From William Blake: “Great things are done when men and mountains meet.”
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Quote of the day 12/20/24
From Bertrand Russell: “The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.”
Quote of the day 12/14/24
From Friedrich Nietzsche: “You tell me: ‘Life is hard to bear.’ But if it were otherwise why should you have your pride in the morning and your resignation in the evening?”
Quote of the day 11/10/24
From Heraclitus: “To get everything you want is not a good thing. Disease makes health seem sweet. Hunger leads to the appreciation of being full-fed. Tiredness creates the enjoyment of resting.”
Quote of the day 11/03/24
From Plutarch: “The future bears down upon each one of us with all the hazards of the unknown. The only way out is through.”
Quote of the day 10/31/24
From Plutarch: “Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yield themselves up when taken little by little.”
Quote of the day 10/19/24
From Homer: “A man who has been through bitter experiences and travelled far enjoys even his sufferings after a time.”
Quote of the day 09/07/24
From Ludwig Wittgenstein: “I sit astride life like a bad rider on a horse. I only owe it to the horse’s good nature that I am not thrown off at this very moment.”
Quote of the day 07/19/24
From Zhuangzi: Cook Ting was cutting up an ox for Lord Wen-hui. At every touch of his hand, every heave of his shoulder, every move of his feet, every thrust of his knee – zip! zoop! He slithered the knife along with a zing, and all was in perfect rhythm, as though he were performingContinue reading “Quote of the day 07/19/24”
Quote of the day 07/07/24
From Marcus Aurelius: “If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.”