Index of Pearls and Quinces
Imagination
Imagination is intelligence having fun.
--attributed to Tess
You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.
-- Ray Bradbury
Teaching and Education
I am glad to learn, in order that I may teach.
Honor pre-school teachers.
The Storyteller's Creed by Robert Fulghum
Fire Leaping
Defense
Tea
Tea was introduced to Europe in the mid-1600's. By the 1700's, it had replaced beer as the beverage
of choice at breakfast.
Drink your tea slowly and reverently,
Deity
Mysteries
There is no key to the universe. It was never locked.
In just two days, tommorow will be yesterday.
The Impossible
Earth Changes
Indeed do many things come to pass.
Sometime around 2700 c.e when the next aeon arrives--we're on our own.
Athames and Swords
Any excuse to wear a sword is a good excuse.
A Harsh Truth
Poetry
Value in Trivia
Philosophical Observations
Monotheists are "Peoples of the Book;"
No magic is ever truly destructive. For what is destruction, except creation with an agenda?
If the Wiccan Rede was created, as some suggest, to alleviate the fears of
cowans, it appears not to have worked.
Morris dancing is an exercise in fertility.
Two witches, eight opinions.
The border between the Real and the Unreal is not fixed, but just marks the last place where rival gangs of
shamans fought each other to a standstill.
No witch stands so tall as when she stoops to clean the litter-box.
The Moon's children have the Moon's luck.
Laying a hoodoo trick in someone else's house does not make you a witch. Finding one in your own house
probably will.
A squashed insect does not forgive the windshield.
Never forget that there are genuinely good Christian
people in the world, and that their religion may have something to do with it.
Good manners is the art of graciously pretending one is not superior.
What's the difference between New Age and Neo-Pagan? About one decimal point in cost
per weekend.
The meek shall inherit the Earth. The rest of us are going to the stars!
In nature, there are no rewards or punishments, only consequences.
Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain.
All general statements are wrong.
Rain happens.
Surveys have shown that there are only two types of people: those that answer
surveys and those that don't.
Courtesy is contagious.
Good manners are caught, not taught.
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.
Artificial intelligence is no match for human stupidy.
A pile for everything and everything in its pile.
There are no answers, only cross-references.
Those who dance are thought mad by those who hear not the music.
I realize it annoys people no end that I refuse to fit into any of their boxes.
A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.
--Adlai E. Stevenson
We are locked inside our own skulls for most of our lives.
The past is fixed, yet the future may be bent.
Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out.... Forget this, and achieving enlightenment will be the least
of your worries.
No one person can accomplish all.
Let them curse, for my Goddess doth bless.
The cistern contains: the fountain overflows.
It might be "treason" to mention that the emperor has no clothes, but somebody's got to say it.
Life imitates comedy.
The occult arts are arts; their ultimate secrets can be learned but not taught.
"Nothing is worth more than this day."
You can never go down the drain.
Coming together is a begining; staying together is progress; working together is success.
He who is lucky in love should never play cards.
Faith is belief in what you cannot see, prove, or touch.
If you don't like it, you can't have any.
Advice
Don’t store garlic near other victuals.
Make the ordinary EXTRAORDINARY!
Be weird. Be random. Be who you are. Because you never know who would love the person you hide.
Follow your bliss.
Live now--procrastinate tomorrow!
Life is short. Dance often.
Practice wanton kindness and random acts of beauty.
Practice random intelligence and senseless acts of self-control.
Adopt an animal companion; save a life.
Don't piss off the faeries.
Always be excellent to one another! --Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Strive for Exellence, not Perfection. --10 Things for Sucess
There is no trouble in this world so serious that it can't be cured with a hot bath, a glass of whiskey,
and the Book of Common Prayer.
Live your life as you see fit. That's not selfish. Selfish is to demand that others live their lives as you see fit.
You should never give your money to an organization unless you know how the money's being spent and what the group really does.
Play the Fool on April 1st.
Never learn how to type; someone will ask you to do it.
When Dame Fortune comes to you, invite her in.
Choose to be optimistic, it feels better.
Write a last will and testement and tell your relatives where it is. Update it from time to time.
Learn local historical legends and folklore.
Savor vegetables.
Smell the honeysuckle.
Make compost, not war.
Buy locally grown produce.
Acknowledge the spirituality in yourself and all others.
Know when to keep silent.
Don't tame a dragon to toast your marshmallows.
Cognite tute--think for yourself.
Homosexual Marriage
"In my 20 years of experience as a family therapist, no one ever blamed the
breakup of their marriage on the fact that homosexuals might want to get married."
"Kim Kardashian made 17 million dollars off her wedding, divorced 72 days later
"These people are making a big deal out of gay marriage? I don't give a fuck about who
wants to get married to anybody else. We're making a big deal out of things we shouldn't
be making a big deal out of. They go on and on with all this bullshit about 'sanctity.'
Don't give me that sanctity crap.! Just give everybody the chance to have the life they
want."
"For me, it's not only a legal issue, but an emotional issue. Two people work, pay taxes, act responsibly as far as
I'm concerned the State should have no issue if they want to be married and have a union that allows them to inherit
and take advantage of the tax benefits of marriage. I have no problem with that."
Books
A chill in the air, a cat on the lap, a mug of java and a good book.
Books are the most mannerly of companions.
Books can lift our spirits, heal our wounds, steel our courage and strengthen our religious resolve. --Scott Cunningham
You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.
I was born with a reading list I will never finish. --Unknown
Ecology
We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.
Pantheism
The atoms of our bodies are traceable to stars that manufactured them in their cores and exploded these enriched ingredients across our galaxy, billions of years ago. For this reason, we are biologically connected to every other living thing in the world. We are chemically connected to all molecules on Earth. And we are atomically connected to all atoms in the universe. We are not figuratively, but literally stardust.
--Neil deGrasse Tyson
You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is
unfolding as it should.
--Max Ehrmann, Desiderata: A Poem for a Way of Life, 1927
Tell your kids: The atoms in our human bodies have been STARS, MAGMA, OCEANS, DINOSAURS, and FOOD. We are made of the stuff of the Universe
and Time. --Anonymous
"I am a child of Earth and starry sky." --From the Golden Tablets of Orpheus and used in some modern Neo-Pagan intiations.
The Earth has music for those who listen.
--Shakespeare
This planet is our home. Our life and hers are interdependent.--Doreen Valiente
The source of man's unhappiness is his ignorance of nature.
--Paul Henri Thiry, Baron D'Holback (French Materlialist Philosopher)
The earth is one tiny part of a vast energy network. --Scott Cunningham
Religious Freedom
The Christian fear of the pagan outlook has damaged the whole consciousness of man. --D.H. Lawrence
Cats
Thousands of years ago, the Egyptians worshipped cats. Cats have never forgotten this.
Conflict
Gods don't kill people. People with Gods kill people.
Humor
When witchcraft is outlawed, only outlaws will ride brooms.
Oh sure, it's all fun and games until the flying monkeys show up.
I'm not stupid, I'm not expendable, and I'm not getting out of this pentacle.
A witch in time is an hour early for the Sabbat.
Jokes and Bad Puns
What does a Hellenistic Neo-Pagan do at a parking meter?
Reads the signs, calls the quarters, and pays tribute to Demeter.
Non-Judgement Day is near.
Trad Wisdom
If you don't like it, you can't have any.
As fast as speeding oak.
It's true, it's true. I made it all up. And it's all true.
Movies
You say listening to your heart and trusting what you feel, is that what you are callin' dangerous? You know what?
I hope I am contagious, 'cause life isn't about your damn books and theories. You know what life is like an'
--and IT'S MESSY! It's complicated! And, you know what, IT TAKES GUTS! And that's not something you are going to
find in any book. And just because you don't understand it--that doesn't mean it's crazy.
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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
--Stobeaeus Diogenes
--Seneca
--good advice
I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge,
That myth is more potent than history,
That dreams are more powerful than facts,
That hope always triumphs over experience,
That laughter is the only cure for grief,
And I believe that love is stronger than death.
--Robert Fulghum
"Of course they are naked. It’s much too dangerous to jump a fire with your clothes on."
--Lord Summer Isle in The Wicker Man
Christian pacifist: If man hits me with a stick, I have 3 choices.
I can hit him back. I can stand there and be hit again. Or I can walk away.
Qwai Chang Cain: There is a 4th choice. You can take the stick away.
--Kung Fu, the 1970's TV series
Teabing: (voice over intercom) But first, a test of honour. Three questions.
Langdon: Fire away.
Teabing: Shall I serve coffee or tea?
Langdon: Tea, of course.
Teabing: Excellent. Second, milk or lemon?
Sophie: (softly to Langdon) Milk?
Langdon: That would depend on the tea.
Teabing: Correct. ...
--The DaVinci Code movie
--from inside an Honest Tea bottle cap, collected April 2007.
as if it is the axis
on which the world earth revolves
- slowly, evenly, without
rushing toward the future;
Live the actual moment.
Only this moment is life.
--Thich Nhat Hahn, Vietnamese Zen Buddhist
Deity is who. Evolution is how.
--author unknown
Guard the Mysteries; constantly reveal them.
--popular Craft saying found on Nancy Button,
ultimately taken from a poem from the late Lew Welsh
--Nancy Button
--bumpersticker
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It only wastes your time and annoys the pig.
--Nancy Button
The Earth quakes and the Heavens rattle; the beasts of nature flock together and the nations of men flock apart;
volcanos use up heat while elesewhere water becomes ice and melts; and on other days it just rains.
--HBT; The Book of Predictions,Chapter 19
--Astrological aphorism about the Age of Aquarius
Of course you can cast a perfectly fine circle with
a kitchen knife...but there's something about a two-hundred dollar hand-forged designer athame
that makes you want to cast it more often.
Athames are like penises. The size may not matter,
but most people like 'em bigger anyway.
Never expect a police officer to understand the
ritual nature of your athame.
-- from "Arachne's aphorisms for Wiccans"
--Nancy Button
I find that a lot of socializing is simply a way of communicating that we like one another. When we
stand around the party, sloshing our wine around and catching up with each other, essentially we are
just saying "I like you" over and over again. I respond, "I like you too."
--Michael Ian Black (2010)
Superstition is the poetry of life.
--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If you gather enough trivia together in one place--especially if that trivia revolves around a specific subject--it ceases to be "trivia" and becomes "significa." --MW, 2013
The most radical notion in Wicca is that religion can be fun.
-- from "Arachne's aphorisms for Wiccans"
the Pagans are the "People of the Library."
--Steven Posch
--Nancy Button
-- from "Arachne's aphorisms for Wiccans"
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-- from "Arachne's aphorisms for Wiccans"
--source unknown
-- from "Arachne's aphorisms for Wiccans"
--LWW
-- from "Arachne's aphorisms for Wiccans"
--LWW
--Neo-Pagan saying
--SF fandom saying
--source unknown
--Common saying
--LWW
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--Nancy Button
--LWW
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--Aidan Kelly
--source unknown
--Wiccan proverb
--Nancy Button
--Wiccan proverb
--Wiccan saying
--William Blake
--Isaac Bonewits
--Kalabran
-- Richard Cavendish
--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
--Mr. Rogers
--author unknown
--Italian saying
--Elizabeth Gilbert
--Church of All Worlds saying
Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.
--MW
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--Joseph Campbell
--Nancy Button
--source unknown
--variation of a common New Age saying
--variation of a common New Age saying
--source unknown
--general good advice
--annoymous grandmother in Eat, Pray, Love.
--Anthony de Mello
--Lilith McLelland, Out of the Shadows, 2002
--LWW
--generic wisdom
--source unknown
--His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso
--sound legal advice
--LWW
--green advice
--LWW
--tee shirt with drawing of someone composting a garden.
--green advice
--New Age saying
Know when to speak up.
--source unknown
Civil marriage is a civil right.
--tee shirt
--Rabbi Michael Lern
And they're worried about gays ruining the sanctity of marriage?"
--source unknown
--Clint Eastwood, from GQ interview, October 2011
--Judge Judith Sheindlin, aka "Judge Judy"
So many books, so little time.
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--Amos Bronson Alcott
--Ray Bradbury, Reader's Digest, January, 1994.
Save Mother Earth--She's our only source of chocolate!
"If anyone cannot feel the power of God when he looks upon the stars, then I doubt whether he is capable of feeling
at all. From the enduring wonder of the heavens flows all grace and power. If anyone thinks it is mindless then he
himself must be out of his mind." -- Philosopher Cicero
But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor
breaks my leg. --Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia, 1782
Dogs think they're human. Cats know they're gods.
--common saying among catlovers
--common saying among catlovers
Religion isn't the cause of war, it's the excuse.
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If you gathered together all the known pieces of the True Cross, you could build a house big enough
to hold all the authentic Gardnerian Books of Shadows.
-- from "Arachne's aphorisms for Wiccans"
--Wiccan humor
--teeshirt
--Tess, '96
--Wiccan humor
What do you get if you have thirteen witches in a hot tub? A self-cleaning coven.
--Wiccan humor
--Neo-Pagan humor
--teeshirt
Do not coddle weakness.
Do not submit your Life Force to anyone.
God is Self and Self is God.
I would know myself in all my parts.
--teachings from the Anderson Feri Tradition
--Church of All Worlds saying
--ADF Druidism
--Protean saying
You know what your problem is, it's that you haven't seen enough movies - all of life's riddles
are answered in the movies.
--Steve Martin
--Marina in The Butcher's Wife, 1991
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