Self-conquest is really self-surrender. Yet before we can surrender ourselves we must become ourselves. For no one can give up what he does not possess.
– Thomas Merton, Thoughts in Solitude
Jun 112013
Jun 102013
How blessed am I in this discovering thee
To enter in these bonds is to be free.
– John Donne, Elegy 20, To his mistress going to bed
Jun 092013
The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.
Jun 082013
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.
– Although often attributed to Margaret Mead, the origin of this quote and it’s many variants is unclear.
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Margaret_Mead
Jun 072013
I have always been a romantic; one of those who believes that a woman in pink circus tights holds all the secrets of the world.
– Tom Robbins
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/66023-i-have-always-been-a-romantic-one-of-those-who
Jun 062013
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
– Mark Twain
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/4-whenever-you-find-yourself-on-the-side-of-the-majority
Jun 052013
If they give you ruled paper, write the other way.
– Juan Ramón Jiménez, as quoted by Ray Bradbury in the epigraph of Fahrenheit 451 (1953). Ray Bradbury died June 5, 2012.