#rod

A person without her or his own truth ain't a person at all, Ida said. Anybody who tells you different—is a jackass, and no longer deserves to be called human being. ↗

— Tom Spanbauer

#self-knowledge #unorthodoxy #γνῶθι-σεαυτόν #love

So this is love: the Sculptor’s chisel. And stone, which in its whole life does not utter a single word, suddenly sings. ↗

— Milan Rúfus

#poetry-quotes #rodin-s-lovers #love

He loved you. ↗

— Marie Lu

#amazing #day #gay #june #legend

My goal is no longer to get more done, but rather to have less to do. ↗

— Francine Jay

#minimalism #productivity #inspirational

Capital, however capital may be defined, would practically cease to exist as an income producing fund, for the simple reason that if money, wherewith to buy capital, could be obtained for one-half of one per cent, capital itself could command no higher price. ↗

— John Buchanan Robinson

#capital #cease #cease to exist #cent #command

A great dread fell on him, as if he was awaiting the pronouncement of some doom that he had long foreseen and vainly hoped might after all never be spoken. An overwhelming longing to rest and remain at peace by Bilbo's side in Rivendell filled all his heart. At last with an effort he spoke, and wondered to hear his own words, as if some other will was using his small voice. "I will take the Ring," he said, "though I do not know the way. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#inspirational #lord-of-the-rings #middle-earth #motivational #tolkien

Most of the psychological differences between men and women seem to come from differences in their reproductive system ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#psychology #reproduction #men

Then holding the star aloft and the bright sword advanced, Frodo, hobbit of the Shire, walked steadily down to meet the eyes. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#inspirational #lord-of-the-rings #middle-earth #motivational #tolkien

Had Martha Foley returned William [James Sidis]'s passion as Margaret [Engemann] did Norbert [Wiener]'s, perhaps the two prodigies would have had more in common in the long run. ... In the life of a prodigy, perhaps more than in the average life, a marriage or a requited love is the greatest single factor that can heal the old childhood wounds. William and Norbert's response to their childhood and teenage rejections and humiliations was to retreat into the painless world of ideas, where successes and satisfactions abounded. A successful love affair could be the key to reentry into the world of feeling, bridging the gap between the cerebral and the emotional lives. ↗

— Amy Wallace

#prodigy #unrequited #love

Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict; those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war. ↗

— William S. Burroughs

#conflict #function #happiness #itself #purpose