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“As a poet I hold the most archaic values on earth . . . the fertility of the soil, the magic of animals, the power-vision in solitude, the terrifying initiation and rebirth, the love and ecstasy of the dance, the common work of the tribe. I try to hold both history and the wilderness in mind, that my poems may approach the true measure of things and stand against the unbalance and ignorance of our times.”
― Gary Snyder
― Gary Snyder
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“You ask why I make my home in the mountain forest,
and I smile, and am silent,
and even my soul remains quiet:
it lives in the other world
which no one owns.
The peach trees blossom,
The water flows.”
― Li Po
“The birds have vanished into the sky and now the last cloud drains away. We sit together the mountain and me, until only the mountain remains.”
― Li Po
and I smile, and am silent,
and even my soul remains quiet:
it lives in the other world
which no one owns.
The peach trees blossom,
The water flows.”
― Li Po
“The birds have vanished into the sky and now the last cloud drains away. We sit together the mountain and me, until only the mountain remains.”
― Li Po
Rafa.the.Magnificent
G.O.A.T.
Fun!
Okay: First quote is b, Poe, second one is a, Pepys, and third one is c, Dr Seuss. Hope I guessed right!
Edit: And I especially hope it wasn’t all by one of the three, cuz then I’ll really look dumb. On the other hand, that’s okay! LOL.
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“To err is human, but when the eraser wears out ahead of the pencil, you’re overdoing it.” ~Josh Jenkins
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Odds and ends
Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know.
-Bertrand Russell
Everything great in the world comes from Neurotics. They alone have founded our religions,
and composed our masterpieces. Never will the world know all it owes to them, nor all
that they have suffered to enrich us.
-Marcel Proust
The poet is the priest of the invisible.
-Wallace Stevens
The heaviest penalty for deciding to engage in politics is to be ruled by someone
inferior to yourself.
-Plato
Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know.
-Bertrand Russell
Everything great in the world comes from Neurotics. They alone have founded our religions,
and composed our masterpieces. Never will the world know all it owes to them, nor all
that they have suffered to enrich us.
-Marcel Proust
The poet is the priest of the invisible.
-Wallace Stevens
The heaviest penalty for deciding to engage in politics is to be ruled by someone
inferior to yourself.
-Plato
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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan
Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan
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A while back (a couple weeks ago) I found a book of quotes
of writers criticizing other writers.
I will write out the quote- and then you may try to determine to whom it refers.
1.One of the surest signs of his genius is that women dislike his books.
-George Orwell
2. I wish her characters would talk a little less like the heroes and heroines of police reports.
-George Eliot
3. He's impossible. He's pathetic and preposterous. he writes like a sick man.
-Gertrude Stein
4. Mr. ----- is at times an excellent poet and has arrived at the supreme eminence among English critics
largely through disguising himself as a corpse.
-Ezra Pound
5. The stupid person's idea of the clever person.
-Elizabeth Bowen
6. A large shaggy dog just unchained scouring the beaches of the world and baying at the moon.
-Robert Louis Stevenson
7. The jingle man.
-Emerson
8. He has never been known to use a word that might send a man to the dictionary.
-William Faulkner
9. That insolent little ruffian, that crapulous lout. when he quitted a sofa, he left behind a smear.
My wife says he even tried to paw her ab
out.
-Norman Cameron
10. What a tiresome, affected sod.
-Noel Coward
Match insulting quote to the writer being insulted from the list below.
a. Charlotte Bronte
b. T S Eliot
c. Walt Whitman
d. Oscar Wilde
e. Joseph Conrad
f. Aldous Huxley
g. E A Poe
h. D H Lawrence
i. Ernest Hemingway
j. Dylan Thomas
Answers: 1=e, 2=a, 3=h, 4=b, 5=f, 6=c, 7=g, 8=i, 9=j, 10=d
of writers criticizing other writers.
I will write out the quote- and then you may try to determine to whom it refers.
1.One of the surest signs of his genius is that women dislike his books.
-George Orwell
2. I wish her characters would talk a little less like the heroes and heroines of police reports.
-George Eliot
3. He's impossible. He's pathetic and preposterous. he writes like a sick man.
-Gertrude Stein
4. Mr. ----- is at times an excellent poet and has arrived at the supreme eminence among English critics
largely through disguising himself as a corpse.
