existentialife
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Currently entangled in a love affair with philosophy and psychology. Former life scholar, now working on a thesis in overthinking and existentialism. Seeking profound conversations, caffeine, and the occasional vacation from the void.
Pinned
Wild is the music of autumnal winds, Amongst the faded woods.
~ William Wordsworth
~ William Wordsworth
December 7, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Wild is the music of autumnal winds, Amongst the faded woods.
~ William Wordsworth
~ William Wordsworth
It was one of those
early November mornings
that are as beautiful
as any in spring.
There was gold everywhere,
drifts of it on the elm tree,
flakes of gold under our feet,
gold dust on the hedges,
liquid gold in the
refracted falling light.
~ Elizabeth Goudge, The Dean's Watch
early November mornings
that are as beautiful
as any in spring.
There was gold everywhere,
drifts of it on the elm tree,
flakes of gold under our feet,
gold dust on the hedges,
liquid gold in the
refracted falling light.
~ Elizabeth Goudge, The Dean's Watch
November 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
It was one of those
early November mornings
that are as beautiful
as any in spring.
There was gold everywhere,
drifts of it on the elm tree,
flakes of gold under our feet,
gold dust on the hedges,
liquid gold in the
refracted falling light.
~ Elizabeth Goudge, The Dean's Watch
early November mornings
that are as beautiful
as any in spring.
There was gold everywhere,
drifts of it on the elm tree,
flakes of gold under our feet,
gold dust on the hedges,
liquid gold in the
refracted falling light.
~ Elizabeth Goudge, The Dean's Watch
“On Halloween night, the 🎃Great Pumpkin🎃 rises from his pumpkin patch and flies through the air with his bag of toys to all the children.”
~ Linus, “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”
#HappyHalloween🎃
~ Linus, “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”
#HappyHalloween🎃
October 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“On Halloween night, the 🎃Great Pumpkin🎃 rises from his pumpkin patch and flies through the air with his bag of toys to all the children.”
~ Linus, “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”
#HappyHalloween🎃
~ Linus, “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”
#HappyHalloween🎃
It is an absolute human certainty that no one can know his own beauty or perceive a sense of his own worth until it has been reflected back to him in the mirror of another loving, caring human being.
~ John Joseph Powell
~ John Joseph Powell
October 24, 2025 at 1:37 AM
It is an absolute human certainty that no one can know his own beauty or perceive a sense of his own worth until it has been reflected back to him in the mirror of another loving, caring human being.
~ John Joseph Powell
~ John Joseph Powell
October, the extravagant sister, has ordered an immense amount of the most gorgeous forest tapestry for her grand reception.
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
October 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
October, the extravagant sister, has ordered an immense amount of the most gorgeous forest tapestry for her grand reception.
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Come, little leaves," said the Wind one day,
“Come to the meadows with me and play.
Put on your dresses of red and gold;
For Summer is past, and the days grow cold.
~ George Cooper
“Come to the meadows with me and play.
Put on your dresses of red and gold;
For Summer is past, and the days grow cold.
~ George Cooper
October 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Come, little leaves," said the Wind one day,
“Come to the meadows with me and play.
Put on your dresses of red and gold;
For Summer is past, and the days grow cold.
~ George Cooper
“Come to the meadows with me and play.
Put on your dresses of red and gold;
For Summer is past, and the days grow cold.
~ George Cooper
October 16, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Under the brush of the autumn wind, the leaves dance, painted in hues of orange and gold, a visual symphony that sings in every corner of the forest.
🍁⛰️🍂
~ David Passarelli, Mountain Poems
🍁⛰️🍂
~ David Passarelli, Mountain Poems
September 28, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Under the brush of the autumn wind, the leaves dance, painted in hues of orange and gold, a visual symphony that sings in every corner of the forest.
🍁⛰️🍂
~ David Passarelli, Mountain Poems
🍁⛰️🍂
~ David Passarelli, Mountain Poems
Goodbye Summer
Hello Autumn
Autumn… the year's last, loveliest smile.
~ William Cullen Bryant
#AutumnalEquinox
Hello Autumn
Autumn… the year's last, loveliest smile.
~ William Cullen Bryant
#AutumnalEquinox
September 23, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Goodbye Summer
Hello Autumn
Autumn… the year's last, loveliest smile.
~ William Cullen Bryant
#AutumnalEquinox
Hello Autumn
Autumn… the year's last, loveliest smile.
~ William Cullen Bryant
#AutumnalEquinox
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.
~ William Shakespeare (paraphrased)
~ William Shakespeare (paraphrased)
September 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.
~ William Shakespeare (paraphrased)
~ William Shakespeare (paraphrased)
Kind hearts are the gardens,
Kind thoughts are the roots,
Kind words are the flowers,
Kind deeds are the fruits,
Take care of your garden
And keep out the weeds,
Fill it with sunshine,
Kind words, and
Kind deeds.
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Kind thoughts are the roots,
Kind words are the flowers,
Kind deeds are the fruits,
Take care of your garden
And keep out the weeds,
Fill it with sunshine,
Kind words, and
Kind deeds.
