#cho

To muse for long unwearied hours with my attention riveted to some frivolous device upon the margin, or in the typography of a book — to become absorbed for the better part of a summer's day in a quaint shadow falling aslant upon the tapestry, or upon the floor — to lose myself for an entire night in watching the steady flame of a lamp, or the embers of a fire — to dream away whole days over the perfume of a flower — to repeat monotonously some common word, until the sound, by dint of frequent repetition, ceased to convey any idea whatever to the mind — to lose all sense of motion or physical existence in a state of absolute bodily quiescence long and obstinately persevered in — Such were a few of the most common and least pernicious vagaries induced by a condition of the mental faculties, not, indeed, altogether unparalleled, but certainly bidding defiance to any thing like analysis or explanation. ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

#monomania #obsession #dreams

How many Catholic schools do you think teach the students to question the authority of the Pope? Do you believe Christian schools teach students to question or challenge the authority of Jesus Christ? Do military schools teach the cadets to challenge the authority. ↗

— Neal Boortz

#believe #catholic #catholic schools #challenge #christ

Physiological psychology is, therefore, first of all psychology. ↗

— Wilhelm Wundt

#first of all #physiological #psychology #therefore

But you know, if you live an affluent lifestyle, there are all types of trappings that are there that you have to be cognizant of, and you've got to try and communicate freely and gain understanding about and then keep moving on, because you know, sometimes lifestyles are chosen for us as opposed to us choosing them. ↗

— Julius Erving

#affluent #because #choosing #chosen #cognizant

We seal our fate with the choices we take, but don't give a second thought to the chances we take. ↗

— Gloria Estefan

#choices #fate #give #our #seal

There were a lot of choices to make and I always picked artist. I never once picked doctor, lawyer, firemen or something like that. It was always artist. ↗

— Maynard James Keenan

#artist #choices #doctor #firemen #i

Soccer and cricket were my main sports growing up. I had trials as a soccer player with a few clubs interested, Crystal Palace being one, but it was cricket which became my chosen profession. ↗

— Ian Botham

#being #chosen #clubs #cricket #crystal

I love the music, I love the times, so to me that was exciting personally just to play something that starts in 1986 with graduating high school, we've got a great soundtrack in the pilot. ↗

— Will Estes

#got #graduating #great #high #high school

The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion. ↗

— Nadia Boulanger

#conditions #essential #everything #love #must

I didn't even go to my prom. I didn't have one date in high school. ↗

— Skeet Ulrich

#even #go #high #high school #i