-Ezra Pound
5. The stupid person's idea of the clever person.
-Elizabeth Bowen
6. A large shaggy dog just unchained scouring the beaches of the world and baying at the moon.
-Robert Louis Stevenson
7. The jingle man.
-Emerson
8. He has never been known to use a word that might send a man to the dictionary.
-William Faulkner
9. That insolent little ruffian, that crapulous lout. when he quitted a sofa, he left behind a smear.
My wife says he even tried to paw her ab
out.
-Norman Cameron
10. What a tiresome, affected sod.
-Noel Coward
Match insulting quote to the writer being insulted from the list below.
a. Charlotte Bronte
b. T S Eliot
c. Walt Whitman
d. Oscar Wilde
e. Joseph Conrad
f. Aldous Huxley
g. E A Poe
h. D H Lawrence
i. Ernest Hemingway
j. Dylan Thomas
Answers: 1=e, 2=a, 3=h, 4=b, 5=f, 6=c, 7=g, 8=i, 9=j, 10=d
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Brilliant insult. Poor recipient!
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Cartoon Quotes
Trying is the first step toward failure.
-Homer Simpson
I never look back, darling, it distracts from the now.
-Edna Mode
Nobody exist on purpose, nobody belongs anywhere,
everybody's gonna die... Come watch TV.
-Morty (Rick and Morty)
Often, when we guess at other people's motives, we reveal our own.
-Queen of the Reef
We have met the enemy and he is us.
-Pogo
I yam what I yam.
-Popeye
Trying is the first step toward failure.
-Homer Simpson
I never look back, darling, it distracts from the now.
-Edna Mode
Nobody exist on purpose, nobody belongs anywhere,
everybody's gonna die... Come watch TV.
-Morty (Rick and Morty)
Often, when we guess at other people's motives, we reveal our own.
-Queen of the Reef
We have met the enemy and he is us.
-Pogo
I yam what I yam.
-Popeye
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Some philosophy quotes
A blind man in a dark room- looking for a black hat which isn't there.
-Lord Bowen
In other words, apart from the know and the unknown, what is there?
-Harold Pinter
It takes a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious.
-Alfred North Whitehead.
Philosophy- the purple bullfinch in the lilac tree.
-TS Eliot
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
A blind man in a dark room- looking for a black hat which isn't there.
-Lord Bowen
In other words, apart from the know and the unknown, what is there?
-Harold Pinter
It takes a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious.
-Alfred North Whitehead.
Philosophy- the purple bullfinch in the lilac tree.
-TS Eliot
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
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When a poet's mind is perfectly equipped for its work, it is
constantly amalgamating disparate experiences.
-TS Eliot
There is no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money either.
-Robert Graves
Poetry is the language in a state of chaos.
-Stephane Mallarme
Poetry is all nouns and verbs.
Marianne Moore
The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness.
-Christopher Morley
Reason respects the differences, and imagination the similitudes of things.
-Percy Bysshe Shelley
Poets aren't very useful,
because they aren't consumeful or very produceful.
-Ogden Nash
It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling successful lies.
-Aristotle
To have great poets there must be great audiences too.
-Walt Whitman
constantly amalgamating disparate experiences.
-TS Eliot
There is no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money either.
-Robert Graves
Poetry is the language in a state of chaos.
-Stephane Mallarme
Poetry is all nouns and verbs.
Marianne Moore
The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness.
-Christopher Morley
Reason respects the differences, and imagination the similitudes of things.
-Percy Bysshe Shelley
Poets aren't very useful,
because they aren't consumeful or very produceful.
-Ogden Nash
It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling successful lies.
-Aristotle
To have great poets there must be great audiences too.
-Walt Whitman
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G.O.A.T.
"It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance."
~Thomas Huxley
~Thomas Huxley
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Quotes about wit- not necessarily witty in themselves.
Melancholy men are of all others the most witty.
-Aristotle
Belief in form, but disbelief in content- that's what makes an aphorism charming.
-Nietzsche
Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
-Dorothy Parker
The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the whole world; the humorist makes fun of himself.
-James Thurber
Melancholy men are of all others the most witty.
-Aristotle
Belief in form, but disbelief in content- that's what makes an aphorism charming.
-Nietzsche
Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
-Dorothy Parker
The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the whole world; the humorist makes fun of himself.
-James Thurber
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All men desire to know.
-Aristotle
I am not young enough to know everything.
-Oscar Wilde
There are times I think I am not sure of something which I absolutely know.
