“The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not “Eureka!” (I found it!) but ‘That’s funny…”
—Isaac Asimov
March 2012
136 posts
“The only people who see the whole picture,” he murmured, “are the ones who step out of the frame.”
—Salman Rushdie
“I live in my dreams—that’s what you sense. Other people live in dreams, but not in their own. That’s the difference.”
—Herman Hesse, Demian
“Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others; to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can.”
—Dalai Lama
“You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other people is we notice when we’re doing it.”
—Neil Gaiman
“I would not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum.”
—Frances Willard
“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.”
—Ray Bradbury
“We have advantages. We have a cushion to fall back on. This is abundance. A luxury of place and time. Something rare and wonderful. It’s almost historically unprecedented. We must do extraordinary things. We have to. It would be absurd not to.”
—Dave Eggers, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
“There are no edges to my loving now.”
—Rumi
“The dark does not destroy the light; it defines it.”
—Brene Brown
“The human spirit is as expansive as the cosmos. This is why it is so tragic to belittle yourself or to question your worth. No matter what happens, continue to push back the boundaries of your inner life. The confidence to prevail over any problem, the strength to overcome adversity and unbounded hope — all reside within you.”
—Daisaku Ikeda
“If nothing else, one day you can look someone straight in the eyes and say
“But I lived through it. And it made me who I am today.” —Iain Thomas, I Wrote This For You
“But I lived through it. And it made me who I am today.” —Iain Thomas, I Wrote This For You
“I am going to smile, and my smile will sink down into your pupils, and heaven knows what it will become.”
—Jean-Paul Sartre
“Happy. Just in my swim shorts, barefooted, wild-haired, in the red fire dark, singing, swigging wine, spitting, jumping, running; that’s the way to live.”
—Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
“Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.”
—Goethe
“Once you realize that the road is the goal and that you are always on the road, not to reach a goal, but to enjoy its beauty and its wisdom, life ceases to be a task and becomes natural and simple, in itself an ecstasy.”
—Nisargadatta Maharaj
“His soul sat up. It met me. Those kinds of souls always do - the best ones. The ones who rise up and say “I know who you are and I am ready. Not that I want to go, of course, but I will come.” Those souls are always light because more of them have been put out. More of them have already found their way to other places.”
—Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
“When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God’s light shines upon you.”
— Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild
“Most people don’t know there are angels whose only job is to make sure you don’t get too comfortable & fall asleep & miss your life. ”
—Brian Andreas
“Pull out from the depths those thoughts that you do not understand, and spread them out in the sunlight and know the meaning of them.”
—E.M. Forster
