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Quote of the day 08/28/25

From Haruki Murakami: “I can bear any pain as long as it has meaning.”

Quote of the day 08/27/25

From Haruki Murakami: “It’s like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.”

Quote of the day 08/26/25

From Haruki Murakami: “Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.”

Quote of the day 08/25/25

From Haruki Murakami: “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”

Quote of the day 08/24/25

From Haruki Murakami: “If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”

Quote of the day 07/27/25

From John Donne: “He that desires to print a book should much more desire to be a book.”

Quote of the day 06/11/25

From Edwin Arnold: “Steadfast a lamp burns sheltered from the wind;Such is the likeness of the Yogi’s mindShut from sense-storms and burning bright to Heaven.”

From R.H. Blyth: “In conclusion, let us say that Shakespeare had a religion, a religion which could ask and answer the question which Macduff asked, when his wife and children were all murdered at one fell swoop: ‘Did heaven look on, And would not take their part?’ What is the answer to the question? ItContinue reading “Quote of the day 06/10/25”

Quote of the day 06/09/25

From R.H. Blyth: “It is only the simple but far-reaching fact that Goodness is on the side of goodness rather than badness, that is to say, the fact that evil in its own nature destroys itself, that makes Iago a failure.”

Quote of the day 06/05/25

From R.H. Blyth: “…when we think about ourselves, we are deeply conscious of our physical pains and pleasure, but if we forget ourselves, the body too, becoming one with the mind, is hardly aware of its pain and pleasure, cold and heat. How much our happiness depends upon the condition of our minds, is shownContinue reading “Quote of the day 06/05/25”