June 2011
“There is a point at which everything becomes simple and there is no longer any...”
– Dag Hammarskjöld (via nathanielstuart)
“When you want something you’ve never had, you have to do something you’ve never...”
– (via davenelson)
“The beauty of truth: whether it is bad or good, it is liberating.”
– Paulo Coelho (via thresca)
“The worst enemy to creativity is self doubt.”
– Sylvia Plath (via magicclouds)
“No matter how frightened and discouraged I may become about the future, I look...”
– Elizabeth Berg (via creatingaquietmind)
“…And so rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.”
– J.K. Rowling (via thedirtydan)
“You cannot run away from a weakness, you must sometimes fight it out or perish....”
– Robert Louis Stevenson (via thresca)
“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be...”
– Maya Angelou (via franstar)
“As humans, everyday we go about our business. And all that time, we know the...”
– Little Children (via littlemiss)
Aganjú: On Giving - Kahlil Gibran →
aganju:
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. For what are your possessions but things you keep and guard for fear you may need them tomorrow? And tomorrow, what shall tomorrow bring to the overprudent dog burying bones in the trackless sand as he follows the pilgrims to the holy city? And what is fear of need but need...
“A thousand dreams within me softly burn.”
– Arthur Rimbaud (via thesaltwaternight)
“If you knew who walked beside you at all times, on the path that you have...”
– Wayne W. Dyer (via onherway)
“We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us...”
– Fyodor Dostoevsky (via phenomenaaa)
“I dwell in possibility…”
– Emily Dickinson (via robot-heart)
“Be fit for more than the thing you are now doing. Let everyone know that you...”
– James A. Garfield (via robot-heart)
“You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.”
– Mark Twain (via robot-heart)
25 Things You Should Know About A Character →
effete:
I particularly like “You give us a great character, our only desire becomes to lick him like he’s a hallucinogenic toad and take the crazy trip-ass ride wherever he has to go.”
“Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently...”
– – Norman Vincent Peale (via creatingaquietmind)
“Sometimes it’s a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in...”
– David Byrne (via quotewhore)
“See things as they are and write about them. Don’t waste your creative energy...”
– Real Live Preacher (via robot-heart)
Aganjú: OSHO: Strange Consequences →
aganju:
After Friedrich Nietzsche declared that “God is Dead” - the word FUCK has become the most important word in the English language.
Osho used this sketch on the word fuck first in a talk in 1980 and repeated it again in this later talk. We have seen the original of this sketch being attributed to Jack Wagner, George Carlin and Monty Python - no one seems to be sure.
“When Friedrich...
CNNMoney Tech Tumblr: Scientists predicted a... →
cnnmoneytech:
Editor’s note: The following is a guest post from Ken Sweet, a CNNMoney contributing writer on the markets beat. He covered video games in a past life, so techy things occasionally pull his interest away from the Dow.
History is littered with experts’ failed predictions about how one…
“Former [Apple] Geniuses say they were told to say “as it turns out” rather than...”
– From WSJ’s “Secrets From Apple’s Genius Bar: Full Loyalty, No Negativity”
(via cnnmoneytech)
“He saw mankind going through life in a childlike manner… which he loved but also...”
– Hermann Hesse (via suzywire)
“When the voice and the vision on the inside become more profound and more clear...”
– John Demartini (via oceanofmind)
“I found every single successful person I’ve ever spoken to had a turning point....”
– Brian Tracy (via littlemiss)
“Your calling isn’t something that somebody can tell you about. It’s what you...”
– Oprah Winfrey (via onherway)
“The key is to get to know people and trust them to be who they are. Instead, we...”
– David Duchovny (via ruineshumaines)
“Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at...”
– Dalai Lama (via littlemiss)
“Wrong turns are as important as right turns. More important, sometimes.”
– Richard Bach (via thresca)
“Your best shot at happiness, self-worth and personal satisfaction - the things...”
– William Raspberry (via robot-heart)
“I believe the choice to be excellent begins with aligning your thoughts and...”
– Oprah Winfrey (via creatingaquietmind)
“Everything has its own place and function. That applies to people, although many...”
– The Tao of Pooh (Perite)
Right on.
“Remember there’s no such thing
as a small act of kindness.
Every act creates a...”
– Scott Adams (via julie911)
“There is no reality except the one contained within us. That is why so many...”
– Hermann Hesse (via suzywire)
“A hug can turn your day around. It’s like an emotional Heimlich. Someone puts...”
– (via eletheowl)
“Among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver…”
– Maya Angelou 