“Civilised life, you know, is based on a huge number of illusions in which we all collaborate willingly. The trouble is we forget after a while that they are illusions and we are deeply shocked when reality is torn down around us.”
― J.G. Ballard
I Never Saw a Moor
by Emily Dickinson
I never saw a moor,
I never saw the sea ;
Yet know I how the heather looks,
And what a wave must be.
I never spoke with God,
Nor visited in heaven ;
Yet certain am I of the spot
As if the chart were given.
“Don’t offer a lecture to a person who may just need a hug.” - unknown author
''Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It's splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world.'' - Anne of Green Gables
“Whoever you are, go out into the evening,
leaving your room, of which you know every bit;
your house is the last before the infinite,
whoever you are.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke
"If driven by power alone, the market evolution reaches a static equilibrium characterized by the most savage inequality. Power not only concentrates wealth, but reshapes the market topology to concentrate the very opportunities to acquire wealth on only a few agents, who now amass all the wealth of the society."--Cristiano Nisoli,
"I wanted a perfect ending.
Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious Ambiguity" ..
~ Gilda Radner
“Every questioning is a seeking. Every seeking takes its direction beforehand from what is sought. Questioning is a knowing search for beings in their thatness and whatness.”
― Martin Heidegger, Being and Time
“Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light; I have loved the stars too truly to be fearful of the night.” - Sarah Williams (poet)
"Almost everyone has a way of communing with something greater than themselves, whether it's walking in nature or singing in a choir... Whatever gives you a sense of trust in the universe is important to honor.”
― Helen S. Rosenau
“It stands to reason that anyone who learns to live well will die well. The skills are the same: being present in the moment, and humble, and brave, and keeping a sense of humor. ”
― Victoria Moran, Younger by the Day: 365 Ways to Rejuvenate Your Body and Revitalize Your Spirit