Quotes
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Life After Death
“The real question of life after death isn’t whether or not it exists, but even if it does what problem this really solves.” ~ Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosopher ~ 1889 – 1951 Continue reading
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Boundaries
“A boundary is not that at which something stops, but that from which something begins.” ~ Martin Heidegger, Philosopher ~ 1889 – 1976 Continue reading
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Change Your Life
“Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.” ~ Simone de Beauvoir Continue reading
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Beat Generation
“The so-called Beat Generation was a whole bunch of people, of all different nationalities, who came to the conclusion that society sucked.” ~ John Clellon Holmes, Author ~ 1926 – 1988 Continue reading
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Redistribution Of Wealth
“You are talking to a leftist. I believe in the redistribution of wealth and power in the world. I believe in universal hospital care for everyone. I believe that we should not have a single homeless person in the richest country in the world. And I believe that we should not have a C.I.A. that… Continue reading
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Simplify Your Life
“Simplify your life. Don’t waste the years struggling for things that are unimportant. Don’t burden yourself with possessions. Keep your needs and wants simple and enjoy what you have. Don’t destroy your peace of mind by looking back, worrying about the past. Live in the present. Simplify!” ~ Henry David Thoreau Continue reading
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Time And Space
“Time and space – time to be alone, space to move about – these may well become the great scarcities of tomorrow.” ~ Edwin Way Teale, Naturalist ~ 1899 – 1980 Continue reading
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Act Of Reading
Running a marathon is just like reading a good book. After a while you’re just not conscious of the physical act of reading. ~ Frank Shorter Continue reading
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Dreaming
“It is possible that I am dreaming right now and that all of my perceptions are false.” ~ Rene Descartes, Philosopher ~ 1596 – 1650 Continue reading
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Each Day
“I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.” ~ John Burroughs Continue reading
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Fear Of Truth
The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. ~ Niels Bohr Continue reading
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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 Continue reading
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“Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.” ~ Jack Kerouac*
*Born: March 12, 1922 – Died: October 21, 1969 Continue reading
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Fear
“To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.” ~ Bertrand Russell Continue reading
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Smiles And Laughter
“Life does not come with instructions on how to live, but it does come with trees, sunsets, smiles and laughter, so enjoy your day.” ~ Debbie Shapiro, Author ~ Born: 1953 Continue reading
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Evil
“Is evil something you are? Or is it something you do?” ~ Bret Easton Ellis, Novelist ~ Born: March 7, 1964 Continue reading
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The People Of The United States
“The people of the United States are one of the people I most admire in the world. The only thing I don’t understand is why a country that manages to do so well cannot do better in choosing its president.” ~ Gabriel Garcia Marquez Continue reading
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To Be
“To be is to be perceived (Esse est percipi).” Or, “If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?” ~ George Berkeley Continue reading
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People Know What They Do
“People know what they do; frequently they know why they do what they do; but what they don’t know is what what they do does.” ~ Michel Foucault, Philosopher – Born: October 15, 1926 – Died: June 25, 1984 Continue reading
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“Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hate, and hate leads to violence. This is the equation.” ~Averroes
Averroes, Philosopher – Born: April 14, 1126-Died: December 10, 1198 Continue reading
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The body
“The body is to be compared, not to a physical object, but rather to a work of art.” ~ Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Philosopher ~ 1908-1961 Continue reading
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Two People
“Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.” ~ William James Continue reading
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Reading A Novel
“Reading a novel is just a much more involving and intimate experience than the act of watching a film. I mean, you literally get inside of a novelist’s head, and you invest many hours to do so.” ~ Jay McInerney Continue reading
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Hard Work
“Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.” ~ Stephen King Continue reading
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Wrong Planet
“Sometimes I feel like I’m actually on the wrong planet. It’s great when I’m in my garden, but the minute I go out the gate I think, ‘What the hell am I doing here?” ~ George Harrison – Born: February 25, 1943 – Died: November 29, 2001 Continue reading
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Materials Of Knowledge
“Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.” ~ John Locke Continue reading
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Back In Time
“Time is free, but it’s priceless. You can’t own it, but you can use it. You can’t keep it, but you can spend it. Once you’ve lost it you can never get it back.” ~ Harvey Mackay Continue reading
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Majority Of Men
“The majority of men… are not capable of thinking, but only of believing, and… are not accessible to reason, but only to authority.” ~ Arthur Schopenhauer, Philosopher – 1788-1860 Continue reading
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Suddenly Wake Up
“Suppose we suddenly wake up and see that what we thought to be this and that, ain’t this and that at all?” ~ Jack Kerouac Continue reading
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Life Is One Big Road
“Life is one big road with lots of signs,So when you riding through the ruts,Don’t you complicate your mindFlee from hate, mischief and jealousyDon’t bury your thoughts; put your vision to reality.” ~ Bob Marley Continue reading
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The Charming Gardeners
“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” ~ Marcel Proust Continue reading
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Sunsets
“Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of Heaven.” ~ John Lubbock, 1834-1913 Continue reading
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The Crazy Ones
“Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes… the ones who see things differently – they’re not fond of rules… You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can’t do is ignore them because they change things…… Continue reading
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One Day Left
“There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk.” ~ Jean-Paul Sartre Continue reading
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Nihilist
A nihilist is not one who believes in nothing, but one who does not believe in what exists. ~ Albert Camus Continue reading
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Written In Cursive
Clouds are poems, and the most moving poems linger on the blackboard so long, written in cursive so lovely, they also exist inside our fingertips. We never really erase them at the end of the lesson. ~ Ann Beattie Continue reading
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Jingoism
The avante-garde is to the left what jingoism is to the right. Both are a refuge in nonsense. ~ David Mamet Continue reading
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The Mad Ones
“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved.” ~ Jack Kerouac Continue reading
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Law Of Life
“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” ~ John F. Kennedy Continue reading
A Pondering Mind 