Happiness is not a life without pain, but rather a life in which the pain is traded for a worthy price (Orson Scott Card, Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus)
Where there are large powers with little ambition… nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes
Where there are large powers with little ambition… nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes (Jonathan Swift)
The life sciences contain spiritual values which can never be explained by the materialistic attitude of present day science – Sherwin B. Nuland, How We Live
The life sciences contain spiritual values which can never be explained by the materialistic attitude of present day science – Sherwin B. Nuland, How We Live
He lifted his eyes. They were the color of the deepest heart of hurricane clouds, deeper blue than the sky behind him
He lifted his eyes. They were the color of the deepest heart of hurricane clouds, deeper blue than the sky behind him (Laura Kinsale, Flowers from the Storm)
Find the courage to ask yourself the questions your afraid to hear the answer to? Why… Because it’s the only way you’ll know which direction your truth lays
Find the courage to ask yourself the questions your afraid to hear the answer to? Why… Because it’s the only way you’ll know which direction your truth lays (Nikki Rowe)
They say faith is taking the first step when you can’t see the whole staircase. Actually, wisdom is seeing the elevator behind it that would have taken you to the top floor
They say faith is taking the first step when you can’t see the whole staircase. Actually, wisdom is seeing the elevator behind it that would have taken you to the top floor (Shannon L. Alder)
Sever sarcastic snakes, sting six soulless slaves, severely smack saucy sin, scar sooky saps’ spines snogging snug sexy slang, 666 I’m glad you rang… – Initially NO, Percipience: Outside the Range of Understood Sense
Sever sarcastic snakes, sting six soulless slaves, severely smack saucy sin, scar sooky saps’ spines snogging snug sexy slang, 666 I’m glad you rang… – Initially NO, Percipience: Outside the Range of Understood Sense
Live every moment.. in an effort to bring a positive difference to the world – Alok Jagawat
Live every moment.. in an effort to bring a positive difference to the world – Alok Jagawat
Why should you want to give up a child’s wise not-understanding in exchange for defensiveness and scorn, since not-understanding is, after all, a way of being alone, whereas defensiveness and scorn are a participation in precisely what, by these means, you want to separate yourself from
Why should you want to give up a child’s wise not-understanding in exchange for defensiveness and scorn, since not-understanding is, after all, a way of being alone, whereas defensiveness and scorn are a participation in precisely what, by these means, you want to separate yourself from. (Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet)
I felt as though I were snorting cocaine, or rappelling down a cliffside, or cliffsurfing off a cliff of pure cocaine
I felt as though I were snorting cocaine, or rappelling down a cliffside, or cliffsurfing off a cliff of pure cocaine (Sam Lipsyte, The Ask)