Quotes

A long long time ago I began collecting inspirational quotes and aphorisms which became my collection of quotes.

Stand erect →

Published March 6, 2014  ·  All posts on Mar 6  ·  

A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.

~ Marcus Aurelius

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The right state of mind →

Published February 28, 2014  ·  All posts on Feb 28  ·  

Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing it. When I believe I can, I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn’t have it in the beginning.

~ Mohandas Gandhi

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Prove yourself →

Published February 22, 2014  ·  All posts on Feb 22  ·  ,

No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.

~ Seneca

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Create something →

Published February 16, 2014  ·  All posts on Feb 16  ·  

If you want to really hurt you parents … the least you can do is go into the arts. I’m not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possible can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.

~ Kurt Vonnegut

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Simple in our tastes →

Published February 10, 2014  ·  All posts on Feb 10  ·  

We greeks are lovers of the beautiful, yet simple in our tastes, and we cultivate the mind without loss of manliness.

~ Thucydides

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Come to the edge →

Published February 4, 2014  ·  All posts on Feb 4  ·  ,

Come to the edge.
We might fall.
Come to the edge.
It’s too high!
COME TO THE EDGE!
And they came,
and he pushed,
and they flew.

~ Christopher Logue

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Don’t waste time →

Published January 29, 2014  ·  All posts on Jan 29  ·  

Be a good person, but don’t waste time trying to prove it.

~ unknown

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Our numbered days →

Published January 23, 2014  ·  All posts on Jan 23  ·  

Here is a list of fearful things:
The jaws of sharks, a vulture’s wings,
The rabid bite of the dog’s of war,
The voice of one who went before.
But most of all the mirror’s gaze,
which counts us out our numbered days.

~ Clive Barker

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They will laugh →

Published January 17, 2014  ·  All posts on Jan 17  ·  

First they will laugh.
Then they will copy.
Don’t. Give. Up.

~ unknown

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Time well spent →

Published January 11, 2014  ·  All posts on Jan 11  ·  

The world is a thing of utter inordinate complexity and richness and strangeness that is absolutely awesome. I mean the idea that such complexity can arise not only out of such simplicity, but probably absolutely out of nothing, is the most fabulous extraordinary idea. And once you get some kind of inkling of how that might have happened, it’s just wonderful. And … the opportunity to spend 70 or 80 years of your life in such a universe is time well spent as far as I am concerned.

~ Douglas Adams

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