Tuesday, May 31, 2022

justification


 

The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.

John Kenneth Galbraith

hold on



One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too.

Fredrich Nietzsche, "The Portable Nietzsche"

Sunday, May 29, 2022

one

 

There is only one good. And that is to act according to the dictates of one's conscience.

Simone de Beauvoir

Saturday, May 28, 2022

passes

 


Everything passes, nothing remains. Understand this, loosen your grip and find serenity.

Surya Das

Friday, May 27, 2022

honest


 

...it is ironic, that the more honest we become the more we risk being offensive even to those we most respect.

William Williams 

Thursday, May 26, 2022

terms

 

We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not.

Joan Didion

Wednesday, May 25, 2022

door


 


I can only show you the door. You are the one who has to walk through it.

Morpheus

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

judgment


 


Do not wait for the last judgment, it takes place every day.

Albert Camus 

Monday, May 23, 2022

wound

 

What a terrible thing it is wound someone you really care for and to do it so unconsciously.

Haruki Murakami

Sunday, May 22, 2022

tenderness



There is no charm equal to the tenderness of the heart.

Jane Austen

Saturday, May 21, 2022

delighted

 

I'm just delighted to be living, to be able to have a simple conversation, to feel a ray of sunlight on my skin and listen to the breeze move through the leaves of a tree.

Ryuichi Sakamoto


Friday, May 20, 2022

make



We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.

Carlos Castaneda

Thursday, May 19, 2022

look



We all look for happiness, but without knowing where to find it: like drunkards who look for their house, knowing dimly that they have one.

Voltaire

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

looking



I am out with lanterns, looking for myself.

Emily Dickinson 

Tuesday, May 17, 2022

insane

 

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Monday, May 16, 2022

task


 

Our task must be to free ourselves...by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature.

Albert Einstein

Sunday, May 15, 2022

you



How long are you going to wait before you demand the best of yourself?

Epictetus

Saturday, May 14, 2022

dwell

 

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.

Marcus Aurelius

Friday, May 13, 2022

more


 


The more you can dream, the more you can do.

Michael Korda

Thursday, May 12, 2022

dreams




Dreams are necessary to life.

Anais Nin

Wednesday, May 11, 2022

sleep



Sleep is the best meditation.

Dalai Lama

Tuesday, May 10, 2022

seek

 

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have build against it.

Rumi

Monday, May 9, 2022

myths


 

Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.

Joseph Campbell

Sunday, May 8, 2022

eye



Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?

Leonardo da Vinci

Saturday, May 7, 2022

thoughts



The soul becomes dyed with the colors of its thoughts.

Marcus Aurelius

Friday, May 6, 2022

capitalism



Capitalism creates the problem and monetizes the solution.

Anonymous

Thursday, May 5, 2022

inside



It is inside myself that I must create someone who will understand.

Clarice Lispector

Wednesday, May 4, 2022

trusted




To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

George MacDonald

Tuesday, May 3, 2022

mistook


 


Like all dreams, I mistook disenchantment for truth.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Monday, May 2, 2022

envision

 


Dream and give yourself permission to envision a You that you choose to be.

Joy Page

Sunday, May 1, 2022

dreamer



I am a dreamer. Seriously, I'm living on another planet.

Eva Green