#ms

Chomsky is like the teenager who first discovers that those in authority—his parent, his teacher—are not as all-knowing as they claim to be and as their underlings once imagined them to be, and who persists in endlessly showing them up ↗

— Jeffrey C. Isaac

#imagination

If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever. ↗

— Dalai Lama XIV

#problems #worry #inspirational

You must not ever stop being whimsical. And you must not, ever, give anyone else the responsibility for your life. ↗

— Mary Oliver

#life #whimsy #inspirational

The universe is not for man alone, but is a theater of evolution for all living beings. Live and let live is its guiding principle. Ahimsa Parmo Dharmah- Non-injury is the highest religion ↗

— Virchand Raghavji Gandhi

#compassion #evolution #inspirational #jainism #live

Many people pray to be kept out of unexpected problems. Some people pray to be able to confront and overcome them. ↗

— Toba Beta

#confront #inspirational #life #overcome #pray

Actually, however, life begins less by reaching upward, than by turning upon itself. But what a marvelously insidious, subtle image of life a coiling vital principle would be! And how many dreams the leftward oriented shell, or one that did not conform to the rotation of its species, would inspire! ↗

— Gaston Bachelard

#shells #spirals #dreams

I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed Against the earth's sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in summer wear A nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who intimately lives with rain. Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree. ↗

— Joyce Kilmer

#inspirational #poem #poems #rain #tree

I believe in the immeasurable power of love; that true love can endure any circumstance and reach across any distance. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#distance #endure #inspirational #long-distance-love #love

At the moment, it's simply a difference of opinon between the Doctor and you.. You both want the best. You've only tried to kill him a couple of times... I mean, don't worry about that. I've seen people do much worse to him and at the end of the day he'll take them out for pizza. He's very forgiving. The Doctor is brilliant,' [said Rory] ↗

— James Goss

#forgiveness #rory-williams #the-doctor #forgiveness

It's funny how the colors of the real world only seem really real when you watch them on a screen. ↗

— Anthony Burgess

#movies #real #reality #funny