Salvador Dali
The only difference between me and a madman is that I am not mad.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The best and most outstanding characteristic of our
common people is their sense of justice and their
desire for it. The cockerel-like habit of always
wanting to be first in every situation, and at all
costs, and whether one is worthy of it or not - this
is unknown among the common people. One has only to
remove the outer, superficial husk and look at the
kernel within attentively, closely and without
prejudice, and one will see in the common people
things one had no inkling of. There is not much that
our men of learning can teach the common people. I
would even say the reverse: it is they who should take
a few lessons from the common people.
From House of the Dead
Jim Morrison
Words dissemble, words be quick, words resemble walking sticks.
Igor Stravinsky
The very act of putting my work on paper, or, as we say, kneading
the dough, is for me inseparable from the pleasure of creation. So
far as I am concerned, I cannot separate the spiritual effort from the
psychological and physical effort; they confront me on the same level
and do not present a hierarchy.
Jeff Hart
Only when one begins to enjoy the process of life can life
itself be enjoyed.
Eddie Vedder
I wish I was as fortunate as me.
Jeff Hart
There is a time and a place for dispassionate argument, but do not
equate passionate argument with stridency.
Anonymous Shoshone
Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a
person, having neither to weigh thought nor measure words, but pouring
them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a
faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth
keeping, and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.
Franz Kafka
They're talking about things of which they don't have the slightest
understanding, anyway. It's only because of their stupidity that
they're able to be so sure of themselves.
Franz Kafka
I write differently from what I speak, I speak differently from what I
think, I think differently from the way I ought to think, and so it
all proceeds into deepest darkness.
Pema Chödrön
This anxiety or queasiness in the face of impermanence isn't something
that afflicts just a few of us; it's an all-pervasive state that human
beings share. But rather than being disheartened by the ambiguity,
the uncertainty of life, what if we accepted it and relaxed into it?
What if we said, "Yes, this is the way it is; this is what it means to
be human," and decided to sit down and enjoy the ride?
William Shakespeare
Out, out, brief candle!
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
From Macbeth