#iona

Some people center the universe around themselves; while making other people nothing but decorations to their existence. "I will do this and then I will do that and then people will think this about me and then people will think that about me, and then I will add that person to my life when the convenient time arrives, and this person over here would make a very convenient addition as well..." They build their own thrones for themselves, and add decorations all around their thrones. The problem with that is: it does not bring happiness. A throne must be built for you; it must not be you who builds your own throne. If so, everything that you think you are is only an illusion! And illusions dissolve one day. Poof! ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#illusionary-life #illusions #poof #thrones #wisdom-quotes

Here to second lives. May we all be forgiven for the inapt missteps of our past, and presented with new opportunities to accomplish the things that we've dreamed of doing. ↗

— Thomas DePrima

#dreams

Why make yourself miserable saying things like, "Why do we have such bad luck? What has God done to us? What have we done to deserve this?" - all of which, if you understand reality and take it completely into your heart, are irrelevant and unsolvable. They are just things that nobody can know. Your situation is just an accident of life. ↗

— Richard P. Feynman

#rationality #science #life

One of the Secrets in Life is to Make Stepping Stones out of Stumbling Blocks. ↗

— Jack Penn

#life

When I was an addict, It was either I chose to beg or steal, I did both. When You sober up, your past can be a reminder of what you can be if you relapse or it can be a sign of hope to the ones still using, the latter gives me reason to wake up. When the honeymoon is over, its either you get depressed by the amount of work required to build yourself up, or you can forge a new life and set new goals and dreams, for me, its the new life and dreams that fuel me ↗

— simon mosia ramagaga

#choices #dreams-inspirational #recorvery #dreams

If Apple were to grow the iPod into a cell phone with a web browser, Microsoft would be in big trouble. ↗

— Paul Graham

#prediction #age

Other than sports, only war and catastrophe can create this sort of national unity. ↗

— Simon Kuper

#sports #iraq

He remembered having said to his uncle (with a solemn dogmatism better befitting a much younger man): "Surely it is possible to love with the head as well as the heart." Mr. Delagardie had replied, somewhat drily: "No doubt; so long as you do not end by thinking with your entrails instead of your brain. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#rationality #wit #love

Genocide is the responsibility of the entire world. ↗

— Ann Clwyd

#genocide #international-law #iraq #iraq-war #kurdish-genocide

Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure: that of being Salvador Dali. ↗

— Salvador Dalí

#be-yourself #humor #inspirational #art