#dom

Every breath you take is a step forward toward death. (Hazrat Ali-As) ↗

— Hazrat Ali ibn Abu-Talib

#wisdom-quote #death

True freedom only exists in art.The problem is you have to be incredibly good.No,I am putting it wrong:You don't so much have to be outstanding,what you really need are connections,if you don't want to be dependent on all kinds of government foundations who will impose their ideas and restrictions on you in turn.It can be touch and go in the beginning:It takes guts to let go of everything.But you make it,you're free. ↗

— Esther Verhoef

#close-up #esther-verhoef #freedom #life #art

We understand more than we know. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#science #understanding #wisdom #science

And, as always happens, and happens far too soon, the strange and wonderful becomes a memory and a memory becomes a dream. Tomorrow it's gone. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#memory #wisdom #wonder #dreams

Science says the first word on everything, and the last word on nothing. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#knowledge #science #wisdom #science

Burying your head in the sand does not make you invisible it only leads to suffocation. ↗

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

#chi-ro-jin #head #invisibility #invisible #quotable

Everything we care about lies somewhere in the middle, where pattern and randomness interlace. ↗

— James Gleick

#randomness #science #science

We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society. ↗

— Alan Wilson Watts

#culture #names #power-of-words #responsibility #wisdom

Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart. ↗

— Phil Jackson

#always #compassionate #heart #keep #mind

It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#healthy #might #own #reminded #strongest