“By nature, that mind is easily fooled by supernatural mysticism. It is extremely gullible. And no matter how much we the civilized human beings advance in the fields of modern sciences, there is always a part of us, that tries to allure us with magical nonsense, because that nonsense has been with us since the birth of humanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurons of Jesus: Mind of A Teacher, Spouse & Thinker
It's all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back.
Mick Jagger
All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions.
William Butler Yeats
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World
If only I could do this:
“Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”
― Anton Chekhov
“Sometimes it's not enough to know what things mean, sometimes you have to know what things don't mean.”
― Bob Dylan
Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want.
Jonathan Swift
“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”
― Arthur C. Clarke
"The human mind is so unlikely that it has to be considered a near impossibility."
W. A. Narod
Once conform, once do what other people do because they do it, and a lethargy steals over all the finer nerves and faculties of the soul.
She becomes all outer show and inward emptiness; dull, callous, and indifferent.
Virginia Woolf
“From the very beginning, there was not the slightest doubt that Olga da Polga was the sort of guinea pig who would go places.”
― Michael Bond, The Tales of Olga Da Polga
“You learn more from getting your butt kicked than getting it kissed.”
― Tom Hanks
“Right is right, and wrong is wrong, and a body ain’t got no business doing wrong when he ain’t ignorant and knows better.”
―from ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN
@edgarblythe,
People at Walgreens are weird ~ Clerk at Chris' Liquor Store.
I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger,
the food cheaper and the old men and old women warmer in the winter and happier in the summer.
Brendan Behan
“Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park
“He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.”
―from CATCH-22 (1961)
Teach your children what we have taught our children, that the earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth. If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves.
— Chief Seattle
You're on earth. There's no cure for that.
Samuel Beckett
