"Were I to be the founder of a new sect,
I would call them Apiarians, and, after the example of the bee,
advise them to extract the honey of every sect."
- wThomas Jefferson
"From an endless beach of reality, we take a grain of sand
and call it the world."
~Robert M. Pirsig (1928-2017)
How does one come to a confident and positive view
that is not naive, given the state of the world?
By walking through one's own anger and despair
and emerging into serenity."
~James Thornton, "Radical Confidence"
"For me, I am driven by two main philosophies,
know more today about the world than I knew yesterday.
And lessen the suffering of others.
You'd be surprised how far that gets you.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson (b.1958)
Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many
- not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
~ Charles Dickens
"There comes a point when you either embrace who
and what you are, or condemn yourself to be miserable
all your days. Other people will try to make you miserable;
don't help them by doing the job yourself."
~Laurell K. Hamilton (b.1963)
"Look at a tree, a flower, a plant. Let your awareness rest upon it.
How still they are, how deeply rooted in Being.
Allow nature to teach you stillness."
~Eckhart Tolle (b.1948)
In hatred as in love, we grow like the thing we brood upon.
What we loathe, we graft into our very soul.
-Mary Renault, novelist (4 Sep 1905-1983)
May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails
and the moon walks."
~J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973)
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