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The surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa Credit:NASA
January 31, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa Credit:NASA
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Will everyone *please* read the lyrics & accept that "Hallelujah" is in no way a Xmas song
December 15, 2024 at 1:46 AM
Will everyone *please* read the lyrics & accept that "Hallelujah" is in no way a Xmas song
“Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.”
~ Douglas Adams
~ Douglas Adams
December 9, 2024 at 2:30 AM
“Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.”
~ Douglas Adams
~ Douglas Adams
“Nobody is superior, nobody is inferior, but nobody is equal either. People are simply unique, incomparable.”
~ Osho
~ Osho
December 8, 2024 at 4:15 AM
“Nobody is superior, nobody is inferior, but nobody is equal either. People are simply unique, incomparable.”
~ Osho
~ Osho
ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt
~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca
~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca
December 8, 2024 at 4:05 AM
ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt
~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca
~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"I would like a December
with Christmas lights off
and people's lights on."
~ Charles Bukowski
with Christmas lights off
and people's lights on."
~ Charles Bukowski
December 8, 2024 at 4:02 AM
"I would like a December
with Christmas lights off
and people's lights on."
~ Charles Bukowski
with Christmas lights off
and people's lights on."
~ Charles Bukowski
What we call the beginning is often the end / And to make an end is to make a beginning.
The end is where we start from.
~ T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets
The end is where we start from.
~ T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets
December 8, 2024 at 3:58 AM
What we call the beginning is often the end / And to make an end is to make a beginning.
The end is where we start from.
~ T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets
The end is where we start from.
~ T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets
“Be true to yourself. Make each day a masterpiece. Help others. Drink deeply from good books. Make friendship a fine art. Build a shelter against a rainy day.”
~ John Wooden
~ John Wooden
December 8, 2024 at 3:57 AM
“Be true to yourself. Make each day a masterpiece. Help others. Drink deeply from good books. Make friendship a fine art. Build a shelter against a rainy day.”
~ John Wooden
~ John Wooden
...and I am here at the waters
because in this space between spaces
where nothing speaks,
I am what it says.
~ Denis Johnson
because in this space between spaces
where nothing speaks,
I am what it says.
~ Denis Johnson
December 8, 2024 at 3:54 AM
...and I am here at the waters
because in this space between spaces
where nothing speaks,
I am what it says.
~ Denis Johnson
because in this space between spaces
where nothing speaks,
I am what it says.
~ Denis Johnson
"You could find beauty nearly anywhere if you stopped to look for it, but the battle to get through the days made it easy to forget that this totally cost-free luxury existed."
~ Robert Galbraith
~ Robert Galbraith
December 7, 2024 at 12:06 AM
"You could find beauty nearly anywhere if you stopped to look for it, but the battle to get through the days made it easy to forget that this totally cost-free luxury existed."
~ Robert Galbraith
~ Robert Galbraith
Fear is a darkroom where negatives develop.
~ Usman B. Asif
~ Usman B. Asif
December 7, 2024 at 12:04 AM
Fear is a darkroom where negatives develop.
~ Usman B. Asif
~ Usman B. Asif
“I alone can not change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.”
~ Mother Teresa
~ Mother Teresa
December 7, 2024 at 12:03 AM
“I alone can not change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.”
~ Mother Teresa
~ Mother Teresa
"Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They do not preach learning and precepts, they preach, undeterred by particulars, the ancient law of life."
~ Herman Hesse
~ Herman Hesse
December 7, 2024 at 12:01 AM
"Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They do not preach learning and precepts, they preach, undeterred by particulars, the ancient law of life."
~ Herman Hesse
~ Herman Hesse
"Refine thy rapture."
~ Aleister Crowley
~ Aleister Crowley
December 7, 2024 at 12:00 AM
"Refine thy rapture."
~ Aleister Crowley
~ Aleister Crowley
"The problem, if you love it, is as beautiful as the sunset.”
~ J. Krishnamurti
~ J. Krishnamurti
December 6, 2024 at 11:59 PM
"The problem, if you love it, is as beautiful as the sunset.”
