February 2012
1 post
“The world in which you were born is just one model of reality. Other cultures...”
– Wade Davis
January 2012
13 posts
“Ordinary life does not interest me. I seek only the high moments. I am in accord...”
– Anaïs Nin (via troubled)
Evolve and Change
(by TUT)
Do you think that if $10,000,000 were to be suddenly deposited into your checking account, that over the following months and years you’d have fewer and fewer challenges? Or do you think, perhaps, that your challenges would simply evolve and change? Right, evolve and change.
And do you think that with your extra $10 million, you’d gradually be presented with more and...
“To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.”
– Joseph Chilton Pearce (via saddest-summer)
“I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge...”
– Kurt Vonnegut
Let your love flow outward through the universe, To its height, its depth, its broad extent, A limitless love, without hatred or enmity. Then as you stand or walk, sit or lie down, As long as you are awake, Strive for this with a one-pointed mind; Your life will bring heaven to earth.
— Sutta Nipata
“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in...”
– Martin Luther King Jr.
“Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again;...”
– Anaïs Nin
“I used to dream about escaping my ordinary life, but my life was never ordinary....”
– Ransom Riggs (via internal-acceptance-movement)
“I begin to realise how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. He taught...”
– My Uncle Oswald by Roald Dahl
December 2011
28 posts
“When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not only invite your friends, your...”
– Luke 14
Life has loveliness to sell, All beautiful and splendid things, Blue waves whitened on a cliff, Soaring fire that sways and sings, And children’s faces looking up, Holding wonder like a cup. Life has loveliness to sell, Music like a curve of gold, Scent of pine trees in the rain, Eyes that love you, arms that hold, And for your spirit’s still delight, Holy thoughts that star...
“It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.”
– W. T. Ellis (via quote-book)
“There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most...”
– Peyton Conway March
“Every positive change—every jump to a higher level of energy and...”
– Dan Millman
“I? I walk alone; The midnight street Spins itself from under my feet; My eyes shut These dreaming houses all snuff out; Through a whim of mine Over gables the moon’s celestial onion Hangs high. I Make houses shrink And trees diminish By going far; my look’s leash Dangles the puppet-people Who, unaware how they dwindle, Laugh, kiss, get drunk, Nor guess that if I choose...
“The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also...”
– Helen Keller
“Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all...”
– Golda Meir
“Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.”
– Albert Camus
“Cherish your visions. Cherish your ideals. Cherish the music that stirs in your...”
– James Allen
All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king.
― J.R.R. Tolkien
“Reality is a question of perspective; the further you get from the past, the...”
– Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children
“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply,...”
– Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets: Cien sonetos de amor
“Five minutes are enough to dream a whole life, that is how relative time is.”
– Mario Benedetti
“There’s a crack (or cracks) in everyone…that’s how the light of God gets in.”
– Elizabeth Gilbert
“Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.”
– Josh Billings
“Happiness pursued eludes, happiness given returns.”
– Sir John Templeton
nearer asked: I just wanted to let you know that your blog never fails to brighten up my day. :) Thank you for that!
“Oh soul,
you worry too much.
You have seen your own strength.
You have seen...”
– Rumi
November 2011
14 posts
“I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in...”
– Henry David Thoreau
“Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you’ll be able to see...”
– J.P. Morgan
“God turns you from one feeling to another
And teaches you by means of opposites...”
– Rumi
“The opposite of war isn’t peace… it’s creation.”
– Said by Mark Cohen in RENT, by Jonathan Larson (via quote-book)