I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.
– Rabindranath Tagore
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/15762-i-slept-and-dreamt-that-life-was-joy-i-awoke
Dec 102012
Dec 092012
I hate slick and pretty things. I prefer mistakes and accidents. Which is why I like things like cuts and bruises – they’re like little flowers.
– David Lynch
Dec 082012
“Maybe…you’ll fall in love with me all over again.”
“Hell,” I said. “I love you enough now. What do you want to do? Ruin me?”
“Yes. I want to ruin you.”
“Good,” I said. “That’s what I want too.”
— Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms
Dec 072012
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.
– Philip K. Dick
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/646-reality-is-that-which-when-you-stop-believing-in-it
Dec 062012
I’m so vulnerable to her. All she has to do is smile at me and I’m happy beyond reason. A minor disagreement between us and I’m devastated. It’s absurd. Sometimes I wish I could reach inside myself and tear out my feelings for her. But I can’t.
– Odo, Deep Space Nine, “Behind the Lines”
http://www.imdb.com/search/text?realm=title&field=quotes&q=Beyond%20Reason
Dec 052012
The Blessed One said “Amrapali, the mind of woman is easily disturbed and misled. She yields to her desires and surrenders to jealousy more easily than a man. Therefore it is more difficult for a woman to follow the Noble Path.
This is especially true for a young and beautiful woman. You must step forth toward the Noble Path by overcoming lust and temptation.”
– The Teachings Of Buddha, pg 147
Dec 042012
Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain
always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
– Thomas Jefferson