The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. -Bertrand Russell- It is no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society. -Jiddu Krishnamurti- “Whoever wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of gold, creative work instead of business, passion instead of foolery, finds no home in this trivial world of ours.” ― Hermann Hesse “There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and since there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique, and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium; and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, not how it compares with other expression. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is just a queer, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.” -Martha Graham- Character is not made of sunshine and roses. Like steel, it is forged in fire, between the hammer and the anvil. -Chin-Ning Chu Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isnt. -Mark Twain Better to starve free than be a fat slave. -Aesop- What used to be called liberal is now called radical, what used to be called radical is now called insane, what used to be called reactionary is now called moderate, and what used to be called insane is now called solid conservative thinking. -Tony Kushner- If people insist on living as if theres no tomorrow, there really wont be one. -Kurt Vonnegut- “Have you ever been in love? Horrible isnt it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, so that nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life...You give them a piece of you. They didnt ask for it. They did something dumb one day, like kiss you or smile at you, and then your life isnt your own anymore. Love takes hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness, so simple a phrase like maybe we should be just friends turns into a glass splinter working its way into your heart. It hurts. Not just in the imagination. Not just in the mind. Its a soul-hurt, a real gets-inside-you-and-rips-you-apart pain. I hate love.” -Neil Gaiman- Dont imagine a tragic end to the book when theres not. You gotta try to rewrite in spite of how crooked the plot. -Tonedeff “The only true wisdom is knowing that you know nothing.” -Socrates
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