#met

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. ↗

— William James

#great #outlast #something #spend #use

There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious. If glad, it must not grin or snicker; if sad, it must not scream or curse. ↗

— William James

#any #attitude #curse #glad #grin

Whatever universe a professor believes in must at any rate be a universe that lends itself to lengthy discourse. A universe definable in two sentences is something for which the professorial intellect has no use. No faith in anything of that cheap kind! ↗

— William James

#anything #believes #cheap #discourse #faith

Childhood sometimes does pay a second visit to man, youth never. ↗

— Anna Jameson

#does #man #never #pay #second

While in El Paso, I met Mr. Clinton Burk, a native of Texas, who I married in August 1885. ↗

— Calamity Jane

#clinton #el paso #i #married #met

If I stay alert, then I can challenge myself, and by challenging myself, that helps me to stay alive and to hopefully take something away from the experience. ↗

— Thomas Jane

#alive #away #challenge #challenging #experience

I think innocence is something that adults project upon children that's not really there. ↗

— Donna Tartt

#i #i think #innocence #project #really

It's kind of true that they just start making the same movie over and over again. It's also true that the times dictate what kind of movies get made and what kind are not. So I'm always looking for something that's a little fresh and something that I haven't seen before. ↗

— Thomas Jane

#also #always #before #dictate #fresh

I like to go from mainstream movies to more artsy films. I don't sign on for the money. Maybe I should, but I don't. There's always a good reason for doing something. ↗

— Famke Janssen

#doing #films #go #good #good reason

So all of the music had reference, or is inspired by something of the dharma that I've come in contact with. ↗

— Joseph Jarman

#contact #dharma #had #i #inspired