The Seven Deadlies - This week's prompt at GBE2
and Post 5 of the Ultimate Blogging Challenge
I've been wondering how to tackle this prompt and I almost flagged this as nothing came to mind.
And then I thought of all the things I love and one of them are quotes. So quotes it is ...
Pride
Pride juggle with her toppling towers
They strike the sun and cease
But the firm feet of humility
They grip the ground like trees
~ G K Chesteron, The Ballad of the White Horse
Envy
Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own
~ Harold Coffin
Wrath
The sharpest sword is a word spoken in wrath
~ Gautama Buddha, the Gospel of Buddha
Gluttony
Gluttony is the lust of the mind
~ Thomas Hobbes
Sloth
Diligence overcomes difficulties, sloth makes them
~ Benjamin Franklin
Greed
Love gives beauty to everything it touches. Not greed and utility; they produce offices,
but not dwelling houses. To be able to love material things, to clothe them with tender grace,
and yet not be attached to them, this is a great service.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
Warm Regards
and Post 5 of the Ultimate Blogging Challenge
I've been wondering how to tackle this prompt and I almost flagged this as nothing came to mind.
And then I thought of all the things I love and one of them are quotes. So quotes it is ...
Pride
Pride juggle with her toppling towers
They strike the sun and cease
But the firm feet of humility
They grip the ground like trees
~ G K Chesteron, The Ballad of the White Horse
Envy
Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own
~ Harold Coffin
Wrath
The sharpest sword is a word spoken in wrath
~ Gautama Buddha, the Gospel of Buddha
Gluttony
Gluttony is the lust of the mind
~ Thomas Hobbes
Sloth
Diligence overcomes difficulties, sloth makes them
~ Benjamin Franklin
Greed
Love gives beauty to everything it touches. Not greed and utility; they produce offices,
but not dwelling houses. To be able to love material things, to clothe them with tender grace,
and yet not be attached to them, this is a great service.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
Lust
He that but looketh on a plate of ham and eggs to lust after it hath already committed
breakfast with it in his heart
~ CS Lewis
Enjoy your day - some days we can take this philosophically, some days we can take them in jest. It really all depends on your point of view.
Warm Regards
Suzy,
ReplyDeleteYour posts are really thought provoking. I love how you highlighted the 7 Deadlies.
Thanks Kathy. Glad you liked my post.
DeleteThe quote about Sloth is great, and very relevant to some things going on in my life at the moment... and the one about Lust made me giggle!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kat. Yep made me giggle too - I had to share that - lust so cleverly depicted.
DeleteOh. I am certainly guilt of some of these. Though not sloth . Wish I actually had time for that one. To be sloths. A lazy bumb. You know, a sloth on a lounge chair.
ReplyDeleteHi Sandra, Saturday is my sloth day. Not necessarily in a lounge chair though!
DeleteLusting after breakfast...that is classic! I think I may like lust the best. No wait, I mean, of the seven deadlies, lust is, no wait...ummm...nevermind.
ReplyDeleteOh lol, my sentiments exactly.
DeleteI enjoyed all the quotes, but that last one by C.S. Lewis really made me smile.
ReplyDeleteThanks Myrna, yep made me smile too - I had to end on a happy note.
DeleteGreat quotes!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Debbie and thanks for dropping by.
DeleteI like the one about envy and the one about the sharpest sword.. very interesting quotes to sit and ponder for a while.. By the way, Hi! I'm your newest follower! And I also love the haiku on your previous post!
ReplyDeleteThanks Crystal for your comment and for following me. I'm following you too - I see that we both participated in Andy's Lover's Cover challenge. Glad you liked my haiku.
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