September 29, 2011
I don't wish to be admired by someone's heart -- I wish to be admired by someone's head. ~ Ayn Rand (from "Atlas Shrugged")
September 28, 2011
Nessa didn't know exactly what she wanted, but she knew very definitely that it was something different to what she had got. She would never be able to please her mother, no matter what she did. ~ Maeve Binchy (from "The Copper Beach")
September 27, 2011
The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off everything and let the problem solve itself? ~ Unknown
September 26, 2011
Never pass up anything that is free, except candy from a stranger and sex from a prostitute. ~ Adam Tardiff
September 23, 2011
I just wanted security and a little house and a bit of cash in the pocket. That was all, really. I was pathetic, but that was it. I knew my limits. ~ Michael Collins (from " Emerald Underground")
September 22, 2011
Don't let anyone, even your parents, break you. Find good people who care about you and surround yourself with just them. If you can't find them at first, find good music and fall into it, let it hold you until they come. ~ Davey Havok
September 21, 2011
The Road of Life
I expect to pass through this world but once.
Any good thing, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any fellow human being, let me do it now.
Let me not neglect it for I shall not pass this way again.
~Ettiene De Grellet
I expect to pass through this world but once.
Any good thing, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any fellow human being, let me do it now.
Let me not neglect it for I shall not pass this way again.
~Ettiene De Grellet
September 20, 2011
I am neither especially clever, nor especially gifted. Just very, very curious. ~ Albert Einstein
September 18, 2011
Democracy is only a dream; it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven. ~ H. L. Mencken
September 17, 2011
Just remember there is no true shining knight, not in the sense that women look for. What comes riding along is more like Don Quixote. His armour is battered, misshapen, scratched, he wears a shaving basin for a helmet; however, it is his spirit that shines like a true knight. ~ John Rabon
September 16, 2011
If you really have a lot on your mind, and you really want to do something with yourself... hating someone is giving them too much. Just leave them alone. Its like when someone wants to hand you a big pile of horseshit. You don't have to take it. ~ Henry Rollins
September 15, 2011
They say you only live once. If you live like I do, once is enough. ~ Frank Sinatra
September 12, 2011
I have no war to fight, no great depression. My war is a spiritual one, my great depression is my life. ~ Chuck Palahniuk
September 11, 2011
The common dogma of fundamentalists is fear of modern knowledge, inability to cope with the fast change in a scientific/technological society, and the real breakdown in apparent moral order in recent years. That is why hate is the major fuel, fear is the cement of the movement, and superstitious ignorance is the best defense against the dangerous new knowledge. When you bring up arguments that cast serious doubts on their cherished beliefs you are not simply making a rhetorical point, you are threatening their whole Universe and their immortality. That provokes anger and quite frequently violence. Unfortunately, you cannot reason with them. Their numbers will decline only when society stabilizes, and adapts to modernity. ~ G Gaia
September 10, 2011
When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it... always. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
September 09, 2011
Desiderata
Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain or bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.
Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain or bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.
September 07, 2011
And it is a mark of prudence never to trust wholly in those things which have once deceived us. ~ Rene Descartes
September 04, 2011
The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself. ~ Richard Francis Burton
September 02, 2011
I am always ready to learn; but I do not always like being taught. ~ Winston Churchill
September 01, 2011
Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten. ~ B. F. Skinner
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