February 2011
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Acquainted with the Night
Robert Frost
I have been one acquainted with the night. I have walked out in rain — and back in rain. I have outwalked the furthest city light. I have looked down the saddest city lane. I have passed by the watchman on his beat And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain. I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet When far away an interrupted cry Came over...
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“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
-Oscar Wilde
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“The difference between treason and patriotism is only a matter of dates.” — Alexandre Dumas
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“If you’re lonely when you’re alone, you’re in bad company.”
-Jean-Paul Sartre
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“She held that life was about reaching an inner enlightenment, a higher consciousness marked by peace of mind and detachment from the things of the world. According to her, life was not about perfection; it was about letting go of the need to perfect anything, to go anywhere…”
-The Celestine Prophecy
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“Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue.”
-Plato
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“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”
-Carl Jung
“listen; there’s a hell of a good universe next door: let’s go.”
– e.e. cummings (via gypsyvibe)
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“Life itself is nothing until it is lived, it is we who give it meaning, and value is nothing more than the meaning that we give it.”
Jean-Paul Sartre
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How fickle my heart and how woozy my eyes I struggle to find any truth in your lies And now my heart stumbles on things I don’t know My weakness I feel I must finally show Lend me your hand and we’ll conquer them all But lend me your heart and I’ll just let you fall Lend me your eyes I can change what you see But your soul you must keep, totally free - Mumford & Sons, Awake...
“History is not just the evolution of technology, it is the evolution of thought.”
– The Celestine Prophecy (via luurrveit)
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“Perception is naturally surpassed toward action; better yet, it can be revealed only in and through projects of action. The world is revealed as an “always future hollow”, for we are always future to ourselves.”
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE (Being and Nothingness)
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Man is condemned to be free
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE
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“For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, “It might...”
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“I doubt, therefore I think; I think therefore I am”
-Descartes”
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