-Mongkut, King of Siam
There was never an age in which useless knowledge was more important than in our own.
-Cyril Joad
There are two kinds of statistics, the kind you look up and the kind you make up.
-Rex Stout
There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.
-Bertrand Russell
The thing about smart people is that they seem like crazy people to dumb people.
-Stephen Hawking
Think about how stupid the average person is, and realize that half of them are stupider than that.
-George Carlin
-Aristotle
I am not young enough to know everything.
-Oscar Wilde
There are times I think I am not sure of something which I absolutely know.
-Mongkut, King of Siam
There was never an age in which useless knowledge was more important than in our own.
-Cyril Joad
There are two kinds of statistics, the kind you look up and the kind you make up.
-Rex Stout
There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.
-Bertrand Russell
The thing about smart people is that they seem like crazy people to dumb people.
-Stephen Hawking
Think about how stupid the average person is, and realize that half of them are stupider than that.
-George Carlin
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“That the birds of worry and care fly above your head, this you cannot
change. But that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent.”
Chinese proverb
change. But that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent.”
Chinese proverb
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Quotes about government and rule
(I suppose this is a good week for that)
A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
-George Bernard Shaw
Tyranny is always better organized than freedom.
-Charles Peguy
The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.
-Voltaire
Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism.
-Mary McCarthy
The world is ruled only by consideration of advantages.
-Fredrich von Schiller
In the long run every government is the exact symbol of its people, with their wisdom and unwisdom.
-Thomas Carlyle
The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
-Henry Kissinger
Government lasts as long as the undertaxed can defend themselves against the overtaxed.
-Bernard Berenson
Tyranny is yielding to the lust of governing.
-Lord Moulton
(I suppose this is a good week for that)
A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
-George Bernard Shaw
Tyranny is always better organized than freedom.
-Charles Peguy
The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.
-Voltaire
Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism.
-Mary McCarthy
The world is ruled only by consideration of advantages.
-Fredrich von Schiller
In the long run every government is the exact symbol of its people, with their wisdom and unwisdom.
-Thomas Carlyle
The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
-Henry Kissinger
Government lasts as long as the undertaxed can defend themselves against the overtaxed.
-Bernard Berenson
Tyranny is yielding to the lust of governing.
-Lord Moulton
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"To belittle is to be little." ~ Unknown
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I have free will, but not by choice.
-Raymond Smullyan
-Raymond Smullyan
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Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason.
_Jerry Seinfeld
_Jerry Seinfeld
Bhagi Katbamna
Legend
"You cannot stop people from saying bad things about you, all you can do is make them liars."
Thomas Sowell.
Thomas Sowell.
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I really liked this one, so I searched for more of Sowell’s quotes. Here’s another:
“It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.”
But I do like the first one best!
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Legend
"It is a lot easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled."
Thomas Sowell.
Thomas Sowell.
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If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
-Anatole France
Hain't we got all the fools in town on our side? And ain't that a big enough majority for any town?
-Mark Twain
There are some people that if they don't know, you can't tell 'em.
-Louie Armstrong
To succeed in this world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.
-Voltair
-Anatole France
Hain't we got all the fools in town on our side? And ain't that a big enough majority for any town?
-Mark Twain
There are some people that if they don't know, you can't tell 'em.
-Louie Armstrong
To succeed in this world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.
-Voltair
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A little bit of madness-
When we remember that we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
-Mark Twain
Madness is part of all of us, all the time, and it comes and goes, waxes and wains.
-Otto Friedrich
...Waking life is a dream controlled.
-George Santayana
Sanity is very rare; every man almost, and , has a dash of madness.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
We are all born mad. Some remain so.
There is a pleasure,
In being mad, which none but the madmen know.
-John Dryden
A man should not strive to eliminate his complexes, but to get in accord with them: they
are legitimately what directs his conduct in the world.
-Sigmund Freud
When we remember that we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
-Mark Twain
Madness is part of all of us, all the time, and it comes and goes, waxes and wains.
-Otto Friedrich
...Waking life is a dream controlled.
-George Santayana
Sanity is very rare; every man almost, and , has a dash of madness.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
We are all born mad. Some remain so.
There is a pleasure,
In being mad, which none but the madmen know.
-John Dryden
A man should not strive to eliminate his complexes, but to get in accord with them: they
are legitimately what directs his conduct in the world.
-Sigmund Freud
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National philosophy day- Third Thursday in November
Plato- The measure of a man is what he does with power.
