"As usual Carmen was wearing a very tight knitted dress that fit her like a balloon fits the trapped air, maybe tighter." -Charles Bukowski, Factotum
"As we all well know, pot is a gateway drug, isn't it. It's a gateway drug to the kitchen." -Lewis Black
A great quote from Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle, one of his best books. I would love to see a film made from it, but only Terry Gilliam could direct it. (And why not? It already has a midget in it.)
"It takes courage to let intimacy into our lives. It takes a strength of purpose...our purpose being to create relationships that are truly loving, supportive, and comfortable. Yes, comfortable. A relationship where we can really be ourselves without fear. Somewhat like with a friend that we've had "forever"... with these old friends we can let all aspects of our personality act out, and know that we will still be loved. We need to develop that intimacy with everyone in our lives." - Maria T. Russell "Whose rules are we following now? The ones imposed by our parents? And whose rules were they following? Their parents? It goes back for many millennium and has nothing to do with us. Need there be rules at all? If we all were true to our "inner self" or our "higher self", rules would be unnecessary. We all have an ingrained sense of right and wrong, of what is loving and what is not, of what is "right" and what is not. It is time to return to trusting ourselves - to trusting that small inner voice, that sense of true joy and spontaneity. We need to free up our true selves by releasing them from the chains and rules of conduct that were imposed on us. We are trustworthy! We can follow our inner wisdom and it will always support us and guide us." - Marie T. Russell
Yeah, that is not how they wrote back then. That sounds like something from the 1980's. Maybe on a poster on a school wall, right next to the "Just say 'no!' to drugs" poster.
"You who do your best to make your decisions out of Love, who refuse to be controlled by the subconscious machinations of fear, who take time, if necessary, in difficult situations to proceed slowly, consciously, lovingly, are truly among our own. Your awareness of these things will soon be in full. You are those upon whom we can depend during the coming shift." - Ken Carey (I have no interest in this alleged "coming shift". The shift I've experienced is what daily happens to my soul due to the attitude described in this quote)
"Journeys bring power and love back into you. If you can't go somewhere, move in the passageways of the self. They are like shafts of light, always changing, and you change when you explore them." - Rumi "Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it." - Rumi
"The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering." - Ben Okri "I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection." - Thomas Paine
"I have three treasures. Guard and keep them. The first is deep love. The second is frugality, and the third is not to dare to be ahead of the world. Because of deep love, one is courageous. Because of frugality, one is generous. Because of not daring to be ahead of the world, one becomes the leader of the world." - Lao Tzu "In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present." - Lao Tzu "Simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being. Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are. Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world." - Lao Tzu
"Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give to situations." - Alfred Adler
