March 2012
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October 2011
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Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what...
– Epicurus
July 2011
10 posts
body without mind is brutish; mind without body…is a running away from our...
– D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley’s Lover
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don’t have integrity,...
– Alan Simpson
Do not choose bad friends. Do not choose persons of low habits. Select good...
– Dhammapada
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The final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands.
– Anne Frank
I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is Gentleness; The second is Frugality; The third is Humility; which keeps me from putting myself before others.
Be gentle and you can be bold; Be frugal and you can be generous; Avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.
- Lao Tzu -
June 2011
28 posts
“I’m the lonely voyager standing on deck, and she’s the sea. The sky is a blanket of gray, merging with the gray sea off on the horizon. It’s hard to tell the difference between sea and sky. Between voyager and sea. Between reality and the workings of the heart.”
-Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
In dreams begin responsibilities.
– Haruki Murakami (Kafka on the Shore)
Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp,...
– Nathaniel Hawthorne
Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.
– Boris Pasternak
And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the...
– Roald Dahl
In the end
these things matter most:
How well did you love?
How fully did you...
– Siddhārtha Gautama
We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension,...
– Anaïs Nin
I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from...
– Thomas Paine
Trust your heart if the seas catch fire, live by love though the stars walk...
– E.E Cummings
Action is character.
– F. Scott Fitzgerald
April 2011
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Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the...
– Rainer Maria Rilke
March 2011
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