~ J. Krishnamurti
~ J. Krishnamurti
"God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh."
~ Voltaire
~ Voltaire
December 6, 2024 at 11:58 PM
"God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh."
~ Voltaire
~ Voltaire
Be a lamp, or a lifeboat or a ladder. Help someone's soul.
~ Rumi
~ Rumi
December 5, 2024 at 8:17 PM
Be a lamp, or a lifeboat or a ladder. Help someone's soul.
~ Rumi
~ Rumi
Nothing exists by itself alone. We all belong to each other; we cannot cut reality into pieces. My happiness is your happiness; my suffering is your suffering. We heal and transform together.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
December 5, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Nothing exists by itself alone. We all belong to each other; we cannot cut reality into pieces. My happiness is your happiness; my suffering is your suffering. We heal and transform together.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
THE GRYPHON'S ADVICE
“Explain all that,” said the Mock Turtle.
“No, no! The adventures first,” said the Gryphon in an impatient tone: “explanations take such a dreadful time.”
~ Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
“Explain all that,” said the Mock Turtle.
“No, no! The adventures first,” said the Gryphon in an impatient tone: “explanations take such a dreadful time.”
~ Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
December 5, 2024 at 8:13 PM
THE GRYPHON'S ADVICE
“Explain all that,” said the Mock Turtle.
“No, no! The adventures first,” said the Gryphon in an impatient tone: “explanations take such a dreadful time.”
~ Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
“Explain all that,” said the Mock Turtle.
“No, no! The adventures first,” said the Gryphon in an impatient tone: “explanations take such a dreadful time.”
~ Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
"The brain desiring things which the body does not want, and the body desiring things which the brain does not allow. The brain giving directions which the body will not follow, and the body giving impulses which the brain cannot understand."
~ Alan Watts
~ Alan Watts
December 5, 2024 at 8:13 PM
"The brain desiring things which the body does not want, and the body desiring things which the brain does not allow. The brain giving directions which the body will not follow, and the body giving impulses which the brain cannot understand."
~ Alan Watts
~ Alan Watts
“Each relationship nurtures a strength or weakness within you.”
~ Mike Murdock
~ Mike Murdock
December 5, 2024 at 8:08 PM
“Each relationship nurtures a strength or weakness within you.”
~ Mike Murdock
~ Mike Murdock
To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves — there lies the great, the singular power of self-respect. Without it, one eventually discovers the final turn of the screw: one runs away to find oneself, and finds no one at home.
~ Joan Didion
~ Joan Didion
December 4, 2024 at 11:50 PM
To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves — there lies the great, the singular power of self-respect. Without it, one eventually discovers the final turn of the screw: one runs away to find oneself, and finds no one at home.
~ Joan Didion
~ Joan Didion
“Loneliness does not come from having no people around you, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to you.”
~ Carl Jung
~ Carl Jung
December 4, 2024 at 11:49 PM
“Loneliness does not come from having no people around you, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to you.”
~ Carl Jung
~ Carl Jung
THOSE AWAKE
When we convene again
to understand the world,
the first speaker will again
point silently out of the window
at the hillside in its season,
sunlit, under the snow,
and we will nod silently,
and silently stand and go.
~ Wendell Berry
When we convene again
to understand the world,
the first speaker will again
point silently out of the window
at the hillside in its season,
sunlit, under the snow,
and we will nod silently,
and silently stand and go.
~ Wendell Berry
December 4, 2024 at 11:41 PM
THOSE AWAKE
When we convene again
to understand the world,
the first speaker will again
point silently out of the window
at the hillside in its season,
sunlit, under the snow,
and we will nod silently,
and silently stand and go.
~ Wendell Berry
When we convene again
to understand the world,
the first speaker will again
point silently out of the window
at the hillside in its season,
sunlit, under the snow,
and we will nod silently,
and silently stand and go.
~ Wendell Berry
"Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night."
~ Rainer Maria Rilke
~ Rainer Maria Rilke
December 3, 2024 at 5:15 PM
"Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night."
~ Rainer Maria Rilke
~ Rainer Maria Rilke