Comments on: Interesting Quote – Who Really Said It?…

By: Nathan Hare

Nathan Hare — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 13:10:48 +0000

“If you can move one grain of sand the world will never be quite the same again.”

I heard this quotation stated like that by Huey P. Newton. I wasn't altogether sure he had originated it, but am struck by the fact that the internet doesn't reveal anybody else.

By: Dr. Spammy

Dr. Spammy — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:13:02 +0000

“…these are the days of our lives.”

By: DharmaJ

DharmaJ — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 18:56:03 +0000

From my understanding of such subtle meaning is simply this: Right Action, or lackthereof.

Sadly, planet Earth (so we call it) now has over six billion human inhabitants, all of which think they are right and yet this so called “right” appears to be part of the problem, not part of the solution.

So, we are all moving our own individual “grain of sand” thinking we are right in doing so but how is that so many moving in different directions ever resolve anything?

We move the grain of sand because it is there. Few can sit in peace or have the consciousness to stop BEFORE acting upon the impulse.

The more intelligent we become, the more greedy we are!

Mostly, we are cursed withing a pardox of doing and/or not doing. It appears to me that the human race has already done enough in most cases and definately not enough in other cases.

Ah yes…….and the Wheel of Life continues on and on and on and on until we finally destroy ourselves.

Where is that snooze button any way ?

By: DanB

DanB — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 03:35:57 +0000

Tom ~

Thank you. I like your phrase.

Someone privately pointed me to Buddha. There were some similar phrases by Buddha but I felt they had a different sentiment.

I am not convinced that sameness is an illussion as much as I am that time is. Time is certainly a useful hallucination to impose on our world.

~ Dan

By: Mousseau

Mousseau — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 03:08:25 +0000

Dan:
I hate to tell you this.
“If everyone did nothing,
the world would never be the same.”
By Tom Mousseau and probably others.
Sameness is only a concept devised by humans for cenvenience. Something to do with the inherent construct of time, and our need to understand.
I do understand the sentiment.
If I recall an attributed source I will let you know. Keep off the beach.

Tom Mousseau
in the Great Grey North.

By: DanB

DanB — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 21:47:59 +0000

Thank you very much. that is very helpful.