Aristotle- No great genius has existed without a touch of madness.
Confucius- Life is simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
Kant- In law, guilt is when you violate the rights of others. In ethics,
guilt is in only thinking of doing so.
Descartes- Doubt is the origin of wisdom.
Locke- Wherever law ends, tyranny begins.
Marx- The history of all previous societies has been a history of class struggles.
Hume- The errors in religion are dangerous, Those in philosophy, only ridiculous.
Rousseau- It is too difficult to think nobly, when thinking about earning a living.
Mill- There is so much dense, solid force in sheer stupidity, that any body of able
men with that force pressing behind them may ensure victory in many a struggle,
and many a victory the Conservative party has gained through that power."
Heidegger- Making oneself intelligible is suicide in philosophy.
Kierkegaard- Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.
Foucault- There are forms of oppression and domination that become invisible- the new normal.
Beauvoir- I f you live long enough you'll see every victory turn to defeat.
Wittgenstein- If people never did silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done.
Dylan- He not busy being born is busy dying.
Plato- The measure of a man is what he does with power.
Aristotle- No great genius has existed without a touch of madness.
Confucius- Life is simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
Kant- In law, guilt is when you violate the rights of others. In ethics,
guilt is in only thinking of doing so.
Descartes- Doubt is the origin of wisdom.
Locke- Wherever law ends, tyranny begins.
Marx- The history of all previous societies has been a history of class struggles.
Hume- The errors in religion are dangerous, Those in philosophy, only ridiculous.
Rousseau- It is too difficult to think nobly, when thinking about earning a living.
Mill- There is so much dense, solid force in sheer stupidity, that any body of able
men with that force pressing behind them may ensure victory in many a struggle,
and many a victory the Conservative party has gained through that power."
Heidegger- Making oneself intelligible is suicide in philosophy.
Kierkegaard- Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.
Foucault- There are forms of oppression and domination that become invisible- the new normal.
Beauvoir- I f you live long enough you'll see every victory turn to defeat.
Wittgenstein- If people never did silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done.
Dylan- He not busy being born is busy dying.
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"It is not enough that I succeed. All others must fail"
The Master(on the original Doctor Who TV series).
The Master(on the original Doctor Who TV series).
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Peter Wessel Zapffe- The human yearning is is not merely marked by a "striving toward",
but equally be an "escape from".
Jose Ortega y Gasset- Tell me what you pay attention to and I will tell you who you are.
Henri Bergson- There is no joy greater than feeling oneself a creator.
Gabriel Marcel- Getting to Mars is a problem. Falling in love is a mystery.
Nishida Kitaro- The bottom of my soul has such depth; neither joy nor sorrow can reach it.
Emil Cioran- I do not hate life or desire death, I only regret being born.
but equally be an "escape from".
Jose Ortega y Gasset- Tell me what you pay attention to and I will tell you who you are.
Henri Bergson- There is no joy greater than feeling oneself a creator.
Gabriel Marcel- Getting to Mars is a problem. Falling in love is a mystery.
Nishida Kitaro- The bottom of my soul has such depth; neither joy nor sorrow can reach it.
Emil Cioran- I do not hate life or desire death, I only regret being born.
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The real trick in life is to turn hindsight into foresight that reveals insight.
Robin S. Sharma, The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
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“I know there is no straight road
No straight road in this world
Only a giant labyrinth
Of intersecting crossroads”
― Federico García Lorca
No straight road in this world
Only a giant labyrinth
Of intersecting crossroads”
― Federico García Lorca
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Life always offers you a second chance. It's called tomorrow.
-Dylan Thomas
-Dylan Thomas
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Some uncomplimentary quotes about themselves-
When I don't look like a tragic muse, I look the smoky relic of the Great
Boston Fire.
-Louisa May Alcott
I think I may boast myself to be, with all possible vanity, the most unlearned
and uninformed female who ever dared to be an authoress.
- Jane Austin
Somebody's boring me. I think it's me.
-Dylan Thomas
When I don't look like a tragic muse, I look the smoky relic of the Great
Boston Fire.
-Louisa May Alcott
I think I may boast myself to be, with all possible vanity, the most unlearned
and uninformed female who ever dared to be an authoress.
- Jane Austin
Somebody's boring me. I think it's me.
-Dylan Thomas
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When you're trying to solve a problem, don't go and cause more problems.
