December 2010
“It is confidently expected that the period is at hand, when man, through...”
– Robert Owen (via nathanielstuart)
“It is confidently expected that the period is at hand, when man, through...”
– Robert Owen (via nathanielstuart)
“There are periods when…to dare, is the highest wisdom.”
– William Ellery (via nathanielstuart)
“There are periods when…to dare, is the highest wisdom.”
– William Ellery (via nathanielstuart)
“Ours is an age which consciously pursues health, and yet only believes in the...”
– Susan Sontag (via nathanielstuart)
“Ours is an age which consciously pursues health, and yet only believes in the...”
– Susan Sontag (via nathanielstuart)
“If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost...”
– Marc Chagall (via oceanofmind)
“If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost...”
– Marc Chagall (via oceanofmind)
“Don’t be seduced into thinking that that which does not make a profit is without...”
– Arthur Miller (via lifeasart)
“Don’t be seduced into thinking that that which does not make a profit is without...”
– Arthur Miller (via lifeasart)
“Remind yourself that all men assert that wisdom is the greatest good, but that...”
– Pythagoras (via nathanielstuart)
“Remind yourself that all men assert that wisdom is the greatest good, but that...”
– Pythagoras (via nathanielstuart)
“If you are lonely when you’re alone, you are in bad company.”
– Jean-Paul Sartre (via cavesoflilith)
“If you are lonely when you’re alone, you are in bad company.”
– Jean-Paul Sartre (via cavesoflilith)
“It is better to ask some of the questions than to know all the answers.”
– James Thurber (via nathanielstuart)
“It is better to ask some of the questions than to know all the answers.”
– James Thurber (via nathanielstuart)
“We are all vainer of our luck than of our merits.”
– Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe in The Rubber Band. (via lifeasart)
“We are all vainer of our luck than of our merits.”
– Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe in The Rubber Band. (via lifeasart)
“Follow the voice of your heart, even if it leads you off the path of timid...”
– Wilhelm Reich (via nathanielstuart)
This needs to be well-remembered, by me especially.
“Follow the voice of your heart, even if it leads you off the path of timid...”
– Wilhelm Reich (via nathanielstuart)
This needs to be well-remembered, by me especially.
“What are the differences between Mark Zuckerberg and me? I give private...”
– Julian Assange on SNL (via kateoplis)
“What are the differences between Mark Zuckerberg and me? I give private...”
– Julian Assange on SNL (via kateoplis)
Thought for Food: Imagining Food Consumption... →
psychotherapy:
If you’re looking to lose weight, it’s okay to think about eating your favorite candy bar. In fact, go ahead and imagine devouring every last bite — all in the name of your diet.
A new study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, published in Science, shows that when you imagine eating a certain food, it reduces your actual consumption of that food. This landmark discovery...
Thought for Food: Imagining Food Consumption... →
psychotherapy:
If you’re looking to lose weight, it’s okay to think about eating your favorite candy bar. In fact, go ahead and imagine devouring every last bite — all in the name of your diet.
A new study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, published in Science, shows that when you imagine eating a certain food, it reduces your actual consumption of that food. This landmark discovery...
“Everyone has their burden, what counts is how you carry it.”
– David Brown (via itookadeepbreath)
“Everyone has their burden, what counts is how you carry it.”
– David Brown (via itookadeepbreath)
“Perhaps my best years are gone. When there was a chance of happiness. But I...”
– Samuel Beckett, Krapp’s Last Tape (via lifeasart)
“Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets.”
– Arthur Miller, The Ride Down Mount Morgan (via lifeasart)
“We need a renaissance of wonder. We need to renew, in our hearts and in our...”
– E. Merrill Root (via libraryland)
“We need a renaissance of wonder. We need to renew, in our hearts and in our...”
– E. Merrill Root (via libraryland)
“Try not to become a man of success but a man of value.”
– Albert Einstein (via ageofreason)
“Try not to become a man of success but a man of value.”
– Albert Einstein (via ageofreason)
“If we don’t define ourselves, we are going to let others define us.”
– Leonard Cohen (via whokilled) (via leprintemps) (via jadorelavie) (via nathanielstuart)
“If we don’t define ourselves, we are going to let others define us.”
– Leonard Cohen (via whokilled) (via leprintemps) (via jadorelavie) (via nathanielstuart)
“Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment.”
– Mark Twain (via littlemiss)
“Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment.”
– Mark Twain (via littlemiss)
“We have reached a point in our history where lies are protected speech and the...”
– John Perry Barlow (via nathanielstuart)
“I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from...”
– Walter Anderson (via furchesl)
20 Things I Wish I Knew In My 20s | The Frisky →
stoplookliz:
And now that I’m reading it, here’s one more great one I need to constantly remind myself of:
15. Be patient with your career. By the time you reach 30, you’ll still have 35 more working years ahead of you, so it’s not the end of the world if you’re not the boss by age 26. Some people who rise up really quickly in their 20s don’t have a clue what they’re doing—they just got ...
“Change isn’t good or bad. It’s just the way of things. Nothing stays the same.”
– Unknown (via littlemiss)
“Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose...”
– Faulkner (via lifeasart)
“The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over...”
– Herodotus (via lifeasart)
A man has been cured of HIV. →
markyb:
This is a big deal.
“Heaven can be found in the most unlikely places.”
– Mitch Albom (via thresca)
“Do not the most moving moments of our lives find us all without words?”
– Marcel Marceau (via nathanielstuart)
“Great minds are to make others great. Their superiority is to be used, not to...”
– William Ellery Channing (via nathanielstuart)
“Love is like some fresh spring, first a stream and then a river, changing its...”
– Honore de Balzac
(remember, love is not limited to romantic love…)
“If we crave some cosmic purpose, let us find a worthy goal.”
– Carl Sagan (via nathanielstuart)
“Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the...”
– Douglas Adams (via nathanielstuart)
“Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat...”
– Adlai Stevenson (via nathanielstuart) 