A Pondering Mind

Thinking

brewed coffee makes a great statement vs instant, it just doesn’t make the cut

The Most Beautiful Things

Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance.

~John Steinbeck

Pursuit Of Money

“In constant pursuit of money to finance campaigns, the political system is simply unable to function. Its deliberative powers are paralyzed.”

~ John Rawls, Philosopher, 1921 – 2002

Beautiful insane in the rain. ~Jack Kerouac

Some walks you have to take alone. ~Suzanne Collins

Ok So

overcast
a tad cool
no rain
good walking weather
which makes
me a happy camper

“Lawyers sometimes tell the truth. They’ll do anything to win a case.” ~Jeremy Bentham

Jeremy Bentham, Philosopher, 1748 – 1832

Friday Evening Snaps

A couple of photos I took, while on my evening walk around town.

Not Good

the feeling when you spill coffee on your clothes, carpet or furniture. it’s a bitch to clean up…

“There is no such thing as freedom of choice unless there is freedom to refuse.” ~David Hume

An Opinion

writing whatever you write, is therapeutic

Bricks

“A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window.”

~ Gilles Deleuze, Philosopher, 1925 – 1995

“No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.” ~Baruch Spinoza

Two Ways To Be Fooled

“There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.”

~ Soren Kierkegaard

Words

Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have different effects.

~ Blaise Pascal

The Poor

The poor don’t know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity.

~ Jean-Paul Sartre

The secret of theory is that truth does not exist. ~Jean Baudrillard

More And More Information

We live in a world where there is more and more information, and less and less meaning.

~ Jean Baudrillard, French philosopher, Born: June 27, 1929 – Died: March 6, 2007

Dream Beings

All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.

~Jack Kerouac

“If you can’t do anything about it, laugh like hell.” ~David Cook

David Cook, Singer-songwriter

Pondering Thought #19

half-baked truth[s], should be baked thoroughly through … then its the whole truth, and nothing but the truth …

Cats of Odessa: Ginger

A couple of nice cat photos. Enjoy.

Nadiia`s photography

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Pondering Thought #18

the thoughts

in this

old noggin

are an

eddying whirlpool

of a swirling

word salad

which would

be best

not said

“It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.” ~ Jerome K. Jerome

Jerome K. Jerome, Writer, Born: May 2, 1859 – Died: June 14, 1927

Essentials To Happiness

Joseph Addison, Essayist, Born: May 1, 1672 – Died: June 17, 1719

Six Words

being a nonconformist, can be exhilarating

Children must be taught how to think, not what to think. ~Margaret Mead

I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do. ~Haruki Murakami

“Show me a man or a woman alone and I’ll show you a saint. Give me two and they’ll fall in love. Give me three and they’ll invent the charming thing we call ‘society’. Give me four and they’ll build a pyramid. Give me five and they’ll make one an outcast. Give me six and they’ll reinvent prejudice. Give me seven and in seven years they’ll reinvent warfare. Man may have been made in the image of God, but human society was made in the image of His opposite number, and is always trying to get back home.”

~ Stephen King

… and so

the month

of may

is here

what will

the new

month bring

Pondering Thought #17

new month

new day

no complaints

Bon Mot #4

well nowadays … it’s all for naught

Six Word Saturday

saturday morning.

black coffee.

digital crosswords.

I read so I can live more than one life in more than one place. ~Anne Tyler

The future is uncertain but the end is always near. ~Jim Morrison

Six Words

four months done. eight to go.

Bon Mot #3

the rain doesn’t turn me into a shrinking violet.

Freedom Of Choice

“When we can’t think for ourselves, we can always quote” ~ Ludwig Wittgenstein

“You can’t stay mad at somebody who makes you laugh.” ~ Jay Leno

Dogs Are Leaders

Dogs are leaders of the planet. If you see two life forms, one of them is making poop, the other one’s carrying it for him, who would you assume is in charge.

~Jerry Seinfeld