinese proverb