"I am content with nothing, restless and ambitious...and I despise
myself the vanity which formed half the stimulus to my exertions."
"The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who have loved it."
"One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star."
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front
only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it
had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not
lived."
"One of life's quiet excitements is to stand somewhat apart from
yourself and watch yourself softly becoming the author of something
beautiful, even if it is only a floating ash."
"If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that
you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for the Creator,
there is no poverty and no indifferent place."
"I'm not a conformist, but I'm not a non-conformist either. I go where I
want, regardless of who did, or didn't, go before me. The world is too
amazing to just focus on one thing, so my interests dance around. I
want to understand everything, starting with myself."
"God writes in a straight line in crooked strokes."
" A life lived in fear, is a life half-lived."
“A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine
picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not
obliterate the sense of the beautiful implanted in the human soul.”
--Johann Wolfgang Goethe
"Is a cabbage in pain when a goat munches on it?" - Kenzaburo Oe
"I don't get people."- Gil Grissom
"Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you
can meet again. And meeting again after moments or a lifetime is
certain for those who are friends". -Richard Bach
"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.."
"Human is beautiful.. Perfect is boring."
"your game. your rules.. but i ain't playin'.."
"One sad thing about this world is that
the acts that take the most out of you are usually the ones that people
will never know about." -Anne Tyler
"Love- and I mean true love, real love- can cripple us. It can make us miserable, and even dangerous to those we love. It can make us jealous, clingy, overprotective, guilt-ridden, and even vengeful. But appreciation is pure. It's the kind of love that can let us step away, and even watch a loved one suffer, when suffering is what they need." - Dan Baker
"When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world. I found it was
difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation. When I
found I couldn't change the nation, I began to focus on my town. I
couldn't change the town and as an older man, I tried to change my
family. Now, as an old man, I realize the only thing I can change is
myself, and suddenly I realize that if long ago I had changed myself, I
could have made an impact on my family. My family and I could have made
an impact on our town. Their impact could have changed the nation and I
could indeed have changed the world." - Author Unknown
"You don't 'have' a soul. You 'are' a Soul. You 'have' a body." -CS Lewis
"Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values." - Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
"My internal experience can be quite intense to the person's
problems or need to show affection toward me, I think I just keep it
very contained. Even when I'm crying or sad I don't want hugs because
I'm afraid a wellspring of emotion will spring forth from me and never
be contained again." - Sturgeon48, Enneagram Institute Forum
"The primary cause of disorder in ourselves is the seeking of reality
promised by another ... It is a most extraordinary thing that although
most of us are opposed to political tyranny and dictatorship, we
inwardly accept the authority, the tyranny, of another to twist our
minds and our way of life." - J. Krishnamurti, spiritual philosopher.
"All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible." - William Faulkner
"I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the labels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass."- Maya Angelou
"Physical pleasure is a sensual experience no different from pure
seeing or the pure sensation with which a fine fruit fills the tongue;
it is a great unending experience, which is given us, a knowing of the
world, the fullness and the glory of all knowing. And not our
acceptance of it is bad; the bad thing is that most people misuse and
squander this experience and apply it as a stimulant at the tired spots
of their lives and as distraction instead of a rallying toward exalted
moments."- Rainier Maria Rilke
