“Traveling is like flirting with life. It’s like saying, ‘I would stay and love you, but I have to go; this is my station.” ~ Lisa St. Aubin de Terán, Novelist
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The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind. ~ William Blake
The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
The thing that differentiates man from animals is money. ~ Gertrude Stein
Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quote
People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little. ~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau ~ Genevan philosopher ~ 1712 – 1778
All the world Began With A Yes
“All the world began with a yes. One molecule said yes to another molecule and life was born. But before prehistory there was the prehistory of the prehistory and there was the never and there was the yes. It was ever so. I don’t know why, but I do know that the universe never began.Continue reading “All the world Began With A Yes”
The Joy Of Reading Fiction
That is the joy of reading fiction: when all is said and done, the novel belongs to the reader and his or hers imagination. ~ Alice Hoffman
In reality, every reader is, while reading,the reader of his own self. ~ Marcel Proust
Learning To Relax
Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer. ~ William S. Burroughs
Tears are the body’s raindrops of emotion. ~ Robert M. Hensel
Robert M. Hensel, Spanish Poet-Writer
Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver. ~ William James
“What worries you, masters you.” ~ John Locke
John Locke – Philosopher B: August 29, 1632 – D: October 28, 1704
Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him. ~ E. M. Forster
E. M. Forster – English Novelist 1879 – 1970
“The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized past.” ~ Robertson Davies
“A Voice from the Attic”. Book by Robertson Davies, 1960.
In law, nothing is certain but the expense. ~Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler – English Author, 1835 – 1902
As soon as there is life there is danger. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
“But I suppose the most revolutionary act one can engage in is… to tell the truth.” ~ Howard Zinn
Howard Zinn (1999). “Marx in Soho: A Play on History”, p.4, South End Press
Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence. ~ Henry David Thoreau
Insecurity is a waste of time. ~ Diane von Furstenberg
Diane von Furstenberg, Fashion designer ~ 1946 –
What We Know
It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning. ~ Claude Bernard, Physiologist ~ 1813 – 1878
Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life. ~ Simone Weil*
*French philosopher, 1909-1943
All Things
“All things are our relatives; what we do to everything, we do to ourselves. All is really One.” ~ Black Elk, Medicine Man ~ B: Dec. 1, 1863 – D: Aug. 19, 1950
Know What A Place Means
“Having a place means that you know what a place means…what it means in a storied sense of myth, character and presence but also in an ecological sense…Integrating native consciousness with mythic consciousness” ~ Gary Snyder, Poet ~ Born: May 8, 1930
“Finding Nirvana is like locating silence.” ~ Jack Kerouac
“The happiness consists in realizing that it is all a great strange dream.” ~ Jack Kerouac*
*”Lonesome Traveler”
“Life is the past, the present and the perhaps.” ~ Bette Davis
Youth has a no age. ~ Pablo Picasso*
*Spanish painter 1881-1973
Cup Of Coffee
“Is it possible to get a cup of coffee-flavored coffee anymore in this country? What happened with coffee? Did I miss a meeting? They have every other flavor but coffee-flavored coffee. They have mochaccino, frappaccino, cappuccino, Al Pacino…Coffee doesn’t need a menu, it needs a cup.” ~ Denis Leary
“Remember, you have no companions but your shadow” ~ Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan, B: May 31, 1162 – D: August 18, 1227 Khagan of the Mongol Empire
I had a pleasant time with my mind, for it was happy. ~ Louisa May Alcott
Life is full of surprises.Why is that always surprising? ~ Cathleen Schine
Emily Deschanel Quote
I Write Differently ~ Franz Kafka
I write differently from what I speak, I speak differently from what I think, I think differently from the way I ought to think, and so it all proceeds into deepest darkness. ~ Franz Kafka
Truth exists; only lies are invented. ~Georges Braque
William Blake Poem
“To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour.” ~ William Blake ‘Auguries of Innocence’ (c. 1803)
In The Universe ~ William Blake
“In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors.” ~ William Blake, Poet ~ 1757 – 1857
There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly. ~ R. Buckminster Fuller
It Is So Hard To Leave ~ John Green
It is so hard to leave-until you leave. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world. ~ John Green, Author
Jackson Pollock Quote
“If people would just look at the paintings, I don’t think they would have any trouble enjoying them. It’s like looking at a bed of flowers, you don’t tear your hair out over what it means.” ~ Jackson Pollock, Died: August 11, 1956 ~ 44 y/o
A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
I am a cage, in search of a bird. ~ Franz Kafka
It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners. ~ Albert Camus
R.I.P Toni Morrison
“If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” ~ Toni Morrison, 88 y/o – Author, Nobel Laureate
Reading ~ Maya Angelou
Easy reading is damn hard writing. But if it’s right, It’s easy. It’s the other way around, too. If it’s slovenly written, then it’s hard to read. It doesn’t give the reader what the careful writer can give the reader. ~ Maya Angelou
Art is the only way to run away without leaving home. ~ Twyla Tharp
Twyla Tharp, American Dancer
The human body is the best picture of the human soul. ~ Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-British philosopher ~ 1889 – 1951
Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath. ~ Michael Caine
Think
Fantasy is escapist,and that is its glory. ~ J. R. R. Tolkien
Existence has over books. Today I slew a mushroom. ~ Emily Dickinson
Existence is illusory and it is eternal. ~ Albert Camus
You cannot create experience.You must undergo it. ~ Albert Camus
Enjoy Your Life by Audrey Hepburn
“The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy – it’s all that matters.” ~ Audrey Hepburn, Actress 1929 – 1993
Anger is a short madness. ~ Horace
Horace, Ancient Roman Poet 65 BC – 8 BC
If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know? ~ Steven Wright
Smarter People ~ Will Rogers
A man only learns by two things; one is reading and the other is association with smarter people. ~ Will Rogers
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. ~ W. H. Auden
W. H. Auden, Anglo-American poet ~ 1907 – 1973
Thinking ~ Carl Jung
“A good snapshot stops a moment from running away.” ~ Eudora Welty
Eudora Welty (1998), “Stories, Essays and Memoir”
Believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear. ~ Edgar Allan Poe
“Birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn’t we?” ~ Rose Kennedy
Who Am I ~ Carl Sandburg
“It is necessary … for a man to go away by himself … to sit on a rock … and ask, ‘Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?” ~ Carl Sandburg, Writer, 1878-1967
Music ~ Albert Einstein
If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music. ~ Albert Einstein
#1 priority is water, water, and more water. ~ Joe Teti
With the high heat and humidity, having/drinking plenty of water, is a good thing.
“War: a massacre of people who don’t know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don’t massacre each other.” ~ Paul Valery
Paul Valery, Bizarre, issues 24-31, (p. 102), 1962
“You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace.” ~ Frank McCourt
Frank McCourt (1999), Angela’s Ashes: A Memoir
Money is the poor people’s credit card. ~ Marshall McLuhan
Albert Camus Quote
“The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.” ~ William James
“We are on the precipice of being so ignorant that our democracy is threatened.” ~ Walter Cronkite
Spiritual Expression ~ John Coltrane
Born: September 23, 1926 – Died: July 17, 1967
Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training. Anna Freud
Anna Freud, Austrian Psychologist
Power and speed be hands and feet. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Without darkness, nothing comes to birth, As without light, nothing flowers.” ~ May Sarton
May Sarton, Poet, B: May 3, 1912 – D: July 16, 1995
Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are. ~ George Santayana
Personality is everything in art and poetry. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Wireless ~ Nikola Tesla
When wireless is fully applied the earth will be converted into a huge brain, capable of response in every one of its parts. ~ Nikola Tesla, Inventor, 1856 – 1943
A child without education, is like a bird without wings. ~ Tibetan Proverb
Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness. ~ Bertrand Russell
It’s better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life. ~ Elizabeth Kenny
Elizabeth Kenny, Born: September 20, 1880 – Died: November 30, 1952
“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.” ~ Jane Austen
Grace ~ Pablo Neruda
“He who does not travel, who does not read, who does not listen to music, who does not find grace in himself, she who does not find grace in herself, dies slowly.” ~ Pablo Neruda, Senator of Chile Born: July 12, 1904 – Died: September 23, 1973
Easy Reading ~ Maya Angelou
Incomes ~ John Locke
“Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.” ~ John Locke, Philosopher ~ 1632-1704
The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision. ~ Helen Keller
To see the Summer Sky ~ Emily Dickinson
To see the Summer Sky Is Poetry, though never in a Book it lie – True Poems flee – ~Emily Dickinson, c.1879
The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings. ~ Okakura Kakuzo
Be as you wish to seem. ~ Socrates
Read Everything ~ William Faulkner
“Read, read, read. Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You’ll absorb it. Then write. If it’s good, you’ll find out. If it’s not, throw it out of the window.” ~ William Faulkner, Born:Continue reading “Read Everything ~ William Faulkner”
Nothing Is Absolute ~ Frida Kahlo
Born: July 6, 1907 – Died: July 13, 1954
Man is always partial and is quite right to be. Even impartiality is partial. ~ G. C. Lichtenberg
G. C. Lichtenberg, German writer and physicist 1742-1799
Benign Indifference To The Universe ~ Albert Camus
For the first time, the first, I laid my heart open to the benign indifference to the universe. To feel it so like myself, indeed so brotherly, made me realize that I’d been happy, and that I was happy still. ~ Albert Camus
In an infinite Universe anything can happen. ~ Douglas Adams
If you rest, you rust. ~Helen Hayes
My favorite daydream, it was this: I would be reading a book alone in my room, and no one would ever, ever interrupt me. ~ Anne Tyler
There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. ~ Joseph Brodsky
Books are the carriers of civilization …
Books are the carriers of civilization … They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind. Books are humanity in print. ~ Barbara W. Tuchman (1912-1989)
