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A dispassionate white sun shone at the summit of the sky. I wanted to hone myself on it till I grew saintly and thin and essential as the blade of a knife.

Sylvia Plath

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10 months ago on July 16, 2012 at 09:39am
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I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey work of the stars,
And the pismire is equally perfect, and a grain of sand, and the egg
of the wren,
And the tree-toad is a chef-d’oeuvre for the highest,
And the running blackberry would adorn the parlors of heaven,
And the narrowest hinge in my hand puts to scorn all machinery,
And the cow crunching with depress’d head surpasses any statue,
And a mouse is miracle enough to stagger sextillions of infidels.

Walt Whitman
#Song of Myself  #poetry  #quote  #walt whitman  #nature  #meaning in life  
12 months ago on May 22, 2012 at 10:54pm
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Life is but a momentary glimpse at the wonder of this astonishing Universe and it is sad to see so many dreaming it away on spiritual fantasies.

Andy Mulcahy
#life  #science  #meaning in life  #quote  
1 year ago on May 04, 2012 at 12:51am
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The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.

Albert Einstein
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1 year ago on May 03, 2012 at 11:59pm
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Another thing. This idea of “I’m offended”. Well I’ve got news for you. I’m offended by a lot of things too. Where do I send my list? Life is offensive. You know what I mean? Just get in touch with your outer adult. And grow up. And move on.

Bill Hicks

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#Bill Hicks  #comedy  #life  #grow up  #quote  
1 year ago on April 25, 2012 at 05:05pm
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The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.

Pablo Picasso
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1 year ago on April 23, 2012 at 05:59pm
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Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.

 Mark Victor Hansen

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#self-confidence  #life  #success  #quote  #mark victor hansen  
1 year ago on April 06, 2012 at 05:05pm
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Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.

George R. R. Martin
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1 year ago on April 02, 2012 at 04:55am
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However you may be, be your own source of experience. Throw off your discontent about your nature. Forgive yourself, your own self. You have it in your power to merge everything you have lived through; false starts, errors, delusions, passions, your loves and your hopes into your goal with nothing left over.

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

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#Nietzsche  #quote  #self  #life  
1 year ago on March 29, 2012 at 07:31pm
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You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this.

Henry David Thoreau

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#quote  #thoreau  #life  
1 year ago on March 20, 2012 at 11:53pm
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For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can’t readily accept the God formula, the big answers don’t remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command nor faith a dictum. I am my own god. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.

Charles Bukowski
#Bukowski  #quote  #meaning in life  #I am a golden goddess  
1 year ago on March 20, 2012 at 12:07am
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1 year ago on February 29, 2012 at 05:37pm
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I must be myself. I cannot break myself any longer for you, or you. If you can love me for what I am, we shall be happier. If you cannot, I will seek to deserve that you should. I will not hide my tastes or aversions. I will so trust that what is deep is holy, that I will do strongly before the sun and moon and whatever inly rejoices me, and my heart appoints. If you are noble, I will love you; if you are not, I will not hurt you and myself by hypocritical attentions. If you are true, but not in the same truth with me, cleave to your companions; I will seek my own. I do this not selfishly, but humbly and truly.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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1 year ago on January 21, 2012 at 02:12am
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Why is Form beautiful? Because, I think, it helps us confront our worst fear, the suspicion that life may be chaos and that therefore our suffering is without meaning.

Robert Adams
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1 year ago on November 29, 2011 at 01:28am
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There may be more beautiful times, but this one is ours.

Jean-Paul Sartre

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#Jean-Paul Sartre  #quote  
1 year ago on November 26, 2011 at 08:51pm
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