December 2011
170 posts
“Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very...”
– William James (via commondense)
“The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it...”
– Henry Miller (via lucifelle)
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“I am eternally, devastatingly romantic, and I thought people would see it...”
– Catherine Breillat (via mermaidveins
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“It is the height of irony that women are valued for our looks, encouraged to...”
– Greta Christina, The Aftermath (via bearbearpdx)
“You often hear about believers who have a crisis of faith, but what of the...”
– Andrew Boyd “Daily Afflictions”
“It takes faith to believe, and it takes courage not to, and who is to say which...”
– Herbert Weisinger
“We’re all seeking that special person who is right for us. But if...”
– Andrew Boyd “Daily Afflictions”
“It is important, if you grew up in a dysfunctional family, to take time to...”
– Andrew Boyd “Daily Afflictions”
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“Love all your thoughts, even those that are limited or fearful. Think of them as...”
– Orin (via a-golden-lion)
“Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable...”
– Carl Jung ()
“You say it doesn’t matter, I say it does. Those tiny details are the only things...”
– The Stranger: (via magnificentruin)
“WAR is a racket. It always has been.
It is possibly the oldest, easily the...”
– U.S. Marine Major General Smedley D. Butler (War is a Racket)
“If someone told me to write a book on morality, it would have a hundred pages...”
– Albert Camus (via fuckyeahexistentialism)
“Whoever sincerely practices the inner meditation comes to experience Light...”
– Swami Sant Sevi Ji Maharaj (via sageandrosemary)
The audience, too, soon perished
magnificentruin:
This performance consisted of the two artists seated in front of each other, connected at the mouth. They took in each other’s breaths until all of their available oxygen had been used up.
“Do you have game? Having game is not about manipulating the story or...”
– (via commondense)
“One of the deepest feminine pleasures is when a man stands full, present, and...”
– David Deida
“One evening Milarepa returned to his cave after gathering firewood, only to find...”
– Pema Chödrön, Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living
“Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s...”
– Pema Chödrön, The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times
“The only reason we don’t open our hearts and minds to other people is that...”
– Pema Chödrön
“I need to rebel against myself. It’s the opposite of following your bliss. I...”
– Chuck Palahniuk (via zenlikeme)
“That is my morality or my metaphysics or me myself: a passer-by in everything,...”
– Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet (via tousledbirdmadgirl)
