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truth (a quote from Flannery O’Connor)

11 Thursday May 2017

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“You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you odd.”  –Flannery O’Connor

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indispensable (a quote from Bertrand Russell)

04 Thursday May 2017

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To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.               –Bertrand Russell

apt quote (from Robert Hass)

10 Thursday Apr 2014

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absurdity, ego, imbalance, quotations, serenity, wisdom, writing, zen

It’s hell writing and it’s hell not writing. The only tolerable state is having just written.
― Robert Hass

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lost (G.K. Chesterton)

16 Sunday Mar 2014

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imkertje, love, quotations, surrender, transience, zen

The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost. – G. K. Chesterton

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the trick (quotation)

27 Thursday Feb 2014

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choice, happiness, quotations, surrender, truth, zen

“If you wish to know the truth, only cease to cherish opinions.” –the Third Zen Patriarch

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electricity (Buber)

22 Friday Nov 2013

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friendship, god, love, quotations

“When two people relate to each other authentically and humanly, God is the electricity that surges between them.”                                 –Martin Buber

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enter (Campbell)

18 Monday Nov 2013

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“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.”    ~Joseph Campbell

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silence (Rumi)

16 Saturday Nov 2013

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“Silence is the language of god, all else is poor translation.”  ― Rumi

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solitudes (Rilke)

16 Saturday Nov 2013

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“Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.” ~ Rainer Maria Rilke

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quieter (Ram Dass)

16 Saturday Nov 2013

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“The quieter you become, the more you can hear.”  ~Baba Ram Dass

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silly (Horace)

16 Saturday Nov 2013

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“Mix a little foolishness with your prudence: It’s good to be silly at the right moment.”     –Horace

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privilege (Lamb)

16 Saturday Nov 2013

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‘Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense,
and to have her nonsense respected.”

―Charles Lamb 

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more and more (Van Gogh)

16 Saturday Nov 2013

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“I try more and more to be myself, caring relatively little whether people approve or disapprove.”                                                                                 –Vincent Van Goghpinky tuscadero

definition (a quotation)

15 Friday Nov 2013

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“Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.”  ―Alan Wattsescher paradox

a counter-argument to blogging

11 Monday Nov 2013

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When you do something, you should burn yourself up completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself. ~ Shunryu Suzuki

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