“We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another, unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present, and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present. We are made of layers, cells, …
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Invincible Love
“My dear, In the midst of hate, I found there was, within me, an invincible love. In the midst of tears, I found there was, within me, an invincible smile. In the midst of chaos, I found there was, within me, an invincible calm. I realized, through it all, that… In the midst of winter, …
Fear & Love
“There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot …
Reality
“People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that’s bullshit. Love hurts. Feelings are disturbing. People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous. How can they deal with love if they’re afraid to feel? Pain is meant to wake us …
Pass The Word Along
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Embodiment of Love
Four Words
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3 For 3
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Judging People
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The Mind Loves The Unknown
“The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning of the mind itself is unknown.” ~ Rene Magritte, Artist, 1898 – 1967
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“Singing, it’s like it’s like loving somebody, it’s a supreme emotional and physical experience.” ~ Janis Joplin
“Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.” ~W. H. Auden
Essentials To Happiness
Joseph Addison, Essayist, Born: May 1, 1672 – Died: June 17, 1719
Falling In Love
“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 …
“Rules for Happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.” ~Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant, Philosopher, Born: April 22, 1724 – Died: February 12, 1804
“And so love goes. And so life goes. And so I go.” ~ Neal Cassady
Quick Fiction
He told her lover, cry me a river. She started to weep, when suddenly it seemed like the dam broke, and all hell broke loose. She just kept crying and crying, and it looked liked it wasn’t going to stop any time soon. Now he wished he never told her to cry.
The Opposite Of
“The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference.” ~ Elie Wiesel
Fear
“To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.” ~ Bertrand Russell
“Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.” ~Anthony Burgess
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Promises To Keep
“But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep.” ~ Robert Frost
The Opposite Of Love
“The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference.” ~ Elie Wiesel
A Mother’s Love
“A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.” ~ Agatha Christie
To Be A Philosopher
“To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity and trust.” ~ Henry David Thoreau
“Remember tonight… for it is the beginning of always.” ~Dante Alighieri
Be Who You Are
“About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won’t like you at all.” ~ Rita Mae Brown
Coffee and love are best when they are hot. ~German Proverb
I love being an introvert…
“I’m an introvert… I love being by myself, love being outdoors, love taking a long walk with my dogs and looking at the trees, flowers, the sky.” ~ Audrey Hepburn
Mankind is composed of two sorts of men – those who love and create, and those who hate and destroy. ~Jose Marti
“At the end of the day people won’t remember what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel.” ~ Maya Angelou
Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone. ~Anthony Burgess
Walk Beside Me …..
“Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.” ~ Albert Camus
In art as in love, instinct is enough. ~ Anatole France
Anatole France – French Novelist
Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence. ~ Henry David Thoreau
Emily Dickinson Quote
I hope you love birds too. It is economical. It saves going to heaven. ~ Emily Dickinson
The Best Things In Life Are Free.
The best things in life are free. Sunsets and sunrises are free. Air is free. Love is free. Death is free. The best things in life are free. ~ Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
A Precious Privilege
Be who you are. ~ Rita Mae Brown
“About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won’t like you at all.” ~ Rita Mae Brown. Writer – B: November 28, 1944
Rules For Happiness ~ Immanuel Kant
“Rules for Happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.” ~ Immanuel Kant, Philosopher – B: April 22, 1724 – D: February 12, 1804
Behold, my friends, the spring is come; ~ Sitting Bull
“Love one another (His last words)” ~ George Harrison
George Harrison – B. February 25, 1943 – D. November 29, 2001 (58 y/o)
“Rules for Happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.” ~ Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant, Philosopher – B. April 22, 1724 – D. February 12, 1804
In love, one and one are one. Jean-Paul Sartre
People are afraid of themselves ~ Jim Morrison
“People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that’s bullshit. Love hurts. Feelings are disturbing. People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous. How can they deal with love if they’re afraid to feel? Pain is meant to wake us …
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Poets Are The Only People ~ Hannah Arendt
Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake it for a universal one. ~ Hannah Arendt – 1906-1975
Quote: Hermann Hesse, To Hold Our Tongues
“To hold our tongues when everyone is gossiping, to smile without hostility at people and institutions, to compensate for the shortage of love in the world with more love in small, private matters; to be more faithful in our work, to show greater patience, to forgo the cheap revenge obtainable from mockery and criticism: all …
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Quote: Hermann Hesse
Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go. ~Hermann Hesse
Poem: Walt Whitman, Miracles
“As for me, I know nothing else but miracles, Whether I walk the streets of Manhattan, Or dart my sight over the roofs of houses toward the sky, Or wade with naked feet along the beach just in the edge of the water, Or stand under the trees in the woods, Or talk by day …
Life Is Short ~ Henri Frederic Amiel
The Four Conditions of Happiness ~ Albert Camus
“The Four Conditions of Happiness: Life in the open air, Love for another being, Freedom from ambition, Creation” ~Albert Camus
A Man Who Lies ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
“A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he ends up losing respect for himself and for others. When he has no respect for anyone, he can no longer love, and, in order to divert himself, having no love …
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Quote ~ Henry David Thoreau
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. ~Henry David Thoreau
George Harrison’s Last Words
Born: February 25, 1943 – Died: November 29, 2001
Love Is
To sing is to love and affirm, to fly and to soar, to coast into the hearts of the people who listen to tell them that life is to live, that love is there, that nothing is a promise, but that beauty exists, and must be hunted for and found. -Joan Baez (Daybreak 1968)
Life
Life is just a bowl of cherries, don’t take it serious, its mysterious. Life is just a bowl of cherries, so live and laugh and laugh at love, love a laugh, laugh and love. -Bob Fosse
Earth
Take away love and our earth is a tomb. -Robert Browning
Everybody Can Be… Martin Luther King, Jr.
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When You Can’t Fall Asleep ~ Dr. Seuss
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Her eyes are gleaming with love.
Love Quote by Robert Frost
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Marcus Aurelius Quote
“When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love …” – Marcus Aurelius http://www.bquot.es/s/254
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Wisdom
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Monday Quote
“Love is like a flower-you’ve got to let it grow.” – John Lennon http://www.bquot.es/s/192
Wednesday Morning Quote
“Love is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear.” – John Lennon http://www.bquot.es/s/194
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“When You Cook …………
“When you cook it should be an act of love. To put a frozen bag in the microwave for your child is an act of hate.” – Raymond Blanc
Albert Einstein Quote
Margot Asquith Quote
“From the happy expression on their faces you might have supposed that they welcomed the war. I have met with men who loved stamps, and stones, and snakes, but I could not imagine any man loving war.” – Margot Asquith http://www.bquot.es/s/2015
Unity
We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity. Malcolm X
Changing Seasons
To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring. -George Santayana This work A Pondering Mind is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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It was a beautiful morning, and it would be nice if it stayed this way.
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Self-Knowledge
I knew what my job was; it was to go out and meet the people and love them. — Diana, Princess of Wales
Though lovers be …
Though lovers be lost love shall not. — Dylan Thomas
If music be …
If music be the food of love, play on. — William Shakespeare
When you arise in the morning,…
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. — Marcus Aurelius
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