-Don't remember where I heard this- possibly a Miraculous Lady Bug cartoon.
-Don't remember where I heard this- possibly a Miraculous Lady Bug cartoon.
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Vladimir Nabokov
-Existence is a series of footnotes to a vast, obscure, unfinished masterpiece.
-Satire is a lesson, parody is a game.
-Poetry involves the mysteries of the irrational perceived through rational words.
-Style and structure are the essence of a book, great ideas are hogwash.
-Existence is a series of footnotes to a vast, obscure, unfinished masterpiece.
-Satire is a lesson, parody is a game.
-Poetry involves the mysteries of the irrational perceived through rational words.
-Style and structure are the essence of a book, great ideas are hogwash.
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Mae West- who was really ahead of her time.
-Good Girls go to heaven. Bad girls go everywhere else.
-Too much of a good thing is... Wonderful.
-It's better to be looked over than over-looked
-When I'm good I'm very good, but when I'm bad I'm better.
-You only live once, but if you do it right- once is enough.
-I generally avoid temptation... unless I can't resist it.
-Good Girls go to heaven. Bad girls go everywhere else.
-Too much of a good thing is... Wonderful.
-It's better to be looked over than over-looked
-When I'm good I'm very good, but when I'm bad I'm better.
-You only live once, but if you do it right- once is enough.
-I generally avoid temptation... unless I can't resist it.
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LOL, those are good.
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Huang Po-
-There it is- right now. Start thinking about it, and you miss it.
-When thoughts arise, then do all things arise. When thoughts vanish, then
do all things vanish.
-There it is- right now. Start thinking about it, and you miss it.
-When thoughts arise, then do all things arise. When thoughts vanish, then
do all things vanish.
-Consider the sunlight. You may see it is near, yet if you follow it from world to world you will never catch it in your hands. Then you may describe it as far away and, lo, you will see it just before your eyes. Follow it and, behold, it escapes you; run from it and it follows you close. You can neither possess it nor have done with it. From this example you can understand how it is with the true Nature of all things and, henceforth, there will be no need to grieve or to worry about such things.
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Basically, at the very bottom of life, which seduces us all, there is only absurdity, and more absurdity.
And maybe that's what gives us our joy for living, because the only thing that can defeat absurdity is lucidity.
Albert Camus
And maybe that's what gives us our joy for living, because the only thing that can defeat absurdity is lucidity.
Albert Camus
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Kierkegaard-
-Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.
-The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you'll never have.
-A fire broke out backstage in a theater. The clown came out t o warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded.
He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that is just how the world will come to an end: to general applause
from wits who believe it's a joke.
-I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations- one can do this or one can do that. My honest opinion and my friendly
advice is this: do it or do not do it- you will regret both.
-My sorrow is my castle.
-Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.
-The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you'll never have.
-A fire broke out backstage in a theater. The clown came out t o warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded.
He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that is just how the world will come to an end: to general applause
from wits who believe it's a joke.
-I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations- one can do this or one can do that. My honest opinion and my friendly
advice is this: do it or do not do it- you will regret both.
-My sorrow is my castle.
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I’m reading this again, and liking it even more.
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“There are no secrets to success: don’t waste time looking for them. Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty to those for whom you work, and persistence.”
~Colin Powell, 1937-2021
~Colin Powell, 1937-2021
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“A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.”
~Tecumseh
~Tecumseh
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“Our life is what our thoughts make it.”
~Marcus Aurelius
~Marcus Aurelius
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“The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.”
~Norman Vincent Peale
~Norman Vincent Peale
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Some by Eugene Ionesco
No society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, from our fear of death, our thirst for the absolute. It is the human condition that directs the social condition, not vice versa.
It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.
Living is abnormal
Everything that has been will be, everything that will be is, everything that will be has been.
There is no religion in which everyday life is not considered a prison; there is no philosophy or ideology that does not think we live in alienation.
No society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, from our fear of death, our thirst for the absolute. It is the human condition that directs the social condition, not vice versa.
It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.
Living is abnormal
Everything that has been will be, everything that will be is, everything that will be has been.
There is no religion in which everyday life is not considered a prison; there is no philosophy or ideology that does not think we live in alienation.
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I think the world is like a great mirror, and reflects our lives just as we ourselves look upon it. Those who turn sad faces toward the world find only sadness reflected. But a smile is reflected in the same way, and cheers and brightens our hearts.
L. Frank Baum
L. Frank Baum
