#duality

Everyone, either from modesty or egotism, hides away the best and most delicate of his soul’s possessions; to gain the esteem of others, we must only ever show our ugliest sides; this is how we keep ourselves on the common level ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#individuality #mediocrity #soul #individuality

Memory is the great deceiver. Perhaps there are some individuals whose memories act like tape recordings, daily records of their lives complete in every detail, but I am not one of them. My memory is a patchwork of occurrences, of discontinuous events roughly sewn together: The parts I remember, I remember precisely, whilst other sections seemed to have vanished completely. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#individuality

I don't believe in Beatles, I just believe in me. ↗

— John Lennon

#individuality #individuality

Everyone marries the Duke of Westminster. There are a lot of duchesses, but only one Coco Chanel. ↗

— Coco Chanel

#rarity #royalty #individuality

As much as I live I shall not imitate them or hate myself for being different to them ↗

— Orhan Pamuk

#difference #imitation #individuality #conformity

Joining a sub-culture, any sub-culture, for whatever reason, is as I see it never a legitimate self-expression. It is always a result of sheep mentality; a wish to belong somewhere. ↗

— Varg Vikernes

#individuality #subculture #conformity

Consider the fact that no matter how many planets and stars are reflected in a lake, these reflections are encompassed within the water itself; that no matter how many universes there are, they are encompassed within a single space; and that no matter how vast and how numerous the sensory appearances of samsara and nirvana may be, they are encompassed within the single nature of mind (sem-nyid). ↗

— Dudjom Lingpa

#dzogchen #hungchenkara #nonduality #nature

We, all who live, have A life that is lived And another life that is thought, And the only life we have It's the one that is divided In right or wrong. ↗

— Fernando Pessoa

#duality #life #poetry #thoughts #dreams

Hong Kong girls have a genius sense of style. I came back to the States thinking no one here has any individuality. Or cute enough socks. ↗

— Camilla Belle

#back #came #cute #enough #genius

Life is two things. Life is morality – life is adventure. Squire and master. Adventure rules, and morality looks up the trains in the Bradshaw. Morality tells you what is right, and adventure moves you. If morality means anything it means keeping bounds, respecting implications, respecting implicit bounds. If individuality means anything it means breaking bounds – adventure. ↗

— H.G. Wells

#bounds #individuality #life #morality #wells