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"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." ~ Abraham Lincoln
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“Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ~ Harold Whitman
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Einstein had a sense of humor
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
"As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality." "Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods." "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed." |
one of my fav...
All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.
~Henry Ellis |
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
~Dr. Seuss |
"It isn't the past which holds us back, it's the future; and how we undermine it, today." ~ Viktor Frankl
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No one cares how much you know until they know how much you care.
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Desiderata
Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant, they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let not this blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore, be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams; it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy. --- Max Ehrmann, 1927 |
“I'm a fountain of blood. In the shape of a girl”
-- bjork |
Disappointment to a noble soul is what cold water is to burning metal; it strengthens, tempers, intensifies, but never destroys it.
~Eliza Tabor |
“Sometimes the briefest moments capture us, force us to take them in, and demand that we live the rest of our lives in reference to them.” --Lucy Grealy, Autobiography of a Face |
"Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." ~ Norman MacEwan
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The thought of a possible life is only an indulgence for those who already know themselves to be possible. For those who are still looking to become possible, possibility is a necessity. --Judith Butler …whenever a line is drawn, it passes through someone else’s flesh. --Raven Kaldera Gender identity—the sense of self—is stronger than the body, and will find a way to manifest itself…You simply can’t tell by looking at someone what his or her sexual orientation is, or what the person’s gender identity is. --Jamison Green |
Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
~Buddha |
salient
But there is a step beyond thinking of yourself as x but tolerating y: not even to consider yourself an x. The more labels you have for yourself, the dumber they make you.
Paul Graham |
“Warming Her Pearls”
By Carol Ann Duffy for Judith Radstone Next to my own skin, her pearls. My mistress bids me wear them, warm them, until evening when I'll brush her hair. At six, I place them round her cool, white throat. All day I think of her, resting in the Yellow Room, contemplating silk or taffeta, which gown tonight? She fans herself whilst I work willingly, my slow heat entering each pearl. Slack on my neck, her rope. She´s beautiful. I dream about her in my attic bed; picture her dancing with tall men, puzzled by my faint, persistent scent beneath her French perfume, her milky stones. I dust her shoulders with a rabbit´s foot, watch the soft blush seep through her skin like an indolent sigh. In her looking-glass my red lips part as though I want to speak. Full moon. Her carriage brings her home. I see her every movement in my head ... Undressing, taking off her jewels, her slim hand reaching for the case, slipping naked into bed, the way she always does ... And I lie here awake, knowing the pearls are cooling even now in the room where my mistress sleeps. All night I feel their absence and I burn. |
"Nothing's perfect," sighed the fox. "My life is monotonous. I hunt chickens; people hunt me. All chickens are just alike, and all men are just alike. So I'm rather bored. But if you tame me, my life will be filled with sunshine. I'll know the sound of footsteps that will be different from all the rest. Other footsteps send me back underground. Yours will call me out of my burrow like music. And then, look! You see the wheat fields over there? I don't eat bread. For me, wheat is no use whatever. Wheat fields say nothing to me. Which is sad. But you have hair the color of gold. So it will be wonderful, once you've tamed me! The wheat, which is golden, will remind me of you. And I'll love the sound of the wind in the wheat..."
The Little Prince Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
I always wanted a happy ending... Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. ~ Gilda Radner
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"I am not a has-been. I am a will be." -Lauren Bacall
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The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.
~Buddha |
This touches my heart on a continual basis....
~The Invitation~ By Orian Mountain Dreamer Canadian Teacher and Author It doesn't interest me what you do for a living I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing. It doesn't interest me how old you are I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love for your dreams for the adventure of being alive. It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon... I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow if you have been opened by life's betrayals or have become shrivelled and closed from fear of further pain. I want to know if you can sit with pain mine or your own without moving to hide it or fade it or fix it. I want to know if you can be with joy mine or your own if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful be realistic to remember the limitations of being human. It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling me is true. I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself. If you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul. If you can be faithless and therefore trustworthy. I want to know if you can see Beauty even when it is not pretty every day. And if you can source your own life from its presence. I want to know if you can live with failure yours and mine and still stand on the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, "Yes." It doesn't interest me to know where you live or how much money you have. I want to know if you can get up after a night of grief and despair weary and bruised to the bone and do what needs to be done to feed the children. It doesn't interest me who you know or how you came to be here. I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me and not shrink back. It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away. I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments. |
Lily Tomlin
I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain.
I've always wanted to be somebody, but I see now I should have been more specific. Don't be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed. |
"For it was not into my ear you whispered But into my heart Twas not my lips you kissed But my soul." - Judy Garland (1922-1969) American Actor, Singer
"Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love." - Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) [Count Lev Tolstoi] Russian Novelist, Moral Philosopher, Mystic |
"Evil shrieks loudly while goodness clothes the world in silence." ~ Wafa Sultan
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Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. ~~ William Butler Yeats
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I can resist anything but temptation.
~ Oscar Wilde :grindevil: |
Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world. ~~ Lucille Ball :stillheart:
Just because you can't find your own voice, doesn't mean you get to silence mine. ~~ June |
From Sex and the City...
“Later that day I got to thinking about relationships. There are those that open you up to something new and exotic, those that are old and familiar, those that bring up lots of questions, those that bring you somewhere unexpected, those that bring you far from where you started, and those that bring you back. But the most exciting, challenging and significant relationship of all is the one you have with yourself. And if you can find someone to love the you YOU love, well, that's just fabulous.” |
I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - myth is more potent than history - dreams are more powerful than facts - hope always triumphs over experience - laughter is the cure for grief - love is stronger than death. ~ Robert Fulghum
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"We have to learn to be our own best friends because we fall too easily into the trap of being our own worst enemies." - Roderick Thorp
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It is never too late to be what you might have been. ~ George Eliot
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"Nature does nothing uselessly."
Aristotle |
"true love is kind"
"You know its love when forever is not long enough" "True love is when you put someone on a pedestal, and they fall - but you are there to catch them" |
The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge. ~Bertrand Russell~ :sparklyheart::moonstars::sparklyheart: |
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"Wishing will never be a substitute for prayer."
Ed Cole |
"I believe in the sun even if it isn't shining. I believe in love even when I am alone. I believe in God even when He is silent."
Unknown |
Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.
~ Bernice Johnson Reagon |
When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do. ~ Walt Disney
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“Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy.”
Eskimo Proverb quotes |
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