“The cure for anything is salt water—sweat, tears, or the sea.” —Isak Dinesen…
Category Archives: Quotes
Stream of justice
“The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.” –George Eliot
And today, I believe I saw the baby’s golden stream.…
The sleeper has awakened
“Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.” –Carl Jung…
I should have read this a year ago
“Newly unemployed, I found this kind of life refreshing. No more…meetings with people I didn’t want to meet. And best of all, I could read any book I wanted, anytime I wanted. I had no idea how long this relaxed lifestyle would continue, but…I was enjoying it, and I tried hard not to think about …
Golden
“The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.” –George Eliot
Update: I used this quote on my birthday but check over a year later when I use it on another momentous …
Simplify
“Our life is frittered away by detail. … Simplify, simplify.” —Henry David Thoreau…
Direction
“I am one of those who never knows the direction of my journey until I have almost arrived.” —Anna Louise Strong…
Longing
“Were there then no longing in time, there would be no peace in eternity.” —Josiah Royce…
Anti-entropic
“Whatever seeks out harm and avoids rewards must act against entropy. … determining to write has been an anti-entropic process for me. Even now I don’t understand why I do it, except for the fact that it is against entropy.” —from Wang Xiaobo’s “Why Do I Write”…