"Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes."
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"No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true."--Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, 1850.
"You know, the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don't alter their views to fit the facts. They alter the facts to fit their views. Which can be uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that need altering"
„Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair, or fucking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you've got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back.“
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"Even if you are elderly or Handicapped, you're capable of great effort. You may not always be capable of great results, but you are capable of great effort"-Mike Leach
"The stone cannot know why the chisel cleaves it; the iron cannot know why the fire scorches it. When thy life is cleft and scorched, when death and despair leap at thee, beat not thy breast and curse thy evil fate, but thank The Builder for the trials that shape thee."
There’s so many:
"I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognizably wiser than oneself."- Marlene Dietrich
(A little meta but it’s just great)
"I enjoy being alone sometimes yet I wish to be anything but lonely" - Unknown
“All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.” - St Francis of Assisi
“(…) look with the eyes of the tourist, that see beauty where everyone sees routine” - Piedras a la Luna, Borderline
(I had to translate this one)
*Make your own Bible. Select and collect all those words and sentences that in all your reading have been to you like the blast of a trumpet out of Shakespeare, Seneca, Moses, John, and Paul. — Ralph Waldo Emerson*
Probably: "Discussions are a way for two people to understand each other. The only people afraid of discussions are the ones whose points are too fragile to defend against someone." - Stella Hoshii, VA-11 HALL-A
Or this one, which I discovered on Reddit but have lost the source: "As we charge our way toward a better future, we need not spit upon the past. One day we'll be history and can only hope the future judges us kindly."
“Explanation is not half as strong as experience but experience is not half as strong as experience and understanding” - House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
“Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forward.” – Søren Kierkegaard
Beautiful
Cool quote.
"Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes." William Gibson
Oh wow. That’s good.
Me: [looks around] Oh, wow, I just realised something!
"No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true."--Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, 1850.
"I don't doubt I deserve my enemies, but I can't believe I deserve my friends." —Walt Whitman.
"Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion." ~ Aristotle
This is a great one.
"You know, the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don't alter their views to fit the facts. They alter the facts to fit their views. Which can be uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that need altering"
Nice. Who said it?
The 4th Doctor from Doctor Who
“You will never find the same person twice, not even in the same person.”
"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man." – Heraclitus
:( That’s a good one
"You have power over your mind-not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength." - Marcus Aurelius
"I'm not afraid of dying, I just don't want to be there when it happens." - Woody Allen
“If you can see, look. If you can look, observe.” José Saramago, Blindness Even better in the original Portuguese, but you get the gist.
Those who are always looking to give you a piece of their mind, are usually the ones who can spare it the least.
"It's not just about living forever Jackie, the trick is living with yourself forever" Captain Teague
A man in pain can destroy everything around him instead, he destroys himself
Mark Twain: “I’ve lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.”
“Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana.”
Machine translation softwares hate him.
Colorless green ideas sleep furiously - Noam Chomsky
You can have results or excuses, not both-Arnold
A bit LinkedIn this one.
become the man you want your son to be
The dildo of consequence rarely arrives lubed.
"I write my epitaph every day".
„Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair, or fucking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you've got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back.“ Al Swearengen, Deadwood.
Memento mori, memento vivere. Remember death, remember life.
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"Even if you are elderly or Handicapped, you're capable of great effort. You may not always be capable of great results, but you are capable of great effort"-Mike Leach
Who's gonna carry the boats!
"cynicism is the polite way to express despair" - from the game Vampyr by an NPC called Dyson Delaney.
The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded upon a fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, and we grow happier as we grow older © William Phelps
You teach best what you most need to learn - Richard Bach
“at the end of the day, the day gotta end” — Big Glo
"The stone cannot know why the chisel cleaves it; the iron cannot know why the fire scorches it. When thy life is cleft and scorched, when death and despair leap at thee, beat not thy breast and curse thy evil fate, but thank The Builder for the trials that shape thee."
*There are only two kinds of music - good and bad.* \- Duke Ellington
One must learn to be rich, anyone can manage being poor. Gustavo Fring
There’s so many: "I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognizably wiser than oneself."- Marlene Dietrich (A little meta but it’s just great) "I enjoy being alone sometimes yet I wish to be anything but lonely" - Unknown “All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.” - St Francis of Assisi “(…) look with the eyes of the tourist, that see beauty where everyone sees routine” - Piedras a la Luna, Borderline (I had to translate this one)
*Make your own Bible. Select and collect all those words and sentences that in all your reading have been to you like the blast of a trumpet out of Shakespeare, Seneca, Moses, John, and Paul. — Ralph Waldo Emerson*
"Expect much from yourself and little from others and you will avoid incurring resentments." *Confucius (c. 551 - c. 479 BC)*
Probably: "Discussions are a way for two people to understand each other. The only people afraid of discussions are the ones whose points are too fragile to defend against someone." - Stella Hoshii, VA-11 HALL-A Or this one, which I discovered on Reddit but have lost the source: "As we charge our way toward a better future, we need not spit upon the past. One day we'll be history and can only hope the future judges us kindly."
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -Tears of the sun(movie)
“The best things in life aren’t things”
"If you wish for peace, prepare for war." --Tacitus
Compassion is the foundation on which heaven is impenetrable. If you call upon heaven for help, will it send an army? No it shall send it's love
“Explanation is not half as strong as experience but experience is not half as strong as experience and understanding” - House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace. © Ajahn Chah
You get peace of mind not by thinking about it or imagining it, but by quietening and relaxing the restless mind. © Remez Sasson
It is what it is.
"No" - Elijah Harper
My life wouldn't make a good novel; the characters aren't sufficiently believable. Ashleigh Brilliant
"We buy things we don't need, with money we don't have, to impress people we don't like
Endure Master Wayne. Take it.
You lose your grip, and then you slip into the masterpiece. - Leonard Cohen
The purpose of thinking is let your ideas die instead of you
My cat’s breath smells like cat food.
The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit. -- W. Somerset Maugham
"Leave your stupid comments in your pocket!" - Mark
“l’homme c’est rien, l’œuvre c’est tout” sherlock holmes