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
September 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Kind hearts are the gardens,
Kind thoughts are the roots,
Kind words are the flowers,
Kind deeds are the fruits,
Take care of your garden
And keep out the weeds,
Fill it with sunshine,
Kind words, and
Kind deeds.
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Kind thoughts are the roots,
Kind words are the flowers,
Kind deeds are the fruits,
Take care of your garden
And keep out the weeds,
Fill it with sunshine,
Kind words, and
Kind deeds.
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Don't Just
Don't just learn, experience.
Don't just read, absorb.
Don't just change, transform.
Don't just relate, advocate.
Don't just promise, prove.
Don't just criticize, encourage.
Don't just think, ponder.
Don't just take, give.
Don't just see, feel.
Don’t just dream, do.
~ Roy T. Bennett
Don't just learn, experience.
Don't just read, absorb.
Don't just change, transform.
Don't just relate, advocate.
Don't just promise, prove.
Don't just criticize, encourage.
Don't just think, ponder.
Don't just take, give.
Don't just see, feel.
Don’t just dream, do.
~ Roy T. Bennett
September 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Don't Just
Don't just learn, experience.
Don't just read, absorb.
Don't just change, transform.
Don't just relate, advocate.
Don't just promise, prove.
Don't just criticize, encourage.
Don't just think, ponder.
Don't just take, give.
Don't just see, feel.
Don’t just dream, do.
~ Roy T. Bennett
Don't just learn, experience.
Don't just read, absorb.
Don't just change, transform.
Don't just relate, advocate.
Don't just promise, prove.
Don't just criticize, encourage.
Don't just think, ponder.
Don't just take, give.
Don't just see, feel.
Don’t just dream, do.
~ Roy T. Bennett
To find the universal elements enough; to find the air & the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter... to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life.
~J.Burroughs
~J.Burroughs
September 5, 2025 at 3:31 AM
To find the universal elements enough; to find the air & the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter... to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life.
~J.Burroughs
~J.Burroughs
There is nothing in the world, I venture to say, that would so effectively help one to survive even the worst conditions as the knowledge that there is a meaning in one’s life.
~ Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning
~ Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning
August 25, 2025 at 5:17 AM
There is nothing in the world, I venture to say, that would so effectively help one to survive even the worst conditions as the knowledge that there is a meaning in one’s life.
~ Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning
~ Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning
The Full Measure of a Man is not to be found in the man himself, but in the colors and textures that come alive in others because of him. The only thing of importance, when we depart, will be the traces of love we have left behind.
~ Albert Schweitzer
~ Albert Schweitzer
August 24, 2025 at 7:46 AM
The Full Measure of a Man is not to be found in the man himself, but in the colors and textures that come alive in others because of him. The only thing of importance, when we depart, will be the traces of love we have left behind.
~ Albert Schweitzer
~ Albert Schweitzer
Happiness is in our own hearts. I have no regrets of anything in the past. I'm totally cheerful and happy, and I think that a lot of your attitude is not in the circumstances you find yourself in, but in the circumstances you make for yourself.
~ Maeve Binchy, Irish novelist
~ Maeve Binchy, Irish novelist
August 23, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Happiness is in our own hearts. I have no regrets of anything in the past. I'm totally cheerful and happy, and I think that a lot of your attitude is not in the circumstances you find yourself in, but in the circumstances you make for yourself.
~ Maeve Binchy, Irish novelist
~ Maeve Binchy, Irish novelist
The happiest people are those who think the most interesting thoughts. Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good company, good conversation, are the happiest people in the world.
~ William Lyon Phelps
~ William Lyon Phelps
August 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The happiest people are those who think the most interesting thoughts. Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good company, good conversation, are the happiest people in the world.
~ William Lyon Phelps
~ William Lyon Phelps
The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.
~ Bertrand Russell
~ Bertrand Russell
August 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.
~ Bertrand Russell
~ Bertrand Russell
Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.
~ Leonardo da Vinci
~ Leonardo da Vinci
August 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.
~ Leonardo da Vinci
~ Leonardo da Vinci
Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.
~ May Sarton
~ May Sarton
August 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.
~ May Sarton
~ May Sarton
To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour.
~ William Blake
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour.
~ William Blake
August 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour.
~ William Blake
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour.
~ William Blake
Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.
~ Anonymous
~ Anonymous
August 1, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.
~ Anonymous
~ Anonymous
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring….Love is always bestowed as a gift—freely, willingly, and without expectation. We don’t love to be loved; we love to love.
~ Leo Buscaglia
~ Leo Buscaglia
July 31, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring….Love is always bestowed as a gift—freely, willingly, and without expectation. We don’t love to be loved; we love to love.
~ Leo Buscaglia
~ Leo Buscaglia
It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power.
~ Alan Cohen
~ Alan Cohen
July 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power.
~ Alan Cohen
~ Alan Cohen
There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself.
~ Henry David Thoreau
~ Henry David Thoreau
July 29, 2025 at 2:40 AM
There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself.
~ Henry David Thoreau
~ Henry David Thoreau