Gene Hirschel:
CLASS OF 1980
North Bergen High SchoolClass of 1980
North bergen, NJ
Gene's Story
Gene is from North Bergen, New Jersey. Gene's schools include North Bergen High School. Gene later attended Saint Peter's College, Stevens Institute of Technology.
Music Gene likes includes Elton John, Classic rock, Don Henley. Books Gene likes include Illusions, The Sense of Being Stared At, Lord Of The Rings. Movies Gene likes include Office Space, Harold & Maude, What The Bleep Do We Know?. TV shows Gene likes include I Miss Buffy, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Bizarre Foods.
One of Gene's favorite quotes is:"You can find me anywhere except somewhere else. - gth 990216
The pain feared is worse than the pain felt. - gth 990218 (Because it lasts somewhere between much longer and MUCH much longerâ¦)990709
My favorite on truth... think about it:
The devil can quote scripture for his purpose. - Shakespeare
More:
Only a sadistic scoundrel-or a fool-tells the bald truth on social occasions. - Lazarus Long
Sayings used by the Bene Gesserits [Franh Herbert's Dune]
-> All proof inevitably leads to propositions which have no proof. All things are known because we want to believe in them.
-> The purpose of argument is to change the nature of truth.
Borrowed from GUIDELINES FOR ENLIGHTENMENT IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM by Swami Beyondananda
5. It is true. As we go through life thinking heavy thoughts, thought particles tend to get caught between the ears, causing a condition called truth decay. So be sure to use mental floss twice a day. And when you're tempted to practice tantrum yoga, remember what we teach in Swami's Absurdiveness Training class: Don't get even, get odd.
I have discovered the art of fooling diplomats: I speak the truth and they never believe me. -- Camillo Di Cavour
Facts and truth are often cousins--not brothers. -- Edward Bunke
And more...
The devil is easy to identify. He appears when you're terribly tired and makes·· a very reasonable request which you know you shouldn't grant.
Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig.
Feed yourself and feed others. Then, if you have to say good-bye, it won't matter. You will have shared love. - Jeanne Moreau
Eat a live toad first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.
The pain feared is worse than the pain felt: because it lasts somewhere between much longer and MUCH much longerâ¦990709 (me)
Hell is not to love anymore. - Georges Bernanos
Security is mostly a superstition. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. - Helen Keller
Kiss the tear from her lip, you'll find the rose the sweeter for the dew. - Webster
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s no pleasure to build a web and catch only flies when one knows there is a wasp about.
Platonic friendship: The interval between the introduction and the first kiss. - Sophie Irene Loeb
Finally:
I am against all hobbies. I have been against ever since I figured out that nothing I ever do is considered a hobby. All my life I have had to fill out forms that ask about hobbies. I always wanted to write down "reading", but reading is not a hobby. If you collect books, that is a hobby. If you actually read them, it is not. If you happen to watch a butterfly in a field, that is not a hobby. If you put a pin through its little heart, that is a hobby. - Richard Cohen".
More about Gene:"(Borrowed from The Invitation--Oriah Mountain Dreamer)
It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for
and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing.
It doesn't interest me how old you are.
I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love
for your dream
for the adventure of being alive.
It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon...
I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow if you have been opened by life's betrayals or have become shriveled and closed
from fear of further pain.
I want to know if you can sit with pain mine or your own without moving to hide it or fade it or fix it.
I want to know if you can be with joy
mine or your own
if you can dance with wildness
and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us
to be careful
to be realistic
to remember the limitations of being human.
It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling me is true.
I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself.
If you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul.
If you can be faithless
and therefore trustworthy.
I want to know if you can see Beauty even when it is not pretty every day.
And if you can source your own life from its presence.
I want to know if you can live with failure yours and mine
and still stand at the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, "Yes."
It doesn't interest me
to know where you live or how much money you have. I want to know if you can get up
after the night of grief and despair
weary and bruised to the bone
and do what needs to be done
to feed the children.
It doesn't interest me who you know or how you came to be here.
I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire
with me
and not shrink back.
It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom you have studied.
I want to know what sustains you
from the inside
when all else falls away.
I want to know if you can be alone
with yourself
and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.".
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