zenGruv’s most recent Quotables

[He] may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you. He really is an idiot.

Outside of a dog, a book is your best friend, and inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.

Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.

A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.

Good friends, good books & a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopts them.

When late morning rolls around and you're feeling a bit out of sorts, don't worry; you're probably just a little eleven o'clockish.

You can't stay in your corner of the Forest, waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.

You, my dear fellow, are stuck. You are a wedged bear in a great tightness.

Poetry and Hums aren’t things which you get, they’re things which get you. And all you can do is to go where they can find you.

Everything has its own place and function. That applies to people, although many don't seem to realize it, stuck as they are in the wrong job, the wrong marriage, or the wrong house. When you know and respect your Inner Nature, you know where you belong. You also know where you don't belong.

When you discard arrogance, complexity, and a few other things that get in the way, sooner or later you will discover that simple, childlike, and mysterious secret known to those of the Uncarved Block: Life is Fun.

"When you wake up in the morning, Pooh," said Piglet at last, "what's the first thing you say to yourself?"
"What's for breakfast? said Pooh. "What do you say, Piglet?"
"I say, I wonder what's going to happen exciting today?" said Piglet.
Pooh nodded thoughtfully.
"It's the same thing," he said.

If you use violence, you may get some temporary satisfaction. But the nature of violence is unpredictable - unexpected results often happen.