PHILOSOPHY 101

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Philosophy asks the simple question:

What is it all about.

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Alfred North Whitehead

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The philosopher has to be the

bad conscience of his age.

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Fredrich Nietzsche
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Any two philosophers can tell each other

all they know in two hours.

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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I have tried too in my time to be

a philosopher; but I don't know how,

cheerfulness was always breaking in.

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Oliver Edwards

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When he who hears does not know what

he who speaks means, and when he who speaks

does not know what he himself means,

that is philosophy.

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Voltaire
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Philisophy, rightly defined, is simply the

love of wisdom.

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Cicero
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Philosophy is the stray camel of the faithful;

take hold of it wherever ye come across it.

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Muhammad

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I doubt, therefore I think;

I think, therefore I am.

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Descartes

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"LET ME DO IT NOW"

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I expect to pass through this world

but once. Any good thing, therefore,

that I can do, or any kindness I can show

a fellow being, let me do it now.

Let me not defer or neglect it,

for I shall not pass this way again.

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Stephen Grellet

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THE MEDICINE OF HUMOR

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There ain't much fun in medicine,

but there's a good deal of medicine in fun.

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Josh Billings

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ORIGINALITY

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The more intelligent a man is,

the more originality he discovers in men.

Ordinary people see no difference

between men.

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Blaise Pascal

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GLUTTONY

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Gluttons dig their graves with their teeth.

Jewish Proverb

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There are more gluttons than drunkards in hell.

Anonymous

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Most people eat as though they were fattening

themselves for the market.

Edgar W. Howe

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If I ran an ad in the papers in New Mexico calling

for movie extras in an upcoming production titled

FATTY PIGS ON PARADE, I'd get about half

the state to show up.

Todd Phillips

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The sin of Gluttony or Greed is one of careless overindulgence in the pleasures that God created as part of Nature. Just as Covetousness focuses on desirable objects, Gluttony focuses on pleasurable feelings or sensations of every kind. Gluttony is often regarded as a “warm and friendly” sin that permits good relationships with other people — friends can go out together to enjoy a movie, a meal, or a drink. At least, it begins that way, but in Gluttony the desire for pleasure does not know when to stop, because the focus on God has been lost. In his earlier work, the Inferno, Dante provides a vivid picture of Gluttony as it really is — a cold and lonely spiritual void. In Gluttony’s extreme forms — alcoholism, eating disorders, and drug addiction — its true nature is clearly revealed. To be freed from these extreme forms of Gluttony requires more than human effort — but that is true of all sin. No sin can be defeated without God’s help.

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In Ephesians 5:18–20, Paul tells us that we should focus on spiritual pleasures first, and reminds us of the natural counter-prayer associated with Gluttony: the giving of thanks or saying Grace. This focuses our attention back on God, and reminds us that any pleasure we feel uncomfortable thanking God for is a pleasure best avoided.
Tony Dekker
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Here's a few websites with info, advice, and prayer:
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http://www.catholicbible101.com/overcominggluttony.htm

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http://www.christianforumsite.com/threads/prayer-to-overcome-my-physical-gluttony-emotional-obession-with-food.24652/

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http://www.ellenskitchen.com/dashof/gluttony.html

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WISDOM FROM W.C. FIELDS

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Don't worry about your heart, it will last

as long as you live.

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Horse sense is the thing a horse has

that keeps it from betting on people.

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Ah, the patter of little feet around the house.

There's nothing like having a midget for a butler.

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Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of

snakebite, and furthermore always carry

a small snake.

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Some things are better than sex, and some

are worse, but there's nothing exactly like it.

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It ain't what they call you,

it's what you answer to.

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PROSPERITY (?)

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Prosperity is only an instrument to be used;

not a deity to be worshipped.

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Calvin Coolidge

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Few of us can stand prosperity.

Another man's, I mean.

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Mark Twain

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THE MYSTERIOUS

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The most beautiful thing we can experience

is the mysterious.

It is the source of all true art and science.

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Albert